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Green remedy: How a net zero global healthcare sector could help cure planetary ills
Green remedy: How a net zero global healthcare sector could help cure planetary ills

Health systems will bear the brunt of the climate-related health emergencies, so bold action needs to be taken to reduce the sector's ever-growing emissions, a new report argues

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  • 16 April 2021
Stena Bulk targets net zero shipping fleet and cargo by 2050
Stena Bulk targets net zero shipping fleet and cargo by 2050

Swedish tanker shipping giant sets out roadmap to decarbonise its fleet, as it steps up focus on zero emissions technologies and carbon neutral fuels

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  • 09 April 2021
'Project Prometheus': British Army plots solar energy drive as it confirms 2050 net zero goal
'Project Prometheus': British Army plots solar energy drive as it confirms 2050 net zero goal

Plan to marshall a greener future for armed forces comes amid confusion around timetable for Army’s net zero goal, which was previously announced for an earlier date

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  • 09 April 2021
Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit
Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

As time ticks away before COP26, Alok Sharma and the International Energy Agency hosted a major global climate summit aimed at cranking up the climate urgency

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  • 01 April 2021
'Build Back Better': When is an industrial strategy not an industrial strategy?
'Build Back Better': When is an industrial strategy not an industrial strategy?

As the government announces another wave of clean tech funding, a new Plan for Growth is taking shape – and it looks a lot like the industrial strategy it replaces

  • Policy
  • 30 March 2021
'Climate change will be expensive, potentially devastatingly so': Why reaching net zero is an economic priority
'Climate change will be expensive, potentially devastatingly so': Why reaching net zero is an economic priority

Cost of climate change could hit $30tr a year by 2075 - upwards of five per cent of GDP - according to major new survey from Institute for Policy Integrity

  • Politics
  • 30 March 2021
Climate-safe sex? Durex owner Reckitt signs up as 'hygiene partner' for COP26
Climate-safe sex? Durex owner Reckitt signs up as 'hygiene partner' for COP26

Consumer goods firm signs on as latest sponsor for Glasgow climate summit as it teams up with WWF and commits to producing Fair Trade condoms

  • Marketing
  • 30 March 2021
Race to Zero: Third of UK's biggest companies now committed to net zero targets
Race to Zero: Third of UK's biggest companies now committed to net zero targets

AstraZeneca, BT Group, Sainsbury’s, and Unilever are among the British corporate giants who have signed up to the UN's flagship Race to Zero campaign

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  • 30 March 2021
So now you have a net zero target: What does a robust climate plan actually entail?
So now you have a net zero target: What does a robust climate plan actually entail?

A series of resources analysing the state of net zero pledges unveiled by nations and companies to date are aiming to drive a step change in the quality of climate plans

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  • 23 March 2021
'Breakthrough': Unilever sets out net zero plans for shareholder vote
'Breakthrough': Unilever sets out net zero plans for shareholder vote

Consumer goods giant's CEO Alan Jope said he hoped other businesses would soon start to follow suit in offering shareholders a say on climate plans

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  • 23 March 2021
'Long way to go': Top investors warn climate plans from world's most polluting firms set to miss net zero goals
'Long way to go': Top investors warn climate plans from world's most polluting firms set to miss net zero goals

First edition of investor coalition’s 'net zero company benchmark' highlights long distance big emitters must travel before climate engagement is aligned with Paris Agreement goals

  • Investment
  • 22 March 2021
Zoom in on Net Zero - with explorer and solar-powered flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard
Zoom in on Net Zero - with explorer and solar-powered flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard

VIDEO: Pilot and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation joins BusinessGreen's Michael Holder to discuss circumnavigating the globe, clean technologies and his passionate environmentalism

  • Technology
  • 17 March 2021
Nuveen sets sights on achieving net zero emissions across $133bn property portfolio
Nuveen sets sights on achieving net zero emissions across $133bn property portfolio

Real estate investment manager vows to decarbonise its assets in line with global climate goals by developing net zero business plan for every building in its portfolio

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  • 17 March 2021
Swiss Re plots global exit from coal by 2040
Swiss Re plots global exit from coal by 2040

Reinsurance giants revs up coal phase-out as it pledges to reduce carbon intensity of equity and corporate bond portfolios by 35 per cent by 2025

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  • 16 March 2021
From Burger King to Greene King: Major pub and restaurant chains beef up net zero drive
From Burger King to Greene King: Major pub and restaurant chains beef up net zero drive

Hospitality operators announce they will unveil net zero target for Covid-afflicted sector this summer, after recruiting leading sustainability advisors

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  • 12 March 2021
Brunel Pension Partnership commits to net zero by 2050
Brunel Pension Partnership commits to net zero by 2050

The local government pension fund pooling scheme joins first wave of adopters of the IIGCC’s Net Zero Investment Framework as it unveils net zero pledge

  • Investment
  • 12 March 2021
Tax Day: CBI checklist sets out how to 'green' the tax system
Tax Day: CBI checklist sets out how to 'green' the tax system

Major new report is published as Treasury gears up to make a number of tax announcements on 23 March

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  • 11 March 2021
Net Zero Investment Framework: What is in the IIGCC's net zero investment toolbox?
Net Zero Investment Framework: What is in the IIGCC's net zero investment toolbox?

Blueprint published this morning by IIGCC sets out tools, policies, and targets that can help asset managers and owners achieve net zero financed emissions by mid-century

  • Investment
  • 10 March 2021
Wells Fargo becomes latest banking giant to set 2050 net zero financed emissions goal
Wells Fargo becomes latest banking giant to set 2050 net zero financed emissions goal

Investment bank says it will set interim emissions reduction targets for high-carbon portfolios by end of 2022

  • Investment
  • 09 March 2021
International Women's Day: Sustainable business leaders reveal their hopes for 'a greener, fairer economy'
International Women's Day: Sustainable business leaders reveal their hopes for 'a greener, fairer economy'

For International Women's Day, BusinessGreen spoke to green economy leaders on the state of diversity in the sector

  • Net Zero Now
  • 08 March 2021
Nokia dials up net zero commitment to include supply chain and end product use
Nokia dials up net zero commitment to include supply chain and end product use

Nokia CEO warns 'climate change is a race against time' as telecommunications, IT, and electronics giant unveils enhanced 2030 climate goal

  • Net Zero Now
  • 05 March 2021
'COP26 is a few months away': MPs slam UK government's 'lack of plan' for Climate Summit and net zero transition
'COP26 is a few months away': MPs slam UK government's 'lack of plan' for Climate Summit and net zero transition

But government rubbishes 'nonsense' claims from two MP committees that UK lacks coordinated net zero strategy and clear outcomes for UN climate summit

  • Politics
  • 05 March 2021
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Sarasin & Partners' Natasha Landell-Mills
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Sarasin & Partners' Natasha Landell-Mills

VIDEO: Head of stewardship at the asset manager joins James Murray for a chat ahead of BusinessGreen's Net Zero Finance summit

  • Net Zero Now
  • 04 March 2021
New Citi CEO commits bank to net zero financed emissions target on first day in role
New Citi CEO commits bank to net zero financed emissions target on first day in role

Firm joins Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase in pledging to reduce its operations and activity in line with global climate goals

  • Investment
  • 03 March 2021
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