• Home
  • News
  • In-depth
  • Opinion
  • Energy
    • Wind
    • Marine
    • Solar
    • Biomass
    • Nuclear
    • CCS
    • Infrastructure
  • Policy
    • Politics
    • Legislation
    • Taxation
  • Management
    • Marketing
    • Risk
    • Skills
    • Incentives
    • Carbon Accounting
  • Technology
    • Waste
    • Recycling
    • R&D
    • Efficiency
    • IT
  • Investment
    • Carbon Trading
    • Offsets
    • Venture Capital
  • Net Zero Now
  • Events & Awards
  • SDG Hub
  • Industry Voice
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  •  
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
    • You are currently accessing BusinessGreen via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

      Email: [email protected]

      • Sign in
  • Follow us
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Events & Awards
    • Upcoming events
      event logo
      NZF Pathway - Finance

      This exclusive half day online event will investigate how all businesses can support and accelerate the transition to low and net zero carbon buildings, while maximising the financial and productivity opportunities that will result.

      • Date: 16 Mar 2021
      • Online Event
      event logo
      Net Zero Festival 2021

      Net Zero Festival is the world's first business festival dedicated to exploring, advancing, and celebrating the global transition to a net zero emission economy. Join us at BusinessGreen's Net Zero Festival – for leaders who won't wait until 2050 to build a better business, and a better world.

      • Date: 27 Sep 2021
      • Worldwide
      View all events
  • SDG Hub
Business Green
Business Green
  • Home
  • News
  • In-depth
  • Opinion
  • Energy
  • Policy
  • Management
  • Technology
  • Investment
  • Net Zero Now
 
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 
  • You are currently accessing BusinessGreen via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

    Email: [email protected]

    • Sign in
  • Hot topics
  • Green recovery
  • Net Zero Now
  • Net Zero Leadership
  • Net Zero Finance

EU ETS

Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market
Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice

  • Carbon Trading
  • 13 October 2020
'Very concerning': Crunch time for 'green Brexit' as trade deal deadline looms
'Very concerning': Crunch time for 'green Brexit' as trade deal deadline looms

Reports may have suggested that the UK and EU have reached agreement on incorporating the Paris Agreement into any trade deal, but with just 12 weeks to go until the Brexit transition period ends huge uncertainties and risks remain for the green economy...

  • Politics
  • 09 October 2020
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touts 55 per cent emissions reduction goal for 2030 and expanded the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in inaugural State of the Union address

  • Policy
  • 16 September 2020
EU carbon prices surge to 14-year high
EU carbon prices surge to 14-year high

CO2 price in EU emissions trading scheme breaches €30 per tonne-mark amid political push for 'green recovery'

  • Carbon Trading
  • 14 July 2020
Global Briefing: EU carbon price projected to average €32 in 2020s
Global Briefing: EU carbon price projected to average €32 in 2020s

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including Denmark's new climate law and the Australian mining sector's net zero pledge

  • Carbon Trading
  • 26 June 2020
EU carbon market emissions fell 8.7 per cent in 2019, data indicates
EU carbon market emissions fell 8.7 per cent in 2019, data indicates

Greenhouse gas emissions traded under Europe's ETS dropped 8.7 per cent overall last year, although many airlines saw their CO2 rise

  • Carbon Trading
  • 02 April 2020
Britain's Brexit negotiating plan: All the key green takeaways
Britain's Brexit negotiating plan: All the key green takeaways

With trade deal talks kicking-off on Monday BusinessGreen pulls together the UK's stance on a range of crucial climate and energy issues

  • Policy
  • 28 February 2020
Negative emissions under a net zero target: The controversies and pitfalls
Negative emissions under a net zero target: The controversies and pitfalls

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute navigates the costs, opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of different carbon capture and negative emissions technologies

  • Policy
  • 05 February 2020
Your guide to Europe's plan for hitting net zero
Your guide to Europe's plan for hitting net zero

Not got time to read every line of the European Green Deal? BusinessGreen has you covered

  • Legislation
  • 12 December 2019
Shipping firm MSC joins list of top 10 EU polluters
Shipping firm MSC joins list of top 10 EU polluters

Mediterranean Shipping Company's fleet was responsible for 11 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018, making it the eighth biggest emitter in the bloc

  • Shipping
  • 09 December 2019
'Prolonged uncertainty': Drax, Orsted and SSE call for post-Brexit carbon price clarity
'Prolonged uncertainty': Drax, Orsted and SSE call for post-Brexit carbon price clarity

