Corporate sustainability

How can businesses future-proof their corporate sustainability strategies?

Management

How can businesses future-proof their corporate sustainability strategies?

Are corporate sustainability efforts entering a new and more mature phase? BusinessGreen's latest roundtable heard from senior execs about how they are grappling with economic and political headwinds as they reappraise their net zero strategies

clock 09 June 2026 • 13 min read
Schroders' Madeleine Cobb: 'You won't get people to move with you if you don't understand their perspective'

Investment

Schroders' Madeleine Cobb: 'You won't get people to move with you if you don't understand their perspective'

Madeleine Cobb reflects on the daily 'pick-and-mix' of working in sustainability and how she can't remember a year where the plan set in January was the one delivered

clock 21 April 2026 • 6 min read
Science-based targets growth, energy crisis latest, and climate scepticism risk

Politics

Science-based targets growth, energy crisis latest, and climate scepticism risk

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: April part two

clock 17 April 2026 • 2 min read
ISEP and CAA launch new carbon accounting qualification

Carbon Accounting

ISEP and CAA launch new carbon accounting qualification

Course to focus on technical competencies needed to accurately measure and report greenhouse gas emissions

clock 13 April 2026 • 3 min read
eBay's Renée Morin: 'I wouldn't be successful as a CSO if I didn't understand how business works'

Marketing

eBay's Renée Morin: 'I wouldn't be successful as a CSO if I didn't understand how business works'

eBay's chief sustainability officer reflects on the launch of the company's first climate transition plan

clock 24 February 2026 • 6 min read
Study: C-suite values determine whether corporate climate goals 'live or die'

Management

Study: C-suite values determine whether corporate climate goals 'live or die'

Environmental action much more likely at firms where top executives take the lead in driving sustainability measures

clock 23 February 2026 • 2 min read
Study: Hourly 'carbon-free' electricity tariffs set to go mainstream

Energy

Study: Hourly 'carbon-free' electricity tariffs set to go mainstream

Study highlights rapid growth of new category of energy tariffs that aim to provide businesses with more credible renewable energy procurement

clock 09 January 2026 • 4 min read
Sustainability is top organisational priority for EMEA business leaders, Google survey finds

Management

Sustainability is top organisational priority for EMEA business leaders, Google survey finds

But survey of nearly 1,500 executives suggests a lack of technological investment, poor awareness, and a ‘relentless focus on growth and profit’ is slowing environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives at firms

clock 13 April 2022 • 2 min read
'Competitive' decarbonisation is crucial to delivering net zero, report argues

Management

'Competitive' decarbonisation is crucial to delivering net zero, report argues

Guide for CEOs published by World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group argues that corporate climate action motivated by competition is critical to delivering climate goals

clock 18 January 2022 • 2 min read
More than two thirds of UK businesses do not have a net zero plan, poll reveals

Net Zero Now

More than two thirds of UK businesses do not have a net zero plan, poll reveals

Survey reveals that 80 per cent businesses with a net zero strategy are confident they will meet their goals

clock 06 January 2022 • 2 min read