In-depth

Skills

Closing the climate skills gap among investment professionals

How investment professionals contribute to the net zero transition can recast the way that society sees and appreciates finance's role in society, argues CFA UK chief executive Will Goodhart

clock 07 January 2021 • 5 min read

Energy

Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?

Many governments are hoping hydrogen can bridge the most difficult sections of their net zero roadmaps - but precisely how hydrogen will enable deep decarbonisation is not yet clear, a new report from Edison warns

clock 07 January 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Major banks 'co-responsible' for plastics crisis, first-of-its-kind investigation argues

The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes

clock 07 January 2021 • 4 min read

Editor's Blog

No hugging, no learning

The government's chronic mishandling of the pandemic does not bode well for the challenging net zero transition it now has to navigate

clock 06 January 2021 • 8 min read

Work

We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition

Former MPs Caroline Flint and Dame Caroline Spelman, co-chairs of the new cross-party Getting to Zero programme, argue the UK's net zero journey must take into account vastly differing regional concerns

clock 06 January 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal

On Christmas Eve the UK and EU averted a damaging no-deal scenario, but the resulting trade deal still leaves many outstanding questions about the UK's environmental policy prospects unanswered

clock 05 January 2021 • 13 min read

Management

Will green intentions turn to action in 2021?

Hubbub CEO Trewin Restorick sets out five reasons to view the year ahead with some positivity for the planet

clock 05 January 2021 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint

Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don't think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?

clock 04 January 2021 • 6 min read

Energy

EU methane satellites could help push companies to cut emissions

Brussels is gearing up to use its satellites to spot and track global methane emission hotspots, writes Andrew Warren

clock 04 January 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

2020: A heartening year for tackling the climate crisis

The climate will only respond to carbon cuts - in 2021 companies must begin turning their net zero plans into action, writes ClimateCare CEO Vaughan Lindsay

clock 31 December 2020 • 5 min read