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'Dramatic event' response: UKRI unveils £4m centre for climate resilient cities

R&D

'Dramatic event' response: UKRI unveils £4m centre for climate resilient cities

UK Research and Innovation announces new Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis, as it invites academics to apply for share of research funding pot

clock 06 March 2023 • 2 min read
Amber Rudd: Low-cost offsetting programmes could undermine net zero efforts

Offsets

Amber Rudd: Low-cost offsetting programmes could undermine net zero efforts

Writing on BusinessGreen, former Energy and Climate Secretary warns corporate climate finance is being misdirected to under-priced and often ineffective offsets

clock 06 March 2023 • 3 min read
Birds, biochar, and green grid records: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

BusinessGreen

Birds, biochar, and green grid records: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

clock 03 March 2023 • 1 min read
'It All Adds Up': Uber to nudge passengers with government energy-saving campaign

Marketing

'It All Adds Up': Uber to nudge passengers with government energy-saving campaign

Uber users are to receive tips from the government energy saving campaign through in-journey adverts

clock 03 March 2023 • 2 min read
'Freezing its foods with the power of the sun': Iceland Foods strikes solar deal with Octopus Energy

Solar

'Freezing its foods with the power of the sun': Iceland Foods strikes solar deal with Octopus Energy

Power Purchase Agreement will see frozen food supermarket supplied with renewable energy for the next 10 years from the Breach solar farm in Cambridgeshire

clock 03 March 2023 • 2 min read
'Pick winners': MPs urge government to back specific technologies to decarbonise transport

Transport

'Pick winners': MPs urge government to back specific technologies to decarbonise transport

UK's current technology agnostic approach to greening transport is slowing investment, MPs on the Transport Committee warn

clock 03 March 2023 • 5 min read
BP Pulse opens its 'most powerful' UK EV charging hub to date

Automotive

BP Pulse opens its 'most powerful' UK EV charging hub to date

Site in Northamptonshire opens, as BP inks major new partnerships to accelerate roll out of fast chargers across Europe

clock 03 March 2023 • 4 min read
How General Mills is advancing nature and climate goals hand-in-hand

Supply chain

How General Mills is advancing nature and climate goals hand-in-hand

The consumer packaged goods company is figuring out how to meet all its sustainability goals, even if they contradict each other

clock 03 March 2023 • 4 min read
'Green' commercial buildings attract higher rents, UK real estate survey finds

Buildings

'Green' commercial buildings attract higher rents, UK real estate survey finds

Poll of UK real estate managers indicates commercial properties with improved energy efficiency hold higher value and rental yields compared to less efficient buildings

clock 03 March 2023 • 2 min read
Beam Suntory takes shot at tequila's carbon footprint

Supply chain

Beam Suntory takes shot at tequila's carbon footprint

Drinks giant launches regenerative agriculture and carbon capture pilot designed to halve emissions from its tequila brands by 2026

clock 03 March 2023 • 2 min read