Analysis

Are fossil fuel giants wasting trillions of dollars on business-as-usual strategies?

Risk

Are fossil fuel giants wasting trillions of dollars on business-as-usual strategies?

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals

clock 09 September 2021 • 7 min read
Mind the gap: Why ESG reporting at private companies is essential for achieving net zero

Investment

Mind the gap: Why ESG reporting at private companies is essential for achieving net zero

Investors are calling on their private portfolio companies to start disclosing their environmental footprint, warning that a huge transparency gap between listed entities and private companies could derail decarbonisation efforts

clock 08 September 2021 • 6 min read
Planes, cars, diets and homes: How can the government enlist the public in its net zero mission?

Policy

Planes, cars, diets and homes: How can the government enlist the public in its net zero mission?

As public debates about the type and scale of lifestyle change required to deliver a more sustainable economy rage, the Tony Blair Institute provides government with a list of priorities

clock 20 August 2021 • 9 min read
Hydrogen Strategy: Six key indicators about the government's net zero vision

Policy

Hydrogen Strategy: Six key indicators about the government's net zero vision

The UK's first ever Hydrogen Strategy finally arrived this week - what does it reveal about the government's net zero agenda?

clock 18 August 2021 • 15 min read
UK Hydrogen Strategy: The green economy reacts

Energy

UK Hydrogen Strategy: The green economy reacts

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from politicians, green business figures, NGOs, investors and think tanks to the government's long-awaited Hydrogen Strategy

clock 17 August 2021 • 19 min read
Sorting the trolls from the polls: What does Britain really think about net zero?

Politics

Sorting the trolls from the polls: What does Britain really think about net zero?

Polls consistently show significant public concern over the climate crisis and a strong desire for action, but are the right questions being asked?

clock 11 August 2021 • 12 min read
'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Climate change

'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Roundup of reaction from politicians, NGOs, and business figures as the world's top climate scientists serve up latest evidence on scale of potential climate cataclysm ahead

clock 09 August 2021 • 24 min read

Transport

Transport Decarbonisation Plan: A guide to the government's routemap for net zero transport

The government has provided its more comprehensive plan yet for fully decarbonising transport by 2050 - here is an all you need to know guide for green businesses

clock 15 July 2021 • 13 min read

Net Zero Now

How much will net zero cost the UK? The OBR tries answering the trillion-pound question

The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has offered some of the most detailed estimates to date on the costs and savings that would result from decarbonising the UK economy by 2050

clock 07 July 2021 • 8 min read

Policy

'The road to Glasgow must be paved with action': Green economy reacts to CCC's net zero progress report

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the CCC's climate assessment from green businesses, think tanks, politicians and NGOs

clock 24 June 2021 • 19 min read