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'Evolve and adapt': The art of floating new ideas at 'the UK's greenest container port'

Shipping

'Evolve and adapt': The art of floating new ideas at 'the UK's greenest container port'

Southampton is charting a course to cement its position as UK's greenest container port - and it has a detailed plan for delivering on its ambitious goals

clock 02 May 2023 • 17 min read
Exponential clean energy, burgeoning business interest in nature restoration, and May local elections preview

Editor's Blog

Exponential clean energy, burgeoning business interest in nature restoration, and May local elections preview

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: April

clock 28 April 2023 • 1 min read
Guy Newey: 'Consumers have a veto on net zero'

Management

Guy Newey: 'Consumers have a veto on net zero'

Energy Systems Catapult chief tells BusinessGreen why it's time to stop 'faffing around' and deliver new nuclear projects, unpacks the importance of 'heat-as-a-service', and reflects on how the quasi-ban on onshore wind has been a 'major step backwards'...

clock 27 April 2023 • 6 min read
The inside track on Grosvenor's sustainable supplier mentoring scheme

Supply chain

The inside track on Grosvenor's sustainable supplier mentoring scheme

Property giant Grosvenor reveals how it is working with an initial cohort of 28 suppliers to help them adopt ambitious Science-Based emissions targets in line with a company-wide commitment to further reduce direct and indirect emissions

clock 25 April 2023 • 14 min read
Musidora Jorgensen: 'We're at a crunch point when it comes to the availability of green skills'

Management

Musidora Jorgensen: 'We're at a crunch point when it comes to the availability of green skills'

Microsoft UK’s chief sustainability officer dissects her role as an 'agent for sustainability progress', the role of AI in hitting environmental targets, and navigating the green skills gap

clock 20 April 2023 • 5 min read
Prescribing a 'light-touch': How NHS staff are being nudged towards climate action

Management

Prescribing a 'light-touch': How NHS staff are being nudged towards climate action

Medtech firm Jump and NHS England are rolling out a 'world first' healthcare specific carbon engagement tool as part of efforts to create a net zero health service by 2040 - BusinessGreen Intelligence investigates

clock 18 April 2023 • 11 min read
Are mandatory Net Zero Transition Plans finally on the way?

Policy

Are mandatory Net Zero Transition Plans finally on the way?

POLICY BRIEFING: The recent package of 'Green Day' announcements did not deliver any immediate changes to UK corporate climate reporting rules, but significant reforms could be in the pipeline - BusinessGreen Intelligence investigates

clock 13 April 2023 • 23 min read
Bristol City Leap: Values, vision, and how to forge a successful private-public green partnership

Infrastructure

Bristol City Leap: Values, vision, and how to forge a successful private-public green partnership

Over the next 20 years, Bristol aims to take a great green leap towards its ambitious net zero goals - and a 'world first' private-public partnership between the city council and clean tech firm Ameresco has a central role to play

clock 11 April 2023 • 14 min read
Blind spots, strong governance, and surviving a 'good old kicking': How The Body Shop launched a Youth Collective

Marketing

Blind spots, strong governance, and surviving a 'good old kicking': How The Body Shop launched a Youth Collective

Almost 18 months on from a verbal 'kicking’ at COP26, The Body Shop’s global sustainability and activism director, Chris Davis, reflects on lessons learned from the creation of the cruelty-free cosmetics firm's youth advisory board

clock 06 April 2023 • 11 min read
Maria Nazarova-Doyle: 'New green ideas coming from voices historically locked out of decision-making'

Investment

Maria Nazarova-Doyle: 'New green ideas coming from voices historically locked out of decision-making'

Scottish Widows' head of pension investments and responsible investments argues importance of cognitive diversity and hearing 'voices that have historically been locked out of global decision-making' in achieving sustainability goals

clock 05 April 2023 • 6 min read