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What does the EU's CSDDD mean for UK businesses?

Risk

What does the EU's CSDDD mean for UK businesses?

POLICY BRIEFING: After MEPs rubber stamped a directive requiring firms operating in the EU to guard against environmental and human rights violations in supply chains, BusinessGreen Intelligence investigates what new corporate responsibility standards...

clock 16 May 2024 • 15 min read
Sue Fairley: 'More focus is needed on how we demystify sustainability for customers'

Marketing

Sue Fairley: 'More focus is needed on how we demystify sustainability for customers'

New Look's head of sustainability explains why it's an 'incredibly exciting' time to work in the sector and discusses lessons from the 'greenwashing' debate

clock 14 May 2024 • 6 min read
Inside the 'unglamorous' project to turn a Grade-II listed Oxford College into a zero carbon pioneer

Infrastructure

Inside the 'unglamorous' project to turn a Grade-II listed Oxford College into a zero carbon pioneer

Wolfson College president Sir Tim Hitchens reveals the 'disruptive process' that turned one of Oxford University’s least efficient estates into the first UK higher education institution to reach zero carbon status

clock 10 May 2024 • 14 min read
Anastasia Volkova: 'New sustainable systems and models have to outlast the conventional ones'

Biodiversity

Anastasia Volkova: 'New sustainable systems and models have to outlast the conventional ones'

CEO and co-founder of Regrow Ag reveals her mission to help the agricultural industry slash its outsized environmental impacts and explains why 'all jobs are sustainability jobs'

clock 07 May 2024 • 4 min read
Politicians, protestors, and net zero policy debates

Policy

Politicians, protestors, and net zero policy debates

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: April part two

clock 03 May 2024 • 1 min read
'It's a big puzzle': How Chivas Brothers is distilling a bespoke approach to carbon neutral whisky

Efficiency

'It's a big puzzle': How Chivas Brothers is distilling a bespoke approach to carbon neutral whisky

Sandrine Ricard reflects on the first five years of Pernod Ricard's ESG roadmap and reveals the key takeaways from Chivas Brothers' rollout of heat recovery tech across its Scottish sites

clock 02 May 2024 • 11 min read
Alisha Fredriksson: 'We ultimately need hardware solutions to tackle the climate crisis'

Technology

Alisha Fredriksson: 'We ultimately need hardware solutions to tackle the climate crisis'

Alisha Fredriksson co-founder and CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound discusses the potential impact of youth activists and climate venture studios, as well as her love of electric bikes

clock 30 April 2024 • 5 min read
Hamish Critchell-Ward: 'Good policies help, but change will be inevitable if enough people push for it'

Transport

Hamish Critchell-Ward: 'Good policies help, but change will be inevitable if enough people push for it'

Network Rail's environment manager discusses the 'staggering' rate of change in the battery sector and palpable enthusiasm for protecting the environment among younger generations

clock 23 April 2024 • 6 min read
BusinessGreen Intelligence Whitepaper: How can businesses get TNFD ready?

Policy

BusinessGreen Intelligence Whitepaper: How can businesses get TNFD ready?

Latest Whitepaper detailing steps firms can take towards TNFD-compliant nature reporting is available to all BusinessGreen Intelligence members

clock 22 April 2024 • 1 min read
Why Eco Age created a C-suite role to 'hold up a mirror' on climate and sustainability

Management

Why Eco Age created a C-suite role to 'hold up a mirror' on climate and sustainability

Boss of the creative agency behind the Green Carpet Fashion Awards discusses why the firm introduced a new role for its co-founder and creative director

clock 18 April 2024 • 8 min read