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Net Zero Finance: Hiro Mizuno on discovering ESG, shifting baselines, and an age of opportunity
In a BusinessGreen exclusive we bring you the directors' cut of Hiro Mizuno's conversation at last week's inaugural Net Zero Finance Summit
Could the new National Infrastructure Bank help solve the home retrofit challenge?
Ron Cowley of the Active Building Centre argues sweeping changing to our housing stock are essential, and the government's new bank could provide the catalyst that is desperately needed
Global Briefing: Study warns countries could face credit rating downgrades by 2030 as climate risks escalate
All the green business news from around the world this week
How clean energy investments are lagging, despite returns outshining fossil fuels for 10 years
Study from IEA and Imperial highlights decade of clear evidence that renewables firms are performing better than fossil fuel-focused businesses
Should you swap plastic for aluminum packaging? It's complicated
Jesse Klein explores how some leading businesses are navigating the complex choices that shape efforts to deliver more sustainable packaging
Retrofitting green skills
Mapping the UK's skills gaps against occupations that will likely see a contraction in demand in coming years could help identify new talent to support the green industrial revolution, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer
Green bonuses: How ESG criteria are increasingly informing executive pay
Nearly half of FTSE 100 companies currently have an ESG measure in either annual bonus targets or long-term incentive plans, research from PwC has found
Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: The six key takeaways from the government's latest green policy blitz
The government has set out a raft of new ambitions in its 117-page Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, but how will the new proposals impact the green economy?
Advancing plastics recycling and reducing CO2: Driving transformational change
Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. It is a day for the world to come together and put the planet first. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our...
Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: All the key policies at a glance
An all-you-need-to-know guide to the green measures unveiled in the government's plan to cut CO2 from industry, schools and hospitals
'Forceful and accelerated': Top investor body predicts global climate policy response
Principles for Responsible Investment analysed policy trends to formulate detailed predictions on the likely extent of government intervention in key sectors of the economy as the net zero transition progresses
Zoom in on Net Zero - with explorer and solar-powered flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard
VIDEO: Pilot and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation joins BusinessGreen's Michael Holder to discuss circumnavigating the globe, clean technologies and his passionate environmentalism
'Legacy of weakening': Is the government failing on its 'green Brexit' pledges?
Greener UK claims many UK protections on chemicals, nature, waste and air quality are weaker now than they were under the EU
Capacity Market: Are the UK's £350m of gas power subsidies compatible with net zero goals?
1.4GW of new gas power won £350m of funding in the government's latest Capacity Market auction, held last week, sparking concern among campaigners
'Now we're into delivery': Adaptation and resilience champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan on her COP26 priorities
Minister provides BusinessGreen with a behind-the-scenes look at her work on leadership team for the COP26 climate conference
Living in a digital world
Harriet Parker from Liontrust's Sustainable Investment team offers an investment managers perspective on the search for more efficient IT systems
Missing the hot stuff: Where the Budget failed on heat decarbonisation
A 'super deduction' for low carbon home heating technologies could have enthused householders and markets alike, argues Seahorse Environmental's Lizzy Roberts
'British wind'
Last week delivered yet another impressive milestone for the world-leading UK offshore wind industry, but for the rest of the green economy it is a reminder of what might have been
Can C-suite paychecks save the world?
Joel Makower asks if the growing popularity of sustainability-linked bonuses is making a difference to corporate sustainability efforts
Net Zero Finance: Financial innovation and how to bridge the green investment chasm
Mobilising billions of dollars of low carbon investment is a huge challenge, but it is also a massive opportunity for those financiers willing to innovate in pursuit of net zero emissions
'Nothing' is not as straight forward as it seems
Basil Demeroutis, managing partner at real estate investor FORE Partnership, offers a whirlwind guide to the complex world of net zero carbon
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