Management

Climate adaptation must be scaled now - here's how businesses can start

Risk

Climate adaptation must be scaled now - here's how businesses can start

Nature-based actions within and beyond corporate supply chains can be taken today to boost resilience to shocks like floods, droughts and other extreme weather, explains Urs Dieterich, from the Landscape Resilience Fund

clock 14 March 2022 • 4 min read
EU signals plan to 'phase out' Russian gas, oil, and coal imports by 2027

Politics

EU signals plan to 'phase out' Russian gas, oil, and coal imports by 2027

Ursula von der Leyen says Europe must invest 'massively' in home-grown renewables in order to bring Russian fossil fuel imports to an end

clock 11 March 2022 • 3 min read
Royal feast: Burger King to trial meat-free restaurant in London

Marketing

Royal feast: Burger King to trial meat-free restaurant in London

Move forms part of fast food chain's push to offer 50 per cent meat-free menu across its UK outlets by 2030

clock 11 March 2022 • 3 min read
Failure to act on IPCC warnings is a business risk no company can afford

Carbon Accounting

Failure to act on IPCC warnings is a business risk no company can afford

Credible net zero transition plans must include increasing and tracked adaptation measures alongside robust, science-based 2030 targets, writes CDP's Nicolette Bartlett

clock 11 March 2022 • 4 min read
'Green energy sprint': Labour unveils energy security plan, as fracking row intensifies

Policy

'Green energy sprint': Labour unveils energy security plan, as fracking row intensifies

Ahead of the release of the government's new Energy Independence Strategy, the opposition has published a five-point plan to curb fossil fuel imports and help households cope with soaring bills

clock 10 March 2022 • 7 min read
'We need to make sacrifices': Inside one London council's quest to spur green public behaviour change

Marketing

'We need to make sacrifices': Inside one London council's quest to spur green public behaviour change

Waltham Forest Borough Council has launched a campaign to raise awareness of individual behaviours that can support climate action

clock 10 March 2022 • 9 min read
From fracking to floating turbines: Government weighs proposals for revamped energy security plan

Policy

From fracking to floating turbines: Government weighs proposals for revamped energy security plan

With the briefing battle in full swing, Ministers are considering a raft of competing proposals for curbing UK fossil fuel imports

clock 09 March 2022 • 9 min read
Move over, offsetting: Could carbon insetting be the next big thing in corporate decarbonisation?

Offsets

Move over, offsetting: Could carbon insetting be the next big thing in corporate decarbonisation?

BusinessGreen is given an exclusive look at the world's first insetting guide for business

clock 09 March 2022 • 7 min read
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards: Two weeks left to get your entries in

Energy

BusinessGreen Leaders Awards: Two weeks left to get your entries in

Just two weeks left to go to submission deadline for the 2022 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards - the UK's biggest and best celebration of the green economy

clock 07 March 2022 • 3 min read
'We are our own worst enemy': Could mindfulness and compassion help accelerate climate action?

Management

'We are our own worst enemy': Could mindfulness and compassion help accelerate climate action?

A growing body of evidence argues personal mental health is deeply connected to wider policy failures – could embedding mindfulness teaching into society improve our responses?

clock 07 March 2022 • 10 min read