Net zero

Policy

Net Zero: Are UK institutions fit for decarbonising purpose?

Overseas aid, local planning, and energy regulator Ofgem are just three of the areas where experts fear much needed net zero mandates are urgently required

clock 23 July 2019 • 9 min read

Infrastructure

Your oil major needs you

Shell's Ben van Beurden recently declared the pursuit of a net zero economy was 'the only way to go', but how can the fossil fuel industry overcome the barriers that block the path to deep decarbonisation?

clock 22 July 2019 • 24 min read

Supply chain

Cement industry must commit to net zero by 2050, say investors

Members of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change and Climate Action 100+ write to board chairs of world's largest cement firms calling for more climate action

clock 22 July 2019 • 2 min read

Management

Out of the control room and in to the boardroom

Ian Hopkins, sales director UK and Ireland at Centrica Business Solutions, on the rising importance of energy on corporate agendas

clock 18 July 2019 • 3 min read

Buildings

Could these be the low carbon homes of tomorrow?

VIDEO: Developer CITU has just completed the first of 500 low carbon homes in Leeds - BusinessGreen took a closer look

clock 18 July 2019 • 1 min read

Policy

Why every business meeting should start with a 'climate moment'

AECOM's Robert Spencer argues forward-looking companies should spread the word about climate change and its solutions to staff and customers

clock 16 July 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

Shell's Sinead Lynch: 'You do fundamentally change the way you look at the energy transition'

Shell's UK country chair talks to BusinessGreen about net zero targets, unburnable carbon, and why this time around the company's interest in renewables feels very different

clock 11 July 2019 • 15 min read

Energy

National Grid: 'Immediate action' required to ready UK energy system for Net Zero target

Reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century in the UK is 'possible' but will require radical changes to heating, transport, industry, and power sectors

clock 11 July 2019 • 4 min read

Science

Sir David Attenborough: We 'cannot be radical enough' in tackling climate crisis

Veteran broadcaster warns 'really major problems' are imminent if world does not address climate change threat

clock 09 July 2019 • 6 min read

Policy

MPs, academics, and farmers all crank up net zero pressure

Flurry of announcements steps up calls for government and businesses to deliver credible net zero policies

clock 05 July 2019 • 4 min read