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CBI calls for business rates exemption for green building upgrades
CBI calls for business rates exemption for green building upgrades

Britain's biggest business group urges Treasury to exempt green building upgrades and technologies from business rates to help drive decarbonisation efforts

  • Taxation
  • 23 November 2020
Top business groups urge government to plot 'just transition' to net zero
Top business groups urge government to plot 'just transition' to net zero

CBI, Make UK, Institute of Directors, the Federation of Small Businesses, and the British Chamber of Commerce call for joined-up approach to decarbonisation that manages impact on high carbon industries

  • Policy
  • 13 November 2020
'Unique opportunity to catalyse action globally': Business groups urge government to update 2030 climate goal before year end
'Unique opportunity to catalyse action globally': Business groups urge government to update 2030 climate goal before year end

Enhanced climate target for 2030 can put the UK on track to meet its climate ambitions, help deliver a green recovery, and will encourage investment in net zero transition, groups tell government

  • Policy
  • 03 November 2020
CBI: Two thirds of businesses expect to increase support for net zero transition
CBI: Two thirds of businesses expect to increase support for net zero transition

Ipsos MORI poll reveals overwhelming business support for a green recovery and widespread expectation changes to working patterns will become embedded

  • Policy
  • 02 November 2020
CBI:  urges government to reshape commuting infrastructure in wake of pandemic
CBI: urges government to reshape commuting infrastructure in wake of pandemic

Britain's biggest business group argues Treasury's Spending Review offers 'golden opportunity to improve the commuter experience' and assist net zero goal

  • Transport
  • 02 October 2020
CBI tells government: Net zero action 'speaks 1,000 times louder than words'
CBI tells government: Net zero action 'speaks 1,000 times louder than words'

Britain's biggest business group urges government to fast track rollout of host of green technologies, including new CCUS, hydrogen, EV, and renewables projects

  • Policy
  • 14 September 2020
Study: Cleaner air could net the UK a £1.6bn economic boost
Study: Cleaner air could net the UK a £1.6bn economic boost

New analysis suggests three million working days a year are lost to air pollution

  • Risk
  • 08 September 2020
CBI: Give regulators 'clear responsibility' for delivering net zero infrastructure
CBI: Give regulators 'clear responsibility' for delivering net zero infrastructure

CBI unveils vision for how the government can drum up private investment for 'infrastructure revolution' to build green economic recovery

  • Infrastructure
  • 07 September 2020
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track

Government feels the heat over yawning gap in UK gas decarbonisation policy from two major reports from the CBI and the Net Zero Infrastructure Commission

  • Buildings
  • 22 July 2020
Zoom in on Net Zero - with the CBI's James Diggle
Zoom in on Net Zero - with the CBI's James Diggle

VIDEO: Head of energy and climate change at Britain's largest business body joins BusinessGreen deputy editor Michael Holder to discuss green recovery efforts, keeping net zero on track, and priority policy areas ahead of COP26

  • Policy
  • 06 July 2020
'Action is needed now': CBI leads flurry of calls for green recovery
'Action is needed now': CBI leads flurry of calls for green recovery

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package

  • Policy
  • 23 June 2020
'We are going to get this done': Government gives entire HS2 project green light
'We are going to get this done': Government gives entire HS2 project green light

Prime Minister concedes costs have spiralled but argues 'poor management has not detracted from the fundamental value of the project'

  • Policy
  • 11 February 2020
'We must go further': Ofgem debuts Decarbonisation Action Plan
'We must go further': Ofgem debuts Decarbonisation Action Plan

Following accusations the watchdog has failed to do enough to support the net zero transition, incoming CEO uses first day in the post to unveil sweeping climate manifesto

  • Energy
  • 03 February 2020
Green Brexit: What the hell happens now?
Green Brexit: What the hell happens now?

BusinessGreen rounds up the crucial green questions and issues which will need resolving before the UK exits the EU at the end of 2020

  • Policy
  • 31 January 2020
Labour set to ditch net zero by 2030 goal
Labour set to ditch net zero by 2030 goal

Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner tells Radio 4 new pledge is to hit 90 per cent renewables in UK energy system by 2030

  • Politics
  • 18 November 2019
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'

As government formally launches review of the cost of meeting UK's net zero target, employers' body steps up call for bolder decarbonisation strategy

  • Politics
  • 04 November 2019
Energy efficiency: Businesses urge £1bn a year investment plan to hit net zero goal
Energy efficiency: Businesses urge £1bn a year investment plan to hit net zero goal

Energy Efficiency First Declaration argues making green homes and infrastructure an investment priority would save households money and deliver massive net economic benefits

  • Energy
  • 10 October 2019
How trade can help us reach our climate goals
How trade can help us reach our climate goals

There is a lot of fear new trade deals could undermine UK environmental protection, but as the CBI's Rain Newton-Smith argues, there are also significant opportunities to drive climate action

  • Policy
  • 09 October 2019
CBI: Nuclear and carbon capture hold key to net zero goal
CBI: Nuclear and carbon capture hold key to net zero goal

UK's largest business body will today call on government to step up efforts to deliver new nuclear, CCS, and EV infrastructure in support of net zero target

  • Energy
  • 28 June 2019
Chapter Zero: Global boardroom forum launches in bid to combat climate risk
Chapter Zero: Global boardroom forum launches in bid to combat climate risk

Directors' Climate Forum is being supported by World Economic Forum, the CBI, Carbon Trust, HSBC, L&G and others

  • Investment
  • 24 June 2019
Reports: PM to legally commit UK to net zero by 2050 before leaving office
Reports: PM to legally commit UK to net zero by 2050 before leaving office

Theresa May will push back against cost warnings and bring in net zero emissions goal before her successor takes over in Downing Street, reports suggest

  • Legislation
  • 07 June 2019
'Liberating force': Businesses urge government to simplify EV charging system
'Liberating force': Businesses urge government to simplify EV charging system

CBI chief claims EVs could catalyse 21st century economy, but warns more guidance is still needed from government to realise the technology's transformational potential

  • Transport
  • 13 May 2019
Net zero by 2050: What next for green businesses?
Net zero by 2050: What next for green businesses?

If the UK does adopt a 2050 net zero target in the coming months, companies will need to start planning today for what their business will look in 30 years' time

  • Policy
  • 02 May 2019
'Net zero must mean zero': What can we expect from the CCC's pivotal 1.5C advice?
'Net zero must mean zero': What can we expect from the CCC's pivotal 1.5C advice?

As the Committee on Climate Change gears up to provide its hotly-anticipated net zero advice to the government, green economy experts explain what to expect

  • Policy
  • 26 April 2019
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