News

Policy

Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate

Treasury announces an extra £2.1bn in Brexit funding is set to be releases, sparking accusations that spending pledges do not add up

clock 01 August 2019 • 5 min read

Risk

Capitalism is part of solution to climate crisis, says Mark Carney

Bank of England governor says firms that ignore crisis 'will go bankrupt without question'

clock 01 August 2019 • 3 min read

Waste

Waitrose to expand 'Unpacked' pilot after 'overwhelmingly positive' response from Oxford shoppers

Refillables concept will be tested in stores in Cheltenham, Abingdon, and Wallingford this year

clock 01 August 2019 • 2 min read

Energy

Shell's low carbon efforts could deliver long-term credit rating boost, says Moody's

Increasing investments in EVs, renewables, biofuels and clean tech make Shell a safer long term bet for investors compared to some its oil industry peers, says ratings agency

clock 01 August 2019 • 4 min read

Buildings

BusinessGreen Towards Net Zero Leaders Briefing: Super Early Bird offer extended

Reserve your place now at the latest BusinessGreen Leaders Briefing: Towards Net Zero Buildings and Infrastructure

clock 01 August 2019 • 2 min read

Waste

Plastic bag use drops 90 per cent in England

The average person in England now buys just 10 single-use plastic bags a year, compared to 140 in 2014

clock 31 July 2019 • 2 min read

Infrastructure

BNEF: Energy storage to surge past 1,000GW worldwide by 2040 as costs halve

Expectations for stationary energy battery storage market continue to surge, as influential analyst house revises up deployment forecasts

clock 31 July 2019 • 3 min read

Waste

M&S sends single-use cardboard cartons packing

Company launches incentive to encourage use of reusable packaging as food-to-go business expands

clock 31 July 2019 • 2 min read

Climate change

Hotter, wetter, sunnier: UK's 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2002

Met Office's annual report on state of UK climate also says snowy days have become rarer

clock 31 July 2019 • 4 min read

Management

'Love Water': Major new campaign urges urge businesses to curb water use

More than 40 organisations band together to call for public and businesses to 'Love Water' and stop wasting it

clock 31 July 2019 • 2 min read