News Analysis

Investment

'Long overdue': Financial Reporting Council to launch sweeping review of corporate climate disclosures and auditing practices

Financial accounting watchdog stresses companies already have a responsibility to report on environmental impacts and climate risks, as major new review hints at stronger enforcement action down the line

clock 21 February 2020 • 8 min read

Buildings

CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability

Government's current green housing policies 'do not go far enough' to protect against climate change or cutting CO2, advisory body warns

clock 19 February 2020 • 6 min read

Management

Global briefing: Poland's 'last' new coal plant hits funding hurdle

Climate activists hail victory against Polish coal plant plans, US senators introduce 2050 net zero bill, and all the other green business news from around the world

clock 14 February 2020 • 6 min read

Technology

Gadget, power thyself

Could the promise of clean energy harvesting finally be poised to deliver?

clock 14 February 2020 • 4 min read

Investment

Carbon Clean 200: Greener businesses rule, conclude investment analysts

clock 14 February 2020 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Could Brexit Britain let EV manufacturing opportunites slip through its fingers?

Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas

clock 13 February 2020 • 5 min read

Supply chain

'Turning a blind eye': Are global brands 'ignoring' deforestation?

Hundreds of major firms, including Amazon, BlackRock, and Tyson Foods, have no commitment to ending deforestation in their supply chains, Global Canopy claims

clock 12 February 2020 • 7 min read

BusinessGreen

IMO must toughen proposals or risk leaving shipping industry on business-as-usual course, study warns

A new paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation has found that short-term emission reduction measures proposed by Japan are unlikely to materially reduce greenhouse gas emissions

clock 12 February 2020 • 4 min read

Energy

Electric dreams? How electrifying transport, buildings, and industry can drive deep CO2 cuts

But BloombergNEF analysis highlights gaping holes where supportive policies are needed to spur widespread decarbonisation towards net zero

clock 11 February 2020 • 6 min read

Politics

Can the government bring an end to the COP26 confusion?

Michael Gove is hotly tipped to take up the reins of the crucial Glasgow Summit, but has the government truly internalised the scale of the task it now faces

clock 10 February 2020 • 9 min read