News

Investment

'Green' finance will soon become a thing of the past

In years to come there will be no distinction between 'green finance' and regular finance, argues Sir Roger Gifford

clock 15 November 2017 • 3 min read

Politics

Vince Cable sets out plan to make London global capital of green finance

Lib Dem leader talks up six point plan to boost sustainable finance and minimise Brexit impacts on the City of London

clock 15 November 2017 • 5 min read

Legislation

Kigali Amendment: UK promises to lead global HFC crackdown

UK becomes one of the first countries in the world to fully ratify amendment to Montreal Protocol extending crackdown on HFCs to cooling technologies

clock 15 November 2017 • 2 min read

IT

Microsoft vows to cut emissions 75 per cent by 2030

Tech giant commits to Paris Agreement inspired target, arguing both the environment and its business benefit from ambitious sustainability targets

clock 15 November 2017 • 2 min read

Infrastructure

Tipping point: How renewables could dominate UK and German power grids within a decade

Study from Bloomberg New Energy Finance explores how plummeting costs could see renewables deliver more than half of UK power by 2026

clock 14 November 2017 • 4 min read

CCS

COP23: CCS industry warns more than 2,000 carbon capture plants needed by 2040

Global Status of CCS Report confirms 17 large scale CCS plants are now operational, but warns surge of development is urgently required

clock 14 November 2017 • 3 min read

Supply chain

'Massive untapped potential': Farms could save a gigatonne of carbon every year by managing soil better

Peer-reviewed study suggests widespread use of effective farming practices can boost yields and deliver dramatic carbon savings

clock 14 November 2017 • 2 min read

Policy

COP23: UK, Germany and Norway all step up climate funding efforts

UK government £67.5m funding for green cities and emissions reduction programmes, as Norway teams with Unilever for $400m climate resilience push

clock 14 November 2017 • 5 min read

Policy

Labour vows to factor climate change risk into economic forecasts

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell to say 'overwhelming challenge of climate change' must be addressed from very centre of government

clock 14 November 2017 • 4 min read

Carbon Accounting

IKEA UK rings up success on food waste, green energy and circular sofas

Latest Annual Summary from furniture giant details progress towards its goals of becoming a 'climate positive' retailer

clock 14 November 2017 • 2 min read