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This UN guide aims to make it simpler for banks to talk about climate risks
The UN and 16 leading banks have teamed up to produce a major guide on how to follow the TCFD's recommendations on climate risk reporting
Reusable cup use surges 150 per cent at Starbucks following 5p charge
Preliminary results from Starbucks trial suggests charging customers extra for takeaway cups is an effective way to change behaviour
The UK Environment Plan 2018: Business Challenges, Choices and Opportunities
Robertsbridge's Charles Secrett takes a tour d'horizon across the UK's green economy, and asks if mainstream businesses are ready for the disruption ahead
Sweet dreams? Hotel group behind Novotel, Mercure and Ibis rolls out greener linens
Hospitality giant to stock cohort of mid-range and budget hotels with natural coloured towels, robes and bedlinens in bid to cut carbon footprint
The EU has a chance to lead the world on sustainable finance - it must seize it
Molly Scott Cato reveals her hopes for the upcoming European Parliament report on the sustainable finance transition
Report: Carbon pricing now covers up to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions
French think tank I4CE publishes Global Carbon Account 2018, confirming that adoption of carbon pricing policies is accelerating
AB Sugar promises green packaging and carbon cuts
In its first sustainability report the world's largest sugar producer promises all its plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable, bio-degradable or compostable by 2030
Wells Fargo commits $200bn towards low carbon projects by 2030
More than half of commitment earmarked to support low carbon transition, with remainder aimed at sustainable agriculture, recycling, conservation and other sustainable businesses
Whitbread aims to halve its carbon intensity with new science based target
Premier Inn and Costa Coffee owner joins SBT initiative to drive down emissions across its business and supply chain
Sainsbury's trials UK's first e-bike grocery delivery
Fleet of five electric cargo bikes set off across London to deliver groceries to Sainsbury's customers
Why there are 'shades of green' to renewable electricity tariffs
Recent research has found that lots of people care about renewable energy, but most don't have a very good understanding of what it means, says Good Energy CEO Juliet Davenport
Message on a bottle: How California's winemakers are showing off their sustainability
Embedding sustainability from grape to glass has been a long road for the California wine sector - but now the industry is ready to shout about its efforts
Investors target big name firms as they prepare to do battle on climate
Series of interventions this week from investors boasting more than $1tr of assets under management hope to put climate change top of the agenda in corporate boardrooms
L'Oreal, Electrolux among firms to win approval for Science-Based Targets
More than 100 global firms have now set emissions targets in line with two-degree pathway
Clean power and packaging purge: Procter & Gamble unveils new green goals
Corporate behind household brands Ariel, Oral-B and Gillette sets out raft of new sustainability pledges for 2030
'Lightweight PR and greenwash' - BP's low-carbon plan dismissed
Environmentalists call strategy '20th century response to a 21st century problem'
Our sustainability goals need an upgrade
It's time to start thinking big in the battle against climate change, argues Forum for the Future's Stephanie Draper
Could a takeaway change the world?
Just Eat's plan to offer discounts on electric delivery bikes could
Shell foresees 'low risk' of stranded assets in low carbon transition plan
Fossil fuel giant believes it will produce 80 per cent of its oil and gas reserves before 2030, as it seeks to navigate low carbon transition
Chipotle cracks down on landfill waste
Mexican fast food chain promises to divert half of restaurant waste away from landfill by 2020
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2018: Finalists announced
From Blue Chips to start-ups, some of the UK's most exciting green businesses will be celebrated at this year's awards
Keeping carbon alive: How Covestro is pushing its supply chain to make more from CO2
Richard Northcote, chief sustainability officer at the chemicals giant, talks to BusinessGreen about oil alternatives and CO2 utilisation
Mark Carney warns of potential 'catastrophic' climate impact on financial markets
As new study accuses IEA of underestimating level of disruption from clean power, Bank of England governor again stresses systemic risks presented by climate change
Green reading: Hay Festival switches to renewable power
Renewable energy company Good Energy to supply world famous literary festival with 100 per cent green power for the first time
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