Interview

Carbon Accounting

One way to sell a tax on carbon: Cut other taxes

An interview with Nigel Topping, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition of 400 companies and 183 investors, about the emerging consensus on the need for carbon pricing

clock 13 May 2016 • 4 min read

Marketing

An inside look at L'Oreal's sustainability makeover

L'Oreal's chief sustainability officer Alexandra Palt reveals how the global beauty brand is upending corporate norms to drive change across all levels of the business

clock 06 May 2016 • 7 min read

Solar

Access Power: Why Africa is the next frontier for solar energy

Dubai-based developer Access Power talks to BusinessGreen about its plans to transform energy generation in Africa

clock 04 May 2016 • 4 min read

Marine

Could Atlantis' tidal energy vision throw UK industry a lifeline?

Tidal turbine pioneer hopes to offer industrial firms struggling with the steel and North Sea oil and gas slowdown an attractive new market

clock 14 April 2016 • 6 min read

Supply chain

Heineken hails drinks 'brewed by the sun' as it lifts lid on global sustainability push

BusinessGreen talks to Michael Dickstein, Heineken's director of global sustainability, on how the brewing giant is taking a novel approach to curbing its environmental impacts

clock 06 April 2016 • 6 min read

Management

Innovation for the greater good: How Unilever hopes to make 'compressed' the new industry standard for deodorants

Unilever's Victoria Murtazina reveals the story behind the award-winning compressed deodorants technology, why some inventions shouldn't be patented, and what it's like to be part of the business world's 'good gang'

clock 11 March 2016 • 6 min read

Management

'I don't like setting targets' - How Primark plans to forge its own path for ethical and environmental change

Primark's head of corporate responsibility Paul Lister speaks to BusinessGreen about why meaningful ethical and environmental progress comes through sustainable schemes, not top-down targets

clock 08 March 2016 • 5 min read

Investment

Green Investment Bank chief claims sale could open door for international expansion

Shaun Kingsbury suggests controversial privatisation will allow bank to invest in new technologies, while an international buyer could see bank engage in overseas investment for first time

clock 03 March 2016 • 6 min read

Infrastructure

Could GE's new start-up Current have the power to transform the energy market?

BusinessGreen catches up with Pete Lau, the newly-appointed Europe and Middle East chief executive of GE start-up Current, to find out how the fledgling company plans to capture the energy service market

clock 15 February 2016 • 5 min read

Carbon Accounting

The Body Shop at 40 declares 'we're back' and ready to become sustainability's 'innovative troublemaker'

BusinessGreen talks to The Body Shop's CSR chief Chris Davis on how the beauty giant's new sustainability commitment aims to rejuvenate its reputation as a pioneering force in ethical retail

clock 10 February 2016 • 7 min read