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Fifty years of Brompton: Inside the British brand pedalling greener bikes and behaviour change

Transport

Fifty years of Brompton: Inside the British brand pedalling greener bikes and behaviour change

Brompton's managing director Julian Scriven discusses the folding bicycle manufacturer's use of recycled materials and its move into the booming e-bike market

clock 04 August 2025 • 13 min read
As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes

Energy

As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes

Spotify currently has 675 million active users - but as this number grows and it expands into video for music streaming, the app's environmental footprint is set to increase

clock 30 July 2025 • 3 min read
'Science with a soul': Plastic pollution, Wilson the volleyball, and the dramatisation of 450 years of ocean data

Waste

'Science with a soul': Plastic pollution, Wilson the volleyball, and the dramatisation of 450 years of ocean data

Nicholas Bergantin, co-chief creative officer at Sao Paolo-based creative agency Africa, explains how Tom Hanks' famous volleyball came to front an ocean-waste awareness campaign

clock 23 July 2025 • 9 min read
How can green businesses deliver an effective community engagement strategy?

Incentives

How can green businesses deliver an effective community engagement strategy?

Experts from Equans UK & Ireland, Jewson, and B-Lab discuss how to respond to the growing pressure for companies to deliver societal benefits beyond their operations in BusinessGreen's latest webinar

clock 23 July 2025 • 12 min read
Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won't make people take them more seriously

Risk

Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won't make people take them more seriously

Naming heatwaves may increase awareness of climate risks, but it could be dismissed by the public as sensationalist

clock 16 July 2025 • 4 min read
'We want to be a hotel for everybody': How Radisson gave a Manchester hotel a net zero makeover

Management

'We want to be a hotel for everybody': How Radisson gave a Manchester hotel a net zero makeover

Designing a net zero hotel from the ground up is one thing, but eradicating Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from an existing hotel represents a major milestone for global chain's climate efforts

clock 03 July 2025 • 16 min read
How revisiting past practices allowed a mixed farm to be financially resilient while boosting biodiversity

Supply chain

How revisiting past practices allowed a mixed farm to be financially resilient while boosting biodiversity

One Cornish farmer is returning to past practices on his family farm, and enjoying some remarkable science-based results

clock 02 July 2025 • 8 min read
'A transition plan is a great way to organise your thinking': Inside OVO's first Climate Transition Plan

Energy

'A transition plan is a great way to organise your thinking': Inside OVO's first Climate Transition Plan

OVO's head of sustainability reflects on how the creation of its landmark Climate Transition Plan proved a 'natural evolution' of existing frameworks

clock 01 July 2025 • 12 min read
How can companies build a business case for high integrity carbon credits?

Carbon Trading

How can companies build a business case for high integrity carbon credits?

Experts Shane Fagan from Patch and Tom Spencer from Swiss Re explore the increasingly important and multifaceted roles carbon credits can play in corporate climate strategies

clock 24 June 2025 • 11 min read
Warm Homes Plan: How Labour can learn from a decade of failed insulation schemes

Policy

Warm Homes Plan: How Labour can learn from a decade of failed insulation schemes

Labour is keeping the promised £13.2bn budget for its Warm Homes plan - but issues remain, writes Madeleine Pauker from the University of Sussex

clock 23 June 2025 • 6 min read