News Analysis

'They have the local knowledge': Institute for Government calls for mayors to be given more control over net zero policy

Policy

'They have the local knowledge': Institute for Government calls for mayors to be given more control over net zero policy

Think tank warns 'top-down' approach is hampering crucial local decarbonisation efforts in housing, transport, and green skills

clock 02 February 2023 • 4 min read
'Skewed': How poor electricity market design cost Britain £7bn

Energy

'Skewed': How poor electricity market design cost Britain £7bn

Carbon Tracker makes the case for sweeping reforms to the energy market to better protect electricity prices from gas market volatility and drive down the cost of the net zero transition

clock 01 February 2023 • 7 min read
'Chronically underfunded and overlooked': CCC slams government's climate adaptation efforts, again

Risk

'Chronically underfunded and overlooked': CCC slams government's climate adaptation efforts, again

Report warns UK is failing to mobilise sufficient investment in climate resilience measures

clock 01 February 2023 • 6 min read
A blueprint for nature loss reversal or a roadmap to a cliff edge? The green economy reacts to the Environmental Improvement Plan

Biodiversity

A blueprint for nature loss reversal or a roadmap to a cliff edge? The green economy reacts to the Environmental Improvement Plan

BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, campaigners, and green business leaders to the UK's new five-year environmental policy plan

clock 31 January 2023 • 16 min read
'This is now a race': How net zero is already delivering £71bn to the UK economy

Policy

'This is now a race': How net zero is already delivering £71bn to the UK economy

The UK's net zero economy is already 20,000 businesses-strong, but without policy action the country risks slipping behind competitors in the US, EU and China, experts warn

clock 31 January 2023 • 9 min read
Is the world finally at a clean energy tipping point?

Energy

Is the world finally at a clean energy tipping point?

Both BP and BNEF have confirmed the clean energy transition is accelerating much faster than previously thought - has Putin inadvertently pulled forward the end game for the oil and gas industry?

clock 30 January 2023 • 10 min read
Global Briefing: Danske Bank calls time on new fossil fuel financing

Management

Global Briefing: Danske Bank calls time on new fossil fuel financing

Danske Bank adopts new fossil fuel finance policy, the UAE hails SAF progress, and Boston Metal celebrates green steel investment

clock 27 January 2023 • 8 min read
The great greenwash crackdown? UK competition watchdog trains sights on supermarket shelves

Marketing

The great greenwash crackdown? UK competition watchdog trains sights on supermarket shelves

Having made net zero and environmental sustainability a strategic priority, the Competition and Markets Authority is now set to probe misleading green claims on everyday product labels

clock 26 January 2023 • 6 min read
Could a UN investor group help tackle the mining sector's ESG failings?

Investment

Could a UN investor group help tackle the mining sector's ESG failings?

Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 has the backing of the UN, the Principles for Responsible Investment, and the Archbishop of Canterbury

clock 25 January 2023 • 5 min read
How to avert a 'lost era of business progress on decarbonisation'

Management

How to avert a 'lost era of business progress on decarbonisation'

New report from Cornwall Insight sets out proposals for how government and businesses can work together to ensure progress towards net zero is sustained in a 'challenging economy'

clock 24 January 2023 • 7 min read