News Analysis

How a majority of EV drivers are continuing to enjoy lower running costs

Automotive

How a majority of EV drivers are continuing to enjoy lower running costs

Zapmap Price Index confirms prices on the public charging network rose 11 per cent last year, but EVs are still cheaper to run than petrol and diesel models in most cases

clock 19 February 2024 • 6 min read
Global Briefing: Generation starts at 'world's largest' renewable energy park

Solar

Global Briefing: Generation starts at 'world's largest' renewable energy park

Giant Khavda renewables projects comes online in India, Switzerland calls for UN group for solar geo-engineering, and Google and HSBC team up for clean tech drive

clock 16 February 2024 • 7 min read
'Climateflation' fears, Biodiversity Net Gain launches, and is Labour's Green Prosperity Plan ambitious enough?

Legislation

'Climateflation' fears, Biodiversity Net Gain launches, and is Labour's Green Prosperity Plan ambitious enough?

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: February part one

clock 16 February 2024 • 2 min read
How the world's top sustainable companies continue to outperform their fossil fuel peers

Investment

How the world's top sustainable companies continue to outperform their fossil fuel peers

Investing in firms with more environmentally sustainable business models reaps far greater returns on average than backing coal, gas, and oil companies, new research shows

clock 15 February 2024 • 6 min read
'Not a cost, but a choice': How redirecting the $6tr earmarked for new fossil fuel projects could fill the clean power investment gap

Investment

'Not a cost, but a choice': How redirecting the $6tr earmarked for new fossil fuel projects could fill the clean power investment gap

New research warns around $2tr investment each year - double current trends - is needed to deliver on the COP28 goal of tripling global renewables capacity by 2030

clock 14 February 2024 • 6 min read
Clean Tech Investment Briefing: Velocys to go private after securing $40m in growth capital

Technology

Clean Tech Investment Briefing: Velocys to go private after securing $40m in growth capital

BusinessGreen's latest round-up of the most exciting early clean tech investments, featuring vertical farming, carbon-capturing concrete, and sustainable packaging

clock 14 February 2024 • 5 min read
'Misaligned': How blue chips are failing to cut ties with trade bodies guilty of undermining climate goals

Management

'Misaligned': How blue chips are failing to cut ties with trade bodies guilty of undermining climate goals

Unilever, BASF, Procter & Gamble, Walmart, and Colgate-Palmolive among those accused of failing to adequately assess the 'climate alignment' of their trade associations

clock 13 February 2024 • 4 min read
Is Labour's pared-down Green Prosperity Plan still up to the job?

Policy

Is Labour's pared-down Green Prosperity Plan still up to the job?

Does Labour's scaled back green investment plan represent a betrayal of the green economy or the most ambitious decarbonisation strategy ever put forward by a major Party?

clock 12 February 2024 • 12 min read
Global Briefing: EU delays vote on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence law

Policy

Global Briefing: EU delays vote on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence law

EU delays key vote on corporate supply chain rules, the Global Environment Facility approves over $1bn of funding, and d.light continues its African solar drive

clock 09 February 2024 • 8 min read
'Colossally short-sighted': The green economy reacts to Labour's £28bn climb down

Investment

'Colossally short-sighted': The green economy reacts to Labour's £28bn climb down

BusinessGreen rounds up reaction from green campaigners, low-carbon businesses, and climate policy experts to Labour ditching its £28bn green investment plan

clock 08 February 2024 • 13 min read