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'Like an Amazon pick-up package service': Inside plans to transform an Icelandic port into a CO2 storage hub for European pollution

Energy

'Like an Amazon pick-up package service': Inside plans to transform an Icelandic port into a CO2 storage hub for European pollution

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock

clock 12 October 2021 • 6 min read
Clean heating, carbon storage, and direct air capture: How Iceland could carve out a net zero economy for the world to follow

Energy

Clean heating, carbon storage, and direct air capture: How Iceland could carve out a net zero economy for the world to follow

clock 12 October 2021 • 8 min read
Electrifying home heating is a no-regrets option for Britain

Policy

Electrifying home heating is a no-regrets option for Britain

If the UK plays it right everyone could benefit from low carbon, highly-efficient heating technology by the 2030s, argues Edward Robinson from the newly-launched Electrify Heat campaign

clock 12 October 2021 • 4 min read
Net Zero Festival: Net zero or not zero? How to deliver credible targets

Net Zero Now

Net Zero Festival: Net zero or not zero? How to deliver credible targets

VIDEO: Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare, ShareAction CEO Catherine Howarth, CDP CEO Paul Simpson, and Nomad Foods CEO Stefan Descheemaeker discuss how to avoid greenwash at the Net Zero Festival

clock 11 October 2021 • 1 min read
How companies with net zero goals in place are failing to take the same approach to their pension schemes

Investment

How companies with net zero goals in place are failing to take the same approach to their pension schemes

Research from Make My Money Matter shows that large UK pension schemes managing £2tr still have no net zero goals in place

clock 11 October 2021 • 4 min read
Banking on the stability of nature

Investment

Banking on the stability of nature

Nick Robins is professor in practice for sustainable finance at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Dr Ma Jun is special advisor to the governor of the People’s Bank of China.

clock 11 October 2021 • 4 min read
Global Briefing: UAE, South Korea, and Turkey unveil fresh climate pledges in boost to COP26 prospects

Politics

Global Briefing: UAE, South Korea, and Turkey unveil fresh climate pledges in boost to COP26 prospects

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week

clock 08 October 2021 • 6 min read
'The system is interconnected': How halving UK energy demand could slash the costs of net zero

Energy

'The system is interconnected': How halving UK energy demand could slash the costs of net zero

As the gas price crisis escalates, a comprehensive new study underscores need for 'changes in the way we live, move, and consume' to cut energy demand in pursuit of net zero

clock 08 October 2021 • 7 min read
Paul Polman on his new book and 'courageous companies'

Management

Paul Polman on his new book and 'courageous companies'

Joel Makower talks to the former Unilever boss about his new book, 'Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take'

clock 08 October 2021 • 7 min read
Much too little, far too late: The UK must phase out single-use plastics before 2042

Legislation

Much too little, far too late: The UK must phase out single-use plastics before 2042

We must move away from a 'take, make, waste' mentality to drastically reduce the amount of material we consume, argues Environmental Justice Foundation CEO Steve Trent

clock 08 October 2021 • 4 min read