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'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy

National Audit Office calls for greater clarity for how responsibility and roles of net zero will be divided across government and different public bodies

  • Net Zero Now
  • 04 December 2020
'We are taking the lead': Boris Johnson significantly strengthens UK's 2030 carbon target
'We are taking the lead': Boris Johnson significantly strengthens UK's 2030 carbon target

Prime Minister announces new target to cut emissions 68 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, confirming a major tightening of carbon goals as part of UK's pre-COP26 submission to the Paris Agreement

  • Politics
  • 03 December 2020
UK climate advisers urge PM to approve 'bold as possible' 2030 target
UK climate advisers urge PM to approve 'bold as possible' 2030 target

Climate Change Committee recommends UK set target to cut emissions by 'at least' 68 per cent from 1990 levels over next decade

  • Policy
  • 03 December 2020
Rivian, Uber, and Cabify pledge net zero by 2040 as they sign Amazon's Climate Pledge
Rivian, Uber, and Cabify pledge net zero by 2040 as they sign Amazon's Climate Pledge

Clutch of major transport firms join growing number of corporates that have pledged to reach net zero emissions over the coming decades

  • Management
  • 03 December 2020
'Unusually positive news': Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals?
'Unusually positive news': Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals?

The 'domino effect' of net zero pledges from world leaders in recent months could prove hugely impactful on global warming trajectories, a new analysis suggests, but is its optimistic outlook justified?

  • Climate change
  • 02 December 2020
Low carbon diamonds? De Beers pledges to reach carbon neutrality across operations by 2030
Low carbon diamonds? De Beers pledges to reach carbon neutrality across operations by 2030

New climate target will be achieved by transitioning mining operations to clean energy, improving energy efficiency, developing proprietary carbon capture technology and purchasing offsets, company said

  • Management
  • 02 December 2020
SteelZero: Major users unite to boost demand for net zero steel
SteelZero: Major users unite to boost demand for net zero steel

Eight leading companies sign up to new initiative from The Climate Group designed to accelerate the transition to a cleaner steel industry

  • Supply chain
  • 01 December 2020
Building on the Ten Point Plan
Building on the Ten Point Plan

Eliot Whittington of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group presents a new analysis that suggests the government's welcome plan to accelerate the Green Industrial Revolution will not yet put the country on track to meet its net zero goals

  • Policy
  • 01 December 2020
Corporate giants urge Prime Minister to boost UK's 2030 climate target this year
Corporate giants urge Prime Minister to boost UK's 2030 climate target this year

Appeal from Tesco, Heathrow, BT, others comes as fresh modelling highlights how government’s 10 Point Plan fails to deliver emissions reductions required to meet net zero goal

  • Policy
  • 01 December 2020
'Turning point': Global climate pledges could put world on 2.1C warming pathway, analysis suggests
'Turning point': Global climate pledges could put world on 2.1C warming pathway, analysis suggests

Paris Agreement climate goals now 'within reach' thanks to US, China, Japan, and South Korea joining net zero club, Climate Action Tracker estimates

  • Science
  • 01 December 2020
Energy giants urge Prime Minister to set net zero power target
Energy giants urge Prime Minister to set net zero power target

Johnson urged by major energy companies to emulate US president-elect Joe Biden and set a deadline for the decarbonisation of Britain's power system ahead of 2050 net zero goal

  • Energy
  • 30 November 2020
Italian gas giant Snam targets carbon neutrality by 2040
Italian gas giant Snam targets carbon neutrality by 2040

Europe's biggest gas pipeline company unveils multi-billion Euro investment plan to transition to hydrogen and biomethane

  • Net Zero Now
  • 27 November 2020
Low emission broadband installations: Sky adds 151 smart plug-in hybrid vans to engineering fleet
Low emission broadband installations: Sky adds 151 smart plug-in hybrid vans to engineering fleet

Ford to supply 151 plug-in hybrid engineering vans to Sky following successful 12-month trial of prototype featuring geo-fencing technology that switches to electric mode in low emission areas

  • Automotive
  • 26 November 2020
Camel and Benson & Hedges owner sparks fresh net zero ambition
Camel and Benson & Hedges owner sparks fresh net zero ambition

Japan Tobacco International touts plan to reach net zero emissions by end of decade through fleet electrification, energy efficiency measures, and transition to clean energy

  • Management
  • 25 November 2020
'Emissions disclosure alone is not enough': Sir Chris Hohn launches investor campaign for AGM climate votes
'Emissions disclosure alone is not enough': Sir Chris Hohn launches investor campaign for AGM climate votes

