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Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia plots car-free city stretching 100 miles
Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia plots car-free city stretching 100 miles

Plus Danish diets, China climate policy signals, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 15 January 2021
National Grid powers up 149-mile green power cable under English Channel
National Grid powers up 149-mile green power cable under English Channel

Seabed interconnector linking Britain and France to allow trade of surplus green power enters testing phase

  • Infrastructure
  • 15 October 2020
France and Germany ramp up multi-billion Euro green stimulus plans
France and Germany ramp up multi-billion Euro green stimulus plans

French government puts climate action at heart of €100bn stimulus package, as Germany successfully delivers first sovereign green bond

  • Policy
  • 03 September 2020
Verkor joins race to deliver European battery gigafactory
Verkor joins race to deliver European battery gigafactory

Company backed by European engineering giants exits stealth mode with plan to deliver French gigafactories

  • Technology
  • 03 August 2020
Global Briefing: Irish government ordered to strengthen climate plan
Global Briefing: Irish government ordered to strengthen climate plan

Plus nuclear fusion, French outdoor heating ban, Spanish green hydrogen plant and all the top green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 31 July 2020
Octopus Renewables swoops for 14 French solar farms in €59m deal
Octopus Renewables swoops for 14 French solar farms in €59m deal

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust inks deal to purchase 119.5MW subsidised solar portfolio as UK investor expands into French market

  • Solar
  • 31 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
Coronavirus: L'Oréal unveils €100m biodiversity and circular economy plan
Coronavirus: L'Oréal unveils €100m biodiversity and circular economy plan

French cosmetics giant says it is 'essential not to not step back from the sustainable transformation that the world needs' as it delivers plans to invest in ecosystem repair and circular economy projects

  • Management
  • 13 May 2020
Iberdrola set to snap up French renewables developer Aalto Power in €100m deal
Iberdrola set to snap up French renewables developer Aalto Power in €100m deal

Deal beefs up Iberdrola's presence in French generation market, where Aalto Power is developing a 636MW onshore wind pipeline

  • Wind
  • 07 May 2020
French corporates call for 'green and inclusive recovery'
French corporates call for 'green and inclusive recovery'

BNP Paribas, AXA, Danone, and Total among over 90 leading businesses to call on government to deliver recover plan that drives 'ecological transition'

  • Policy
  • 05 May 2020
Air France coronavirus bailout package to demand steep emissions cuts
Air France coronavirus bailout package to demand steep emissions cuts

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells French Parliament €7bn support package would require ailing airline to set goal of becoming world's most environmentally-friendly carrier

  • Aviation
  • 30 April 2020
Evian serves up carbon neutral certification
Evian serves up carbon neutral certification

French firm says it has achieved goal set at Paris climate conference through offsetting and significant carbon reduction efforts across its design, production, shipping, and recycling operations

  • Management
  • 20 April 2020
Global Briefing: Macron warns coronavirus shows it is 'wake-up time' for climate risks
Global Briefing: Macron warns coronavirus shows it is 'wake-up time' for climate risks

Plus Austria's last coal plant and Trump's mercury rule rollbacks, as we round up all the top global green business news this week

  • Management
  • 17 April 2020
Global Briefing: France confirms law preventing companies destroying unsold goods
Global Briefing: France confirms law preventing companies destroying unsold goods

New rules are expected to have a major impact on luxury fashion and cosmetic companies. Plus, all the other green business news from around the world

  • Management
  • 31 January 2020
Octopus Renewables snaps up nine wind farms from RES in €100m deal
Octopus Renewables snaps up nine wind farms from RES in €100m deal

Green energy investor to add 130MW to its growing portfolio of renewables in UK, Ireland, and France

  • Venture Capital
  • 15 November 2019
Global Briefing: Equinor spends big on floating wind to power oil and gas rig
Global Briefing: Equinor spends big on floating wind to power oil and gas rig

BusinessGreen brings you all the low carbon business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 11 October 2019
SIMEC strikes 'landmark' deal to supply tidal power to Channel Island
SIMEC strikes 'landmark' deal to supply tidal power to Channel Island

Power from experimental tidal array in the Raz Blanchard will supply renewable electricity to the island of Alderney

  • Marine
  • 06 September 2019
Macron tells G7: Amazon rainforest fires are an 'international crisis'
Macron tells G7: Amazon rainforest fires are an 'international crisis'

Fires currently ravaging the Brazilian rainforest should be top of the agenda at this weekend's G7 Summit, says French President, as debate over future trade deals intensifies

  • Policy
  • 23 August 2019
Global briefing: France blocks airport expansion on net zero grounds
Global briefing: France blocks airport expansion on net zero grounds

China emissions peak, Ethiopia tree planting and Russian wildfires - BusinessGreen brings you all the latest green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 02 August 2019
France's climate targets 'far from being achieved' warns new advisory body
France's climate targets 'far from being achieved' warns new advisory body

Haut Conseil pour le Climat, France's independent climate advisory council, provides first ever assessment of country's decarbonisation progress

  • Climate change
  • 26 June 2019
Dunkirk auction provides boost for France's offshore wind industry
Dunkirk auction provides boost for France's offshore wind industry

Winning bid of just €50/MWh came from a consortium led by EDF Renewables, Innogy and Enbridge

  • Wind
  • 17 June 2019
'Game changer': French bank Crédit Agricole to ditch EU coal by 2030
'Game changer': French bank Crédit Agricole to ditch EU coal by 2030

Banking giant to publish new independently-verified climate strategy aligned with the Paris Agreement in 2020

  • Investment
  • 07 June 2019
China's Xi backs climate-friendly finance on Europe tour
China's Xi backs climate-friendly finance on Europe tour

Xi made common cause with Emmanuel Macron on climate change, amid multi-billion dollar business deals on a six-day visit to Europe

  • Investment
  • 27 March 2019
French experts propose trillion-euro EU climate finance pact
French experts propose trillion-euro EU climate finance pact

Economist Pierre Larrouturou and climate scientist Jean Jouzel are leading a call to mobilise funds on a large scale, backed by more than 600 political figures

  • Investment
  • 26 February 2019
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