behaviour change

ACCESS: Social scientists team up to help drive net zero behaviour change

R&D

ACCESS: Social scientists team up to help drive net zero behaviour change

Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science programme is to run for five years, pooling net zero expertise from researchers, charities, governments, and companies

clock 01 February 2022 • 3 min read
Give tax breaks to clean tech firms that produce affordable products, government urged

Policy

Give tax breaks to clean tech firms that produce affordable products, government urged

University of Sussex researchers warn net zero transition could exacerbate inequality and injustice if action is not taken to make decarbonisation tech accessible to all

clock 01 February 2022 • 3 min read
Net Zero Culture Spotlight: Ogilvy UK's vice chairman Rory Sutherland

Marketing

Net Zero Culture Spotlight: Ogilvy UK's vice chairman Rory Sutherland

VIDEO: Ogilvy UK's Rory Sutherland discusses net zero and driving behaviour change with BusinessGreen's editor-in-chief James Murray

clock 22 November 2021 • 1 min read
Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Incentives

Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business interest in plant-based food is growing, but many consumers are still in the dark over the environmental sustainability of their eating habits

clock 18 November 2021 • 8 min read
Drone data proves impact of positive environmental messaging

Recycling

Drone data proves impact of positive environmental messaging

Hubbub's Trewin Restorick explains how drone research carried out by the charity has fed into recommendations to drive positive behaviour change in Bournemouth

clock 05 October 2021 • 4 min read
Planes, cars, diets and homes: How can the government enlist the public in its net zero mission?

Policy

Planes, cars, diets and homes: How can the government enlist the public in its net zero mission?

As public debates about the type and scale of lifestyle change required to deliver a more sustainable economy rage, the Tony Blair Institute provides government with a list of priorities

clock 20 August 2021 • 9 min read

Marketing

'Every Action Counts': Corporates launch green behaviour change campaign in bid to reach one billion consumers

New coalition includes the likes of Mastercard, BBVA, and FNZ and has already won backing from the UN

clock 28 June 2021 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

'Not everyone can move to the Cotswolds': How can net zero policymakers plan for post-pandemic behaviour change?

National Infrastructure Commission publishes major new study that offer parameters for assessing investment plans against future Covid-19 behaviour change scenarios

clock 14 May 2021 • 9 min read

Policy

Citizen power or climate chaos: How can policymakers and businesses encourage low carbon behaviours?

New report from Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Behaviour Change warns world's wealthiest people must change their habits to meet global climate goals

clock 15 April 2021 • 8 min read

Policy

Report: UK requires 'substantial and sustainable' behaviour change to hit net zero

The public-private Energy Research Partnership warns all new decarbonisation incentives must include 'behaviour change enabling plans' for both corporates and the public

clock 09 April 2021 • 2 min read