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COP30: What businesses should look out for from the Belém Summit

Climate change

COP30: What businesses should look out for from the Belém Summit

BusinessGreen takes a look at 10 key questions for the fortnight of crunch negotiations in the Amazon

clock 10 November 2025 • 11 min read
How the government is looking to cut costs from its £10bn clean energy subsidy schemes

Energy

How the government is looking to cut costs from its £10bn clean energy subsidy schemes

Payments under the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariff schemes could be linked to CPI rather than RPI from next April, as part of efforts to trim costs for billpayers - but could such changes dent investor confidence?

clock 10 November 2025 • 6 min read
Nature recovery is not a barrier to growth – it is a catalyst for it

Biodiversity

Nature recovery is not a barrier to growth – it is a catalyst for it

By making nature fundamental to how we deliver housing, infrastructure, and economic development, we can create thriving communities, sustainable businesses, and a resilient natural environment, writes Natural England chief executive Marian Spain

clock 10 November 2025 • 4 min read
Quinbrook's Rosalind Smith-Maxwell: Effective clean energy comms is how we'll convince energy transition sceptics

Management

Quinbrook's Rosalind Smith-Maxwell: Effective clean energy comms is how we'll convince energy transition sceptics

Women in Green Business Awards 2025: Investment Professional of the Year, Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, discusses the importance of better communicating the benefits of clean energy

clock 10 November 2025 • 1 min read
How EcoMossUK is using waste plants and pallets to make capture carbon 'tangible'

Offsets

How EcoMossUK is using waste plants and pallets to make capture carbon 'tangible'

Jesse Howell, the 18-year-old founder of EcoMossUK, explains how he’s applied his thatching skills to offsetting to help schools and businesses capture carbon

clock 10 November 2025 • 4 min read
Global Briefing: Amazon fires causing worse air pollution than in many mega-cities

Policy

Global Briefing: Amazon fires causing worse air pollution than in many mega-cities

Greenpeace warns forest clearance in the Amazon is creating an air pollution crisis, plus Australia offers free clean energy and PepsiCo ramps up regenerative farming plans

clock 07 November 2025 • 5 min read
Why Bill Gates' climate memo is being celebrated by sceptics while frustrating scientists

Climate change

Why Bill Gates' climate memo is being celebrated by sceptics while frustrating scientists

The billionaire's pre-COP 'narrative grenade' has been roundly criticised by climate experts - here's why

clock 07 November 2025 • 5 min read
COP30 will redefine forest finance - here's what companies need to know

Investment

COP30 will redefine forest finance - here's what companies need to know

For companies, forests are now a test of whether climate ambition can be delivered credibly at scale, writes Keith Tuffley from the Race to Belém

clock 07 November 2025 • 4 min read
The government's new climate plan, LinkedIn's green skills data, and what to expect from COP30

Politics

The government's new climate plan, LinkedIn's green skills data, and what to expect from COP30

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: November part one

clock 07 November 2025 • 2 min read
Climate Essentials: 'We've consistently seen the crucial role women play in driving the transition to a green economy'

Skills

Climate Essentials: 'We've consistently seen the crucial role women play in driving the transition to a green economy'

Women in Green Business Awards 2025: Climate Essentials' Anna Campbell and Martina Colman share how recognition has reinforced their award-winning small business' sense of purpose

clock 07 November 2025 • 3 min read