Updated: KPMG refuses to release controversial green energy report

Jessica Shankleman
clock •

Consultancy will not publish full findings of report, after leaked press release criticising green energy costs sparked media storm

KPMG is refusing to publish the full findings of a controversial study examining the cost of the government's green energy policies, which was originally used as a basis for a series of media reports attacking...

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

Jessica Shankleman
Author spotlight

Jessica Shankleman

View profile
More from Jessica Shankleman

BusinessGreen's most read stories of 2015

Government revs up another £400m for plug-in car grants

More on Politics

'Shared prosperity and economic security': CBI calls for closer UK-EU ties on climate and energy
Politics

'Shared prosperity and economic security': CBI calls for closer UK-EU ties on climate and energy

Ahead of major government summit on Monday, business group calls for linked emissions trading systems, streamlined regulations, and mutual carbon border levy exemptions between UK and EU

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 15 May 2025 • 5 min read
The reverse Farage effect: How attempts to polarise the climate debate have 'not really borne fruit'
Politics

The reverse Farage effect: How attempts to polarise the climate debate have 'not really borne fruit'

Almost two thirds of Brits back net zero targets and the UK's clean energy push, despite attempts to stoke up opposition - is the 'climate backlash' in danger of being over-stated?

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 15 May 2025 • 8 min read
Cutting back Defra's budget is a false economy Britain cannot afford
Politics

Cutting back Defra's budget is a false economy Britain cannot afford

Hundreds of proposed job cuts and budget squeezes at Defra and Natural England risk severely harming nature recovery efforts, argues Biodiversify's Dr Michael Burgass

Dr Michael Burgass, Biodiversify
clock 12 May 2025 • 3 min read