Arise, Sir Alok: A green guide to the New Years Honours List 2023

Cecilia Keating
clock • 7 min read
COP26 President Alok Sharma at COP26 on 8 November 2021 | Credit Justin Goff/UK government
Image:

COP26 President Alok Sharma at COP26 on 8 November 2021 | Credit Justin Goff/UK government

BusinessGreen provides an all-you-need-to-know breakdown of the individuals awarded gongs for services to the environment, clean innovation, net zero, and sustainability

COP26 President Alok Sharma, biodiversity economist Sir Partha Dasgupta, and WWF UK boss Tanya Steele were among the sizeable cohort of individuals working on environmental and climate issues to be recognised...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Cecilia Keating
Author spotlight

Cecilia Keating

View profile
More from Cecilia Keating

We need the transition to a low-carbon economy to reverse historic injustices

Why the Women in Green Business Awards is more important than ever

More on Politics

'Energy is growth': Kemi Badenoch touts plans for all-of-the-above energy strategy
Politics

'Energy is growth': Kemi Badenoch touts plans for all-of-the-above energy strategy

Conservative Party leader vows to back renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel drilling, as she sets out vision for wave of tax cuts and bonfire of planning and environmental regulations

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 07 October 2026 • 7 min read
Shadow Chancellor vows to axe red tape and taxes, as he slams 'harmful' net zero targets
Politics

Shadow Chancellor vows to axe red tape and taxes, as he slams 'harmful' net zero targets

Andrew Griffith sets out plans for bonfire of environmental and climate rules, but green business groups accuse previous government's Net Zero Business Champion of undermining investment in growth industries

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 05 October 2026 • 6 min read
Brazil: Election result stokes fears of reversal of progress on Amazon deforestation
Politics

Brazil: Election result stokes fears of reversal of progress on Amazon deforestation

Right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro secures 47 per cent of the vote to President Lula's 45 per cent in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential Election

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 05 October 2026 • 3 min read