Climate change

Study: Climate impacts costing families in England £233 a year

Risk

Study: Climate impacts costing families in England £233 a year

Green Alliance tots up estimated cost of climate impacts for households from higher food costs, insurance premiums, and water bills

clock 30 April 2025 • 2 min read
'This is a wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate adaptation report

Climate change

'This is a wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate adaptation report

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups and experts react to the Climate Change Committee's damning assessment of the government's ongoing failure to boost the UK's preparedness for worsening climate change

clock 30 April 2025 • 15 min read
VCMI updates best practice for corporate Scope 3 targets and carbon credit use

Management

VCMI updates best practice for corporate Scope 3 targets and carbon credit use

UK government exploring implementation of new VCMI Scope 3 Action Code of Practice as part of live consultation

clock 30 April 2025 • 4 min read
CCC: UK climate resilience efforts are 'slow, stalled or heading in wrong direction'

Policy

CCC: UK climate resilience efforts are 'slow, stalled or heading in wrong direction'

Government slammed by Climate Change Committee for continued failure to prepare for the rapidly worsening and costly impacts of climate change

clock 30 April 2025 • 9 min read
FSC and Mirova team up to channel funds into 'critical line of defence against climate change'

Investment

FSC and Mirova team up to channel funds into 'critical line of defence against climate change'

Forest Stewardship Council and B Corp asset manager announce new partnership to better align investments with responsible forest management

clock 29 April 2025 • 2 min read
Global Briefing: Study claims world's biggest firms have caused $28tr in climate damage

Politics

Global Briefing: Study claims world's biggest firms have caused $28tr in climate damage

President Trump backs seabed mining, Climeworks inks another carbon removal deal, and a new EV charging record is declared

clock 25 April 2025 • 8 min read
Encouraging climate polling, the UK's most sustainable city, and Pope Francis' green legacy

Politics

Encouraging climate polling, the UK's most sustainable city, and Pope Francis' green legacy

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: April 2025

clock 25 April 2025 • 2 min read
Study: London's low emission zones are driving public health savings worth over £37m a year

Automotive

Study: London's low emission zones are driving public health savings worth over £37m a year

Capital's clean air policies have cut sick leave by almost a fifth and reduced respiratory issues by just over 10 per cent, new study finds

clock 25 April 2025 • 4 min read
Lucky number seven: There are big challenges - and opportunities - in the UK's seventh carbon budget

Policy

Lucky number seven: There are big challenges - and opportunities - in the UK's seventh carbon budget

AECOM's Helena Rivers explores the CCC's recommendations for the Seventh Carbon Budget and what they could mean for the UK

clock 25 April 2025 • 5 min read
Keir Starmer: 'Homegrown clean energy is in the DNA of my government'

Politics

Keir Starmer: 'Homegrown clean energy is in the DNA of my government'

Prime Minister hits back at critics of government's renewables drive as he warns backing away from clean energy transition would 'serve no one'

clock 24 April 2025 • 3 min read