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Target Setting Protocol: Investor group worth $5.1tr unveils 2025 portfolio decarbonisation goals
UN-backed Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance argues 'capitalism needs to become more sustainable' as group sets out plans to slash emissions from investment portfolios and step up engagement with carbon intensive sectors
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio
Climate risk and ESG factors to be integrated into £1.3bn diversified growth portfolio used for Barclays UKRF defined contribution pension scheme
Electric racing pioneers partner with COP26 to accelerate EV revolution
Electric racing team Envision Virgin Racing will carry COP26 campaign branding and run string of sustainability programmes around the world
WWF: Restored oceans could net UK a £50bn economic boost
Report argues ambitious Ocean Recovery Strategy could create 100,000 clean energy jobs, protect and restore carbon sinks, and allow fish stocks to recover
BYD and ADL to expand UK electric bus manufacturing operations
Firms announce plans to transfer assembly of chassis of electric buses from China to UK, citing need to meet growing demand of zero emission buses
Study: Urban air quality improved less during Covid-19 lockdown than previously thought
Researchers reveal NO2 emission reductions during first lockdown were lower than previously thought, amidst warnings ozone levels actually increased
Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?
A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'
TSB banks on new roadmap to deliver net zero operational emissions by 2030
10-year plan sets out how high profile bank intends to slash emissions generated by company cars, buildings, and boilers
Essar and Progressive Energy plot £750m hydrogen CCS hub in Cheshire
The two firms are drawing up plans to produce hydrogen and capture CO2 at an oil refinery in Ellesmere Port
Study: Fleet electrification primed to soar as heavier-duty EVs come online
Study published this week by US charging network ChargePoint predicts growing range of specialist commercial vehicles will turbocharge corporates' shift away from fossil fuels
'Climate pariah': Campaigners urge Blackrock to strengthen coal exclusion policy after counting $85bn of coal investments
Environmental NGOs urge investment giant to expand its coal exclusion policy to include bigger portion of coal value chain, noting that current ban applies to just 17 per cent of coal companies
UK joins 50 nations in pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030
New High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People established in support of '30 by 30' goal, which comes ahead of crucial COP15 biodiversity summit this year
Verdantix expands ESG research practice to meet surging demand for green tech
Independent research firm says rebooted sustainability practice will allow companies to grow more sustainably
Clean power drives Britain's grid to record low CO2 intensity in 2020
National Grid ESO data for 2020 confirms raft of new records for wind and solar generation, as well as longest coal-free run since the Industrial Revolution
Sky announced as 'principal media partner' for COP26
Media giant to work with UK government as latest corporate sponsor for crucial climate summit, as it also unveiled a clutch of new green broadcasting commitments
Hitachi investment to boost GRIDSERVE electric forecourts rollout
The investment builds on the successful launch of the UK's first electric forecourt last year in Braintree, Essex
Poll: Renewables workers 'unfazed' by Covid-19 impact on industry
Survey of energy professionals worldwide points to strong confidence in the future resilience of the fast-expanding renewables sector
IEA plots 'world's first' net zero roadmap for global energy sector
UK government to also host joint clean energy summit with International Energy Agency in March in order to drive green momentum ahead of COP26
'Detail is crucial': Schroders urges UK's biggest companies to publish climate plans in 2021
Asset manager's chief executive warns that 'too little is known' about climate plans of UK companies that are critical to delivering net zero transition
Business leaders urge Prime Minister to pursue climate solutions with same urgency as Covid vaccines
Group of leading climate scientists, business figures, and civil society leaders publish open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging the government to beef up response to escalating climate crisis
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future
'Environmentally regressive': UK government approves use of bee-harming pesticide banned in EU
Decision to temporarily lift restrictions of neonicotinoid insecticide on sugar beet crops prompts outcry from public and conservation groups
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