News Analysis

'Every organisation needs to be a university': What are the tenets of creating a net zero-ready business?

Management

'Every organisation needs to be a university': What are the tenets of creating a net zero-ready business?

BusinessGreen's latest webinar saw some of UK's top corporate sustainability experts share frank insights about the challenges of embedding net zero across a business

clock 03 March 2022 • 5 min read
'No clear plan': MPs slam lack of clarity in government's net zero strategy - again

Politics

'No clear plan': MPs slam lack of clarity in government's net zero strategy - again

Public Accounts Committee unveils scathing assessment of UK’s net zero strategy

clock 02 March 2022 • 5 min read
Is the UK's trade deal with New Zealand its 'greenest ever'? Farmers and green groups are far from convinced

Policy

Is the UK's trade deal with New Zealand its 'greenest ever'? Farmers and green groups are far from convinced

Environmental groups and National Farmers Union united in criticism of UK-New Zealand trade deal, which government hails one of its ‘greenest ever’

clock 01 March 2022 • 7 min read
AllianzGI vows to vote against firms that do not link executive pay to climate targets

Investment

AllianzGI vows to vote against firms that do not link executive pay to climate targets

Stronger incentives for executives to deliver corporate sustainability agenda could help speed up decarbonisation at major firms

clock 28 February 2022 • 2 min read
Global Briefing: IPCC climate impacts report embroiled in row over 'losses and damage'

Management

Global Briefing: IPCC climate impacts report embroiled in row over 'losses and damage'

clock 25 February 2022 • 9 min read
'Presumption against exploration': Tougher climate tests needed for new oil and gas projects, UK climate advisors warn

Policy

'Presumption against exploration': Tougher climate tests needed for new oil and gas projects, UK climate advisors warn

UK's climate advisors warn ‘climate compatibility checkpoint’ planned by Ministers for future oil and gas extraction projects must be made tougher, but stops short of calling for an end of exploration

clock 23 February 2022 • 10 min read
Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?

Infrastructure

Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem

clock 23 February 2022 • 8 min read
'We need a plan that pre-empts crises': How farmers frustrations over 'contradictory' environment policies are boiling over

Policy

'We need a plan that pre-empts crises': How farmers frustrations over 'contradictory' environment policies are boiling over

NFU president Minette Batters hits out at lack of coherent UK strategy across farming, trade, and environment, as group of Green Tory MPs set out vision for food and farming reforms

clock 22 February 2022 • 6 min read
'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Supply chain

'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste

clock 22 February 2022 • 10 min read
'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

Risk

'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

New research exploring the risks associated with new fossil gas infrastructure comes as separate analysis warns North Sea oil and gas extraction is set become a significant burden on UK's public finances

clock 21 February 2022 • 5 min read