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'We need a plan that pre-empts crises': How farmers frustrations over 'contradictory' environment policies are boiling over

Policy

'We need a plan that pre-empts crises': How farmers frustrations over 'contradictory' environment policies are boiling over

NFU president Minette Batters hits out at lack of coherent UK strategy across farming, trade, and environment, as group of Green Tory MPs set out vision for food and farming reforms

clock 22 February 2022 • 6 min read
'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Supply chain

'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste

clock 22 February 2022 • 10 min read
Capturing the battery value chain opportunity

Infrastructure

Capturing the battery value chain opportunity

The global battery market is set to grow into a massive industry in the next decade, but policymakers today will decide which regions benefit the most in future, explain McKinsey's Nicolò Campagnol, Alexander Pfeiffer, and Christer Tryggestad.

clock 22 February 2022 • 6 min read
'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

Risk

'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

New research exploring the risks associated with new fossil gas infrastructure comes as separate analysis warns North Sea oil and gas extraction is set become a significant burden on UK's public finances

clock 21 February 2022 • 5 min read
Can a new industry charter help scrub the greenwash out of the UK building products sector?

Marketing

Can a new industry charter help scrub the greenwash out of the UK building products sector?

An 'Anti Greenwash Charter' has been launched by the UK's built environment sector signalling growing desire from businesses to tackle misleading environmental claims

clock 21 February 2022 • 7 min read
Five ways business can help stop current record levels of deforestation

Supply chain

Five ways business can help stop current record levels of deforestation

Deforestation in the Amazon hit a record high last month - We Mean Business Coalition CEO Maria Mendiluce sets out how companies can help reverse the trend

clock 21 February 2022 • 4 min read
Why high energy costs for UK manufacturing pose major threat to net zero

Supply chain

Why high energy costs for UK manufacturing pose major threat to net zero

Lack of policy support to incentivise green heating for large businesses is putting UK jobs and economy at risk, research suggests

clock 18 February 2022 • 7 min read
Paul Polman wants your company to make these three shifts

Management

Paul Polman wants your company to make these three shifts

'We should not compete on the future of humanity' - here's how the former Unilever CEO views progress toward a net positive, regenerative future

clock 18 February 2022 • 5 min read
Salesforce to make 'sustainability' a core value

Management

Salesforce to make 'sustainability' a core value

By making the concept of sustainability part of its core values, Salesforce hopes to further operationalise its climate action, both internally and externally.

clock 18 February 2022 • 5 min read
Innovative thinking and new skills are the key to a net zero future

Skills

Innovative thinking and new skills are the key to a net zero future

The manufacturing sector holds the key to delivering a net zero economy, but operators need to invset now in skills and innovation, argues the Stewart McKinlay from the Manufacturing Skills Academy

clock 17 February 2022 • 4 min read