News Analysis

Energy

Nuclear question: Are new avenues opening up for the UK's hydrogen roadmap?

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play

clock 18 February 2021 • 7 min read

Investment

'Leaving fossil fuels in the dust': How greener firms are outperforming the wider market

Latest Carbon Clean 200 list companies outperformed average benchmark by 47 per cent over the past year

clock 18 February 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

As BlackRock calls for full CO2 footprint disclosure, is investor pressure starting to take its toll on polluters?

World's biggest asset manager urges firms to set rigorous decarbonisation goals or risk being voted against at board meetings as it sets out shareholder expectations for 2021

clock 17 February 2021 • 5 min read

Taxation

'Opportunity to reset': How MPs are urging the Treasury to use tax policy to drive green recovery

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises

clock 17 February 2021 • 10 min read

Management

Global Briefing: Australia and EU flex muscles over carbon border tariff proposals

From G7 rows to giant South Korean wind farms, BusinessGreen rounds up all the news from around the world this week

clock 12 February 2021 • 7 min read

Taxation

Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals

National Audit Office urges government to start measuring impacts of environmental taxes more closely in order to give Parliament a better idea of the role tax can play in meeting green goals

clock 12 February 2021 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Seven commodities continue to fuel the destruction of the world's forests - how can they be stopped?

A new analysis by WRI has calculated the precise role of seven major agricultural commodities in driving global tree cover loss, but what can be done to turn back the tide?

clock 11 February 2021 • 7 min read

Policy

Going green: The 11 questions the UK government's net zero strategy 'must answer'

The UK government has said it will publish a net zero strategy in advance of the COP26 climate conference in November - now a new report from the Tony Blair Institute sets out 11 questions Ministers "must answer" if they are to provide a credible blueprint...

clock 09 February 2021 • 6 min read

Wind

BP, Total, RWE and others hoover up 8GW of UK offshore wind leases

The Crown Estate calls bids for 8GW of seabed rights 'major vote of confidence in UK's green economy and net zero ambitions'

clock 08 February 2021 • 5 min read

Management

Global Briefing: French court rules government breached climate goals

French court rulings, Australian net zero plans, Michael Bloomberg's latest climate role, and all the green business news from around the world this week

clock 05 February 2021 • 6 min read