Investor reveals his TCI hedge fund has filed climate resolutions at Alphabet, S&P, and Moody's as he launched campaign to force hundreds more companies to give shareholders annual climate vote

  • Investment
  • 24 November 2020
Net-zero is not just a buzzword - businesses must show they are serious about climate action
Net-zero is not just a buzzword - businesses must show they are serious about climate action

New survey finds many companies have set net zero climate targets, but few have milestones to reach them, explains South Pole CEO Renat Heuberger

  • Net Zero Now
  • 24 November 2020
Vodafone dials up net zero vision with new 2040 target
Vodafone dials up net zero vision with new 2040 target

Telecoms group brings forward its net zero deadline to 2040 as it touts new 2030 carbon reduction targets validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative

  • Net Zero Now
  • 23 November 2020
Government poised to unveil plans for net zero-focused National Infrastructure Bank
Government poised to unveil plans for net zero-focused National Infrastructure Bank

Chancellor reportedly set to launch new bank and reform Green Book to allow increased support for low carbon infrastructure

  • Policy
  • 23 November 2020
Justin Trudeau unveils new net zero plan for Canada
Justin Trudeau unveils new net zero plan for Canada

Environmentalists welcome legislation but warn that a lack of penalties for failing to meet targets must be addressed as landmark bill makes its way through legislative process

  • Net Zero Now
  • 20 November 2020
Is 'net-zero' greenwash?
Is 'net-zero' greenwash?

Joel Makower asks if the fast-expanding net zero movement risks being undermined by a lack of clarity over what constitutes an effective net zero strategy

  • Management
  • 20 November 2020
How to avoid the risk of 'stranded people': SSE sets industry precedent with 'Just Transition' plan
How to avoid the risk of 'stranded people': SSE sets industry precedent with 'Just Transition' plan

Energy company publishes pioneering 'Just Transition Strategy' as it sets out its plans to unleash a major renewables drive over the coming decade

  • Workplace
  • 19 November 2020
Can the 10-Point Plan usher in an economic renewal for post-Brexit Britain?
Can the 10-Point Plan usher in an economic renewal for post-Brexit Britain?

Hit by a devastating pandemic and ongoing uncertainty over the UK's relationship with the EU, Boris Johnson's £12bn plan for a green industrial revolution now takes on monumental economic importance

  • Policy
  • 18 November 2020
PwC: £400bn additional infrastructure spend essential over next decade to reach Net Zero goal
PwC: £400bn additional infrastructure spend essential over next decade to reach Net Zero goal

A new analysis highlights the increasing availability of low cost capital for net zero technology and infrastructure, but calls for a clearer policy framework to attract it

  • Investment
  • 18 November 2020
Ad Net Zero: UK advertising industry targets net zero carbon emissions by 2030
Ad Net Zero: UK advertising industry targets net zero carbon emissions by 2030

Cross-sector initiative includes five-point action plan to decarbonise companies and operations right across the advertising industry value chain

  • Marketing
  • 18 November 2020
Drax: Yorkshire net zero industry hub could create 49,000 jobs
Drax: Yorkshire net zero industry hub could create 49,000 jobs

Study by Vivid Economics estimates scaling up carbon capture, hydrogen, and BECCS could deliver £3bn economic boost to the region

  • CCS
  • 18 November 2020
Government promises to unleash net zero investment blitz with 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
Government promises to unleash net zero investment blitz with 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery

  • Politics
  • 17 November 2020
Andrew Griffith appointed as UK's Net Zero Business Champion
Andrew Griffith appointed as UK's Net Zero Business Champion

Conservative MP and former top Sky executive appointed to new role to help bolster business support for the net zero transition ahead of COP26 Summit next year

  • Net Zero Now
  • 17 November 2020
Oxford Net Zero: University unveils climate policy research initiative
Oxford Net Zero: University unveils climate policy research initiative

Research initiative aims to provide policy advice and expertise to businesses and policymakers on how to accelerate the global race to net zero emissions

  • Policy
  • 17 November 2020
Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10bn Earth Fund
Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10bn Earth Fund

World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund among those to secure six figure donations in $791 funding round

  • Investment
  • 17 November 2020
Reports: Canada set to table landmark net zero legislation
Reports: Canada set to table landmark net zero legislation

Journey to net zero will not be easy for federal government, due to enormity of Canada's oil and gas sector and the decentralised nature of Canadian politics

  • Net Zero Now
  • 16 November 2020
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