Future bleak for Farming Futures advisory body

BusinessGreen staff
clock •

Advisory body set up to help farmers adapt to climate change is set to close as Defra ends funding

An advisory body that helped Michael Eavis install a solar array at Glastonbury's Worthy Farm is set to close after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) cut its funding. According...

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

BusinessGreen staff
Author spotlight

BusinessGreen staff

View profile
More from BusinessGreen staff

To achieve net zero in the built environment, we must agree on carbon measurement

Aviva's Leah Ramoutar: 'Far from being a cost, the green economy is a growth engine'

More on Management

'Shape or be shaped': CLG report urges businesses to speak up in support for climate action
Management

'Shape or be shaped': CLG report urges businesses to speak up in support for climate action

CISL urges businesses to take proactive stance in response to fracturing political consensus on climate action and faltering market sentiment

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 05 June 2025 • 5 min read
What businesses can learn from the live entertainment industry's climate shift
Management

What businesses can learn from the live entertainment industry's climate shift

Behind the scenes of the world's biggest tours and festivals, a shift is underway from from symbolic sustainability gestures to deep, strategic change and positive influence, writes Hope Solutions' founder and director Luke Howell

Luke Howell, Hope Solutions
clock 04 June 2025 • 4 min read
EY: 'Sustainability integrators' 40 per cent more confident in business outlook
Management

EY: 'Sustainability integrators' 40 per cent more confident in business outlook

Companies that embed sustainability into their everyday operations and culture are more confident they will succeed in the coming years, new EY study claims

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 02 June 2025 • 4 min read