Analysis

The government wants to motivate manufacturers to electrify their energy use, but smaller firms may need more targeted support, according to Sam Hampton and Jan Rosenow at the University of Oxford

BusinessGreen rounds up all the key spending announcements today from the Treasury in support of clean energy, low carbon industry, sustainable transport, and nature-friendly farming

As leading lights of the Conservative Party struggle to advocate for ambitious UK leadership on net zero, where should right-leaning environmentalists look for their new political home?

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June 2025

International Energy Agency warns the global supply of key energy-related metals and minerals is becoming more, not less, concentrated

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: May 2025

Leading developers are warning a proposed new subsidy scheme will create 'arbitrary barriers to entry' for battery energy storage systems, but government insists the plans are 'technology-neutral'

Tree-planting rates are far below what is needed to meet net zero targets - how can policymakers and businesses rapidly expand sustainable forests?

The CCC has revealed the litany of government and corporate failures that are leaving the UK badly exposed to worsening climate impacts - but will anyone respond to the wake-up call?

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups and experts react to the Climate Change Committee's damning assessment of the government's ongoing failure to boost the UK's preparedness for worsening climate change