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'Building consistency': Transition Finance Council unveils draft guidance

Investment

'Building consistency': Transition Finance Council unveils draft guidance

Consultation launched on new guidelines that aim to help boost finance for carbon intensive sectors looking to transition towards net zero

clock 18 August 2025 • 4 min read
ABF to close UK's largest bioethanol plant after government funding talks fail

Investment

ABF to close UK's largest bioethanol plant after government funding talks fail

Vivergo Fuels facility in Hull produces 420 million tonnes of bioethanol a year, as well as 400,000 tonnes of animal feed

clock 15 August 2025 • 4 min read
Sales of zero emission HGVs jump 59 per cent

Automotive

Sales of zero emission HGVs jump 59 per cent

Demand for electric and hydrogen trucks continues to motor, but still only accounts for around one per cent of the market

clock 15 August 2025 • 2 min read
UK's 'first' all-electric football stadium passes planning hurdle

Buildings

UK's 'first' all-electric football stadium passes planning hurdle

Oxford United FC's plans to build 'one of the greenest' football stadiums in the UK wins approval from Cherwell District Council

clock 15 August 2025 • 3 min read
Global Plastics Treaty: Talks collapse without deal to end plastic pollution crisis

Waste

Global Plastics Treaty: Talks collapse without deal to end plastic pollution crisis

Geneva talks fail to deliver promised treaty to tackle global plastic pollution, as draft text angers both sides of deadlocked negotiations

clock 15 August 2025 • 7 min read
'Not cutting through': Poll reveals damaging disconnect between MPs and businesses on climate action

Politics

'Not cutting through': Poll reveals damaging disconnect between MPs and businesses on climate action

Only 13 per cent of MPs claim to feel pressure from businesses to deliver bolder climate action, despite 85 per cent of business leaders backing stronger regulation

clock 15 August 2025 • 4 min read
UK zero emission bus market grows more than 80 per cent

Automotive

UK zero emission bus market grows more than 80 per cent

Latest industry data confirms soaring demand for green buses during the first half of the year, with nearly a quarter of new buses now zero emission models

clock 15 August 2025 • 3 min read
Study: Food industry's failure to tackle nature loss a threat to 'prosperity'

Biodiversity

Study: Food industry's failure to tackle nature loss a threat to 'prosperity'

Coalition of investors managing £6tr in assets calls on the food industry to ramp up efforts to tackle the global biodiversity and nature crisis

clock 15 August 2025 • 5 min read
Birds Eye owner confirms emissions have fallen 41 per cent since 2019

Climate change

Birds Eye owner confirms emissions have fallen 41 per cent since 2019

Nomad Foods reveals sharp reduction in absolute carbon emissions on the back of company-wide decarbonisation efforts

clock 15 August 2025 • 3 min read
Diageo dilutes target to reach net zero direct emissions by 2030

Climate change

Diageo dilutes target to reach net zero direct emissions by 2030

Drinks giant extends deadline for key emissions targets, claiming regulations, policy frameworks, and infrastructure have not 'advanced’ at pace necessary for it to meet original goals

clock 14 August 2025 • 5 min read