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Bupa and Norman Foster Foundation extend partnership to help cities trial urban greening, active travel infrastructure, and public cooling projects

Flood Action Online service launched to mark start of Flood Action Week, as government pledges to improve protection for 200,000 properties

Plus: New Zealand's emissions hit record high; EU critical materials projects; and Google's PPA with Constellation Energy, in our round of the top green business news from around the world this week

Almost two-thirds of SMEs either have a transition plan or expect to have one within two years, new study finds

Company behind Chocolate Digestives, Penguin bars, and Jacob's Cream Crackers is targeting a 58.8 per cent cut in direct emissions by 2034

Andrew Warren explains how the Shadow Chancellor's claim weakening building standards will result in more affordable homes is based on some deeply questionable assumptions and ignores the cost savings more efficient homes deliver

Scunthorpe and Port Talbot could lead a 'steel revival' enabled by electric arc furnaces and better use of British scrap metal -but time is running out to deliver green steel strategy, ECIU warns

Who Gives a Crap's global head of sustainability explains why 'blue carbon' isn't getting the attention it deserves, and reflects on looking for the sweet spot between planet, people, and profit

New funding to enable increased production of low carbon cement, which promises to cut emissions in half

Plus: New York hails building emissions progress; Singapore launches green levy for flights; and MEPs set out their COP31 priorities, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world this week.