Opinion
Steady investments in a changing climate
Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd's speech at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - in full
Corporates need to make a choice and find a voice on climate change
WWF's Gareth Redmond-King argues that the business community needs to be as vocal on climate action as it has been on the even more divisive issue of Brexit
World Water Day 2019: Is current reporting stacking up?
Radley Yeldar's Jessica Channings sets out three top tips for companies developing a sustainable water strategy
The climate choice
CCC chief executive Chris Stark's speech to the BusinessGreen Leaders Briefing - in full
The scrapping of Energy Star labels in the EU leaves a vacuum
EU Commission's decision to scrap Energy Star labels for office equipment without consultation remains controversial with manufacturers, says TechUK's Susanne Baker
How Brexit is already watering down environmental protections
Green Alliance's Libby Peake and Ruth Chambers reveal how the sweeping use of statutory instruments to prepare for Brexit has already opened the door for a weakening of environmental standards
Why not spend a little more?
Building a green economy will cost money, so where do we start? asks the New Economics Foundation's David Powell
Playing for keeps: Is designing emotional durability the key to a circular economy?
We have too much stuff, and too much consumer detachment. But getting people to see material products as long-term is hard
Artificial Intelligence is coming for our energy system
If machine learning is going to be at the heart of the energy system, what goals should it pursue - and who should decide those? Faraday Grid's Matthew Williams investigates
Regulation is doing some serious backseat driving
Changes to little-know rules and regulations are threatening progress on emissions reductions, warns Tim Rotheray from the Association for Decentralised Energy
First East Anglia, then the World
RenewableUK's Emma Pinchbeck reflects on a world-changing week for offshore wind
From DRS to quality fears: Where are the main discussion points in Defra's new Waste Strategy consultations?
Hubbub's Trewin Restorick takes the microscope to the government's proposed Resource and Waste Strategy and finds a host of key issues are yet to be resolved
Geneva Motor Show: The electric vehicle future has arrived
From the world's fastest road car to electric fleet announcements, Nigel Topping of We Mean Business reflects on the growing evidence electric vehicles are moving into the fast lane
CORSIA is a unique opportunity to make growth in international aviation carbon-neutral
But Europe must step up to ensure strict standards, argues EDF's Baroness Bryony Worthington
Blowing in the wind: Is the new sector deal a realistic plan for UK offshore wind?
Prospect's Sue Ferns welcomes the government's new Offshore Wind Sector Deal, but warns some key challenges for the industry remain unaddressed
Could England's community energy groups be left behind in Europe?
Community energy groups in the UK face an uncertain future, warns Green Alliance's Chaitanya Kumar
On capacity and procedures
Andrew Warren reflects on the EU's challenge to the UK's capacity market and asks if this really is all about the 'procedural matters' Ministers have claimed
When it comes to sustainable food choices, is the customer always right?
Andrew Stephen of the Sustainable Restaurant Association argues the foodservice sector needs to take a more proactive stance in pursuit of true sustainability
Cutting up rough: Lessons for all sustainability execs from the shop floor
The lessons come thick and fast for sustainability executives from our recent investigation into the failings of fast fashion
Educating for a sustainable economy: The role of business in delivering SDG 4
Climate change poses an education challenge for the global business community, argues CISL's Paul Begley
How to build greener, healthier cities
Mott MacDonald's Catriona Waddington sets out the key actions policymakers and businesses can take to build healthier cities
Brexit - It's the little things too
Make UK's Roz Bulleid warns complex regulatory changes on everything from chemicals to emissions trading could be rushed through as the Brexit deadline looms
Living in VUCA times and the moral case for climate action
John Alker argues businesses are facing a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world - the time has come to expand on the financial case for climate action
2020 will be an ocean year: Reasons for hope
Martin R Stuchtey and Adrien Vincent argue political and corporate action to tackle threats to the world's oceans is gathering momentum
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