Risk

Risk

No room for complacency

In the latest in our Green Business 2022 series, Acciona's Felix Rivas considers the most disruptive trends facing the green economy over the next six years

clock 17 March 2016 • 4 min read

Climate change

February breaks global temperature records by 'shocking' amount

Warnings of climate emergency after surface temperatures 1.35C warmer than average temperature for the month

clock 14 March 2016 • 1 min read

Carbon Accounting

Keep mandatory carbon reporting rules, businesses urge Treasury

Mandatory reporting rules would help boost productivity, say executives from Aviva and M&S

clock 11 March 2016 • 2 min read

Technology

Clean Air versus Climate Change - let's get on the same page

SmarterUK's Dan Byles argues it is time for air quality and climate change campaigners to realise they are natural bedfellows

clock 04 March 2016 • 4 min read

Supply chain

Greenpeace reignites battle over corporate links to palm oil deforestation

New study accuses leading businesses of making scant progress towards delivering on high profile zero deforestation pledges

clock 03 March 2016 • 6 min read

Energy

British firms 'haven't yet woken up' to business benefits of clean energy switch

Report from SmartestEnergy outlines the gains businesses can enjoy from switching to a cleaner electricity supply

clock 03 March 2016 • 4 min read

CCS

Climate activists threaten to shut down world's major coal sites

Reclaim the Power says it will use direct action at a dozen international sites in May, including the UK's largest opencast coal mine in south Wales

clock 01 March 2016 • 3 min read

Policy

Study: How EU air quality rules are helping to save 80,000 lives a year

New research suggests Brexit would ramp up pressure on UK policymakers to tackle air pollution

clock 01 March 2016 • 3 min read

Transport

Cash for cycling? Polluted Milan wants to pay commuters to bike to work

With its serious pollution problem and notorious driving styles, Milan is hardly renowned as a cycle-friendly city - but a radical new scheme aims to change that

clock 29 February 2016 • 5 min read

Policy

Could $30 oil derail the low carbon transition?

PwC's John Hawksworth and Jonathan Grant reflect on how low oil and gas prices could result in a silver lining for the climate

clock 26 February 2016 • 5 min read