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How Snugg is using a cashback model to help Brits fund and plan green home upgrades

Carbon Trading

How Snugg is using a cashback model to help Brits fund and plan green home upgrades

Robin Peters, CEO and co-founder of Snugg, reflects on his career shift from insurance to attempting to decarbonise millions of UK homes

clock 09 June 2025 • 4 min read
Global Briefing: US Department of Energy revokes $3.7bn earmarked for carbon capture and clean energy

Policy

Global Briefing: US Department of Energy revokes $3.7bn earmarked for carbon capture and clean energy

DOE withdraws clean tech funding, as Meta inks 20-year nuclear deal and German asset manager divests from Exxon over emissions disclosures

clock 06 June 2025 • 10 min read
Nigel Farage's dodgy net zero maths, emissions-saving air traffic control, and what to expect from the Spending Review

Policy

Nigel Farage's dodgy net zero maths, emissions-saving air traffic control, and what to expect from the Spending Review

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June 2025

clock 06 June 2025 • 2 min read
Anya Doherty: 'You simply can't assume that others prioritise sustainability the way you do'

Supply chain

Anya Doherty: 'You simply can't assume that others prioritise sustainability the way you do'

Foodsteps' founder and CEO explains why all industries need to go 'further and faster', and how people haven't grasped the pace at which nature is declining

clock 03 June 2025 • 7 min read
How Revalue is harnessing virtual reality to help carbon credit buyers 'visit' forests

Technology

How Revalue is harnessing virtual reality to help carbon credit buyers 'visit' forests

Stuart Rowland, founder and CEO of Revalue, discusses the moment the environmental crisis became 'real' for him and how new approaches can assign 'economic value' to forests

clock 02 June 2025 • 7 min read
'We've gone for boring stuff': How EV brand Polestar slashed CO2 by a quarter per car

Automotive

'We've gone for boring stuff': How EV brand Polestar slashed CO2 by a quarter per car

Fredrika Klarén, head of sustainability at Polestar, takes stock of the luxury Swedish EV-maker’s race against the 'climate clock'

clock 29 May 2025 • 13 min read
'We need to get after it': How Scotland could become a world leader in floating offshore wind

Wind

'We need to get after it': How Scotland could become a world leader in floating offshore wind

Aberdeen could be about to give birth to another trail-blazing energy industry - Michael Holder sees how ambitious plans to become a floating offshore wind hub are taking shape

clock 28 May 2025 • 20 min read
Amelia Woodley: 'Sustainability can only be successful if you bring people with you'

Management

Amelia Woodley: 'Sustainability can only be successful if you bring people with you'

Speedy Hire's ESG director discusses the importance of 'soft skills' in sustainability recruitment, and why the next wave of green ideas are 'everywhere' if you're open to them

clock 28 May 2025 • 6 min read
How OXCCU is helping prepare 'commercially viable' SAF for take off

Aviation

How OXCCU is helping prepare 'commercially viable' SAF for take off

Andrew Symes from OXCCU explains how the firm has overcome technical and scaling challenges in its efforts to leave SAF's 'prohibitively expensive' reputation in its slipstream

clock 27 May 2025 • 4 min read
'It isn't magic, but it's close': Better Dairy and the quest for cow-free cheese

Technology

'It isn't magic, but it's close': Better Dairy and the quest for cow-free cheese

Advances in precision fermentation and cell-cultivated food technologies mean lab-grown cheese could soon hit the shelves - but can the nascent sector realise the economies of scale needed to trim its cost base?

clock 20 May 2025 • 10 min read