Opinion

R&D

Next year will we mainly be wearing algae?

Hubbub's Trewin Restorick explores how H&M's new Global Challenge Award promises to deliver exciting new innovations in green fashion

clock 18 February 2016 • 3 min read

Efficiency

The case for Display Energy Certificates is clear - so why is the government's consultation taking so long?

Compliance may be patchy, but DECs bring clear benefits, argues Andrew Warren, after a remarkably lengthy consultation the government would be mad to water them down

clock 18 February 2016 • 5 min read

Energy

More flexible, more renewable - our evolving energy systems are changing fast

In the latest in our Green Business 2022 series, Professor Catherine Mitchell explores what the UK's energy system may look like in six years' time

clock 17 February 2016 • 4 min read

Legislation

Companies must embrace COP commitments - government can't do it alone

ClientEarth's Alice Garton argues we need a new way of doing business, one that involves changes to governance - not more greenwash

clock 17 February 2016 • 4 min read

Policy

Steadying the ship: can the Budget help plot a clearer course for energy policy?

EEF's Richard Warren looks at how George Osborne could this deliver some much needed stability to the clean energy sector this Spring

clock 16 February 2016 • 5 min read

Carbon Accounting

Has the global green economy reached the tipping point it has been waiting for?

AECOM's Robert Spencer argues the momentum created by the Paris Agreement should usher in a new era of greener infrastructure

clock 15 February 2016 • 4 min read

Policy

What will the green business environment be like in six years' time?

To mark the relaunch of the BusinessGreen website after six years, we're asking leading figures for their view on what the green economy will look like in 2022 - first to gaze into their crystal ball is former energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey...

clock 12 February 2016 • 5 min read

CCS

Carbon Capture and (no) Storage?

Labour's Alan Whitehead argues the upcoming energy bill's focus on decommisioning North Sea oil and gas fields must leave the door open for their re-use as carbon storage sites

clock 12 February 2016 • 4 min read

Energy

The clean energy transition will be faster than BP thinks

Greg Muttitt of Oil Change International wonders if BP's poor track record on assessing renewable energy trends means the firm is risking a "Kodak moment"

clock 11 February 2016 • 5 min read

Technology

Lord Bourne: UK can lead clean energy revolution

Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Bourne predicts that post-Paris the UK can cement its position as Europe's premier clean tech cluster

clock 11 February 2016 • 2 min read