Move echoes calls from green groups for 'robust carbon pricing' measures, as pressure grows for next government to bring forward UK coal power phase out date to 2022

  • Net Zero Now
  • 31 October 2019
CCC: 'Carbon pricing alone will not provide sufficient decarbonisation'
CCC: 'Carbon pricing alone will not provide sufficient decarbonisation'

Climate change advisors tell government that a suite of net zero policies is needed after UK exits the EU's emissions trading system

  • Policy
  • 09 August 2019
Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate
Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate

Treasury announces an extra £2.1bn in Brexit funding is set to be releases, sparking accusations that spending pledges do not add up

  • Policy
  • 01 August 2019
Coal collapse: Are coal power's days in Europe numbered?
Coal collapse: Are coal power's days in Europe numbered?

Coal power generation in the EU has plummeted 19 per cent since the start of the year, according to analysis by Sandbag, but will the trend continue?

  • Energy
  • 26 July 2019
European Commission: Climate promises help clinch victory for Ursula von der Leyen
European Commission: Climate promises help clinch victory for Ursula von der Leyen

Former German Defence Minister becomes first female European Commission President. securing narrow parliamentary approval after promising increased climate action

  • Politics
  • 17 July 2019
EU carbon price hits 11-year high as Europe eyes bolder climate policies
EU carbon price hits 11-year high as Europe eyes bolder climate policies

Price tops €28 per tonne on Wednesday as traders anticipate market reforms

  • Investment
  • 11 July 2019
Industry hopes high for China's carbon market
Industry hopes high for China's carbon market

Latest survey from IETA shows doubling in proportion of respondents who believe China will have carbon trading system for its power sector up and running by 2021

  • Carbon Trading
  • 06 June 2019
RyanAir becomes first airline to publish monthly carbon emissions
RyanAir becomes first airline to publish monthly carbon emissions

But the Irish airline is also the tenth highest emitter in the EU's Emission Trading System

  • Aviation
  • 06 June 2019
Global briefing: George Clooney trolls climate sceptics
Global briefing: George Clooney trolls climate sceptics

From green Cathedrals to A-list climate spoofs, BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 10 May 2019
British Steel seeking £100m government loan to pay EU carbon emissions bill
British Steel seeking £100m government loan to pay EU carbon emissions bill

Firm hit by EU's decision to suspend UK companies from accessing CO2 credits under emissions trading system until Brexit deal is ratified

  • Carbon Trading
  • 15 April 2019
Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters
Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters

As coal use drops off, aviation is coming to the fore as bloc's biggest emitter

  • Aviation
  • 02 April 2019
Good news: Europe on track to halve emissions by 2030
Good news: Europe on track to halve emissions by 2030

Influential new report from Sandbag claims policies already in place to deliver 50 per cent cut in emissions by 2030, paving the way for increased ambition

  • Policy
  • 27 March 2019
Energy chaos? Government urges business to prepare for no-deal
Energy chaos? Government urges business to prepare for no-deal

New guidance warns firms should prepare for major changes to emissions trading, electricity trading, and nuclear safeguards if UK crashes out of EU next month

  • Policy
  • 08 February 2019
Five things you might have missed from yesterday's Budget
Five things you might have missed from yesterday's Budget

You'd have been forgiven for missing the green detail of yesterday's Budget speech - but buried in the Red Book was some measures sustainability executives should be abreast of

  • Legislation
  • 30 October 2018
123

Most read

Mars and DHL plot £350m UK logistics hubs to slash one million road miles
Mars and DHL plot £350m UK logistics hubs to slash one million road miles
Terra Carta: Prince of Wales launches green recovery charter for business
Terra Carta: Prince of Wales launches green recovery charter for business
'Environmentally regressive': UK government approves use of bee-harming pesticide banned in EU
'Environmentally regressive': UK government approves use of bee-harming pesticide banned in EU
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
Essar and Progressive Energy plot £750m hydrogen CCS hub in Cheshire
Essar and Progressive Energy plot £750m hydrogen CCS hub in Cheshire
  • Contact Us
  • Marketing solutions
  • About Incisive Media
  • Terms and conditions
  • Policies
  • Careers
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Incisive Footer Logo

© Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR, registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 09177174 & 09178013

Digital publisher of the year
Digital publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2017
Loading