Corporate sustainability

'A report has to be read to drive change': How to build an award-winning sustainability report

Management

'A report has to be read to drive change': How to build an award-winning sustainability report

Finalists from the UK Green Business Awards' Sustainability Report of the Year category explain how they struck a balance between eye-catching and credible

clock 30 October 2026 • 17 min read
Mandarin Oriental's Kandé Camara: 'Developing a strategy can be a long and sometimes lonely process'

Management

Mandarin Oriental's Kandé Camara: 'Developing a strategy can be a long and sometimes lonely process'

Kandé Camara sheds light on Mandarin Oriental's new sustainability platform, and how setbacks arise when well-intentioned initiatives are too idealistic to implement

clock 27 October 2026 • 8 min read
Study: Climate resilience primary driver of business action on nature

Risk

Study: Climate resilience primary driver of business action on nature

More than half of sustainability practitioners claim building the business case for nature is their biggest challenge, but climate resilience offers route for delivering projects

clock 16 October 2026 • 3 min read
RE100 warns supply shortfalls could threaten companies' 100 per cent renewables goals

Energy

RE100 warns supply shortfalls could threaten companies' 100 per cent renewables goals

Corporate demand for clean power is growing, but limited supplies remain the top barrier to meeting corporate goals to source 100 per cent renewable electricity

clock 18 September 2026 • 3 min read
Study: Climate disasters driving temporary increase in corporate emissions

Risk

Study: Climate disasters driving temporary increase in corporate emissions

New research shows how natural disasters can worsen companies' emissions, but firms with strong governance processes can help mitigate the impact

clock 18 September 2026 • 2 min read
'Growth, security and resilience': How corporate sustainability became more important than ever

Management

'Growth, security and resilience': How corporate sustainability became more important than ever

Major new survey reveals how resilience and value creation are at the top of the agenda for senior sustainability executives - and as a result over 80 per cent of companies expect to increase sustainability investment

clock 16 September 2026 • 7 min read
Will shake up of corporate disclosure rules end reporting fatigue or weaken transparency?

Management

Will shake up of corporate disclosure rules end reporting fatigue or weaken transparency?

BusinessGreen takes a deep dive into the government's controversial consultation on modernising the UK's corporate reporting regime

clock 08 September 2026 • 17 min read
GHG Protocol and ISO confirm plans to integrate carbon accounting standards

Carbon Accounting

GHG Protocol and ISO confirm plans to integrate carbon accounting standards

Two global emissions accounting standards bodies take further steps to bring their reporting and accounting frameworks under a single umbrella

clock 30 July 2026 • 4 min read
Study: Industry-specific net zero blueprints a 'scientific and practical necessity'

Carbon Accounting

Study: Industry-specific net zero blueprints a 'scientific and practical necessity'

New paper backs sector specific net zero blueprints that combine existing frameworks, are grounded in climate science, and aligned with planetary boundaries

clock 30 July 2026 • 3 min read
GHG Protocol accused of 'violating its own rules' in forest carbon removals row

Carbon Accounting

GHG Protocol accused of 'violating its own rules' in forest carbon removals row

Member of independent standards board publicly resigns, citing concerns over governance processes at the carbon accounting standards non-profit

clock 10 June 2026 • 6 min read