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Circular economy

  • Earth Day 2022: What have businesses announced?
  • Costa Coffee to trial plant-based cup lids
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: Making circularity a reality in 2022
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: The rise of the regenerative economy in 2022
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Our COP26 legacy
  • SustyTalk: The Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Andrew Martin on fashion eco-labels
  • Boots to end the sale of plastic-based wet wipes
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Great Reallocation: How can businesses create value on the road to net-zero?
  • M&S forges fashion partnerships for womenswear rental and childrenswear resale
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • Greggs promises science-based targets by end of 2022 on road to net-zero
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • Report: Next five years ‘crucial’ for scaling investment to tackle plastics’ waste and climate challenges
  • Supplier climate mentoring schemes and Tesco’s 1,000th EV charger: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • UK plastic packaging tax comes into force: Here’s everything you need to know
  • Self-powered desalination and next-gen carbon storage: The best green innovations of March 2022
  • Brussels targets greenwashing, planned obsolescence in new EU consumer rules
  • EU targets greenwashing and planned obsolescence in new consumer rules
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • In quotes: 9 thought-provoking takeaways from edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • In numbers: How are businesses working to embed ESG?
  • NHS urged to reduce waste to deliver net-zero ambitions
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: L’Oreal’s Natalia Agathou gives her advice on a career in sustainability
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Iceland Foods adds flexible plastic recycling bins to more than 140 UK stores
  • Amazon joins US consortium to research energy efficient chemical processes for plastics waste
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part Two)
  • 6 soft skills sustainability leaders need to hone in 2022
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • Defra delays Extended Producer Responsibility reforms
  • FMCG giants jointly launch initiative to scale flexible plastics recycling
  • ‘A key moment in the effort to eliminate plastic waste’: Green groups react to the UN plastics treaty
  • The UN plastics treaty: Everything you need to know
  • Plastic treaty: World leaders agree terms of international agreement to curb pollution at UN summit
  • Survey: SMEs struggling to find funding and time to deliver sustainability ambitions
  • Tesco to end sales of plastic-based wet wipes
  • Solar-powered cement manufacturing and stackable homes: The best green innovations of February 2022
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Greener Guinness: Diageo launches major regenerative agriculture scheme in Ireland
  • Asda rolls out plastic-free free food protection technology in bid to cut food waste
  • ‘Plastic-washing’: innocent Drinks TV advert banned in the UK over greenwashing concerns
  • The facts and figures: The global state of plastics production and pollution
  • Starbucks trials deposit return scheme for reusable cups
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Allbirds launches shoe resale platform as part of circular economy efforts
  • Tesco touts removal of half a billion pieces of plastic packaging in 2021
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • ‘This could be a transformative moment’: Coca-Cola to increase use of reusable bottles
  • Iceland Foods hits back at Which? after low sustainability league table score
  • $896m raised for solar power as headhunters sign climate pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai – A window into the future of our planet (Part 1)
  • Report: Hydrogen blending for home heating would push energy prices higher
  • The UK is emerging as a global cleantech investment hub, PwC claims
  • Defra unveils new grant scheme for woodland creation, as post-Brexit green watchdog finally launches
  • PepsiCo to eliminate virgin plastics from crisp packets by 2030
  • Plastic Bank coalition prevents two billion bottles from ending up in oceans
  • Six wind farms for Poland and a fleet of e-buses for London: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Government proposes UK-wide digital tracking system to cut down on waste crime
  • VIDEO – UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo on closing the SDG action gap in 2022
  • Ikea hasn’t yet decoupled growth from emissions as it aims for climate positivity
  • Government glosses over MP’s recommendations for strengthening green jobs plans
  • Fashion giants back trials of low-carbon, low-water textile processing
  • Report: Food firms leading plant-based transition face lower climate risks
  • CDP: Corporates more than twice as likely to disclose environmental impact if asked by investors
  • Crystal Doors: Sustainability leadership in 2022 will be defined by radical, disruptive transparency
  • Danone UK& Ireland certifies major division as a B Corp
  • Report: Global resource use hit record high in 2021, despite pandemic slowdown
  • VIDEO: Expo 2020 Dubai: Youth climate leader Nisreen Elsaim on prioritising the SDGs in 2022
  • Hydrogen will only play a small role in decarbonising home heating, IRENA forecasts
  • Lidl to help all UK fruit and veg farmers achieve eco-certification by end of 2023
  • VIDEO – How Expo 2020 Dubai is redefining sustainable mega-events
  • Coca-Cola and PepsiCo among big businesses urging UN to create new treaty on plastic pollution
  • Businesses back protest rights as green hydrogen plant planned for Netherlands: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Survey: Most academics and professionals don’t think UK’s lessons are helping people into green jobs
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans given the go-ahead
  • A boon for green bonds: Record $210bn of climate bonds certified in 2021
  • Timberloop: Timberland launches take-back scheme for clothes, shoes and accessories
  • Hydrogen blending ready for UK-wide rollout next year, industry body announces
  • MPs blast lack of regulation and enforcement as ‘chemical cocktail’ forms in UK waterways
  • Two-thirds of finance giants ‘continuing to fund deforestation’, report warns
  • BNEF: Carbon offset prices set to increase 50-fold by 2050
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet community development champions The Midcounties Co-operative
  • WEF: World leaders running out of time to deliver green recovery from Covid-19
  • CES 2022: Five of the biggest cleantech stories from the event
  • Major employers support Veganuary as Arrival debuts electric bus: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • MPs slam Defra’s handling of new farming subsidy schemes, call for urgent clarity on environmental benefits
  • Seven top tips for embedding purpose and super-charging sustainability at your organisation
  • Chanel launches first refillable beauty products as part of new low-packaging range
  • Available to watch on demand: The sustainable business leadership online sessions
  • Go-Ahead forges ahead with plans to launch hydrogen buses in the UK this summer
  • Vattenfall exploring high-temperature heat pumps for UK market, BEIS allocates more funding for heat networks
  • Farmers in England to be paid for nature restoration and creation from 2023
  • Sony unveils plans to launch EV company this year
  • IEA: Global SUV sales rebounding post-lockdown, offsetting EV gains
  • From rewilding to renewable energy: Seven UK green policy stories to follow in 2022
  • New Years Honours 2022: The sustainability leaders on the Queen’s list
  • Horizon scanning: Six green innovation areas to watch in 2022
  • Veganuary: EU’s 2022 promotional policy encourages shift to plant-based diets
  • Adidas and Allbirds’ low-carbon shoes and two new solar farms for the UK: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Real estate giant CDL strengthens science-based emissions goals in line with 1.5C
  • All Olympic Games to be carbon-neutal or carbon-negative going forward
  • Willmott Dixon: In 2022, we must move from talk to action on net-zero and the just transition
  • In numbers: What is the environmental impact of our Christmas celebrations?
  • Test your sustainability news knowledge with edie’s Big Fat Quiz of the year for 2021
  • EU split on proposals to extend carbon pricing to road transport and ban polluting cars
  • COP26 commitments, the Cambo row and an ‘Earth Charter’ for business: The sustainability stories of 2021
  • Meet the pioneering organisations shortlisted for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Online retail giant Alibaba targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030
  • International Sustainability Standards Board appoints Danone’s former CEO as chair
  • Multiplex’s social strategy and Spain’s clean energy package: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Asda and Unilever partner with WRAP to help make refillable packaging more popular
  • #SustyTalk: Atos’ Clay Van Doren on how CEOs can lead corporate climate action
  • IHG, Côte and other hospitality majors join Zero Carbon Forum
  • Turn National Food Strategy ambitions into action, £3.8trn investor coalition urges Government
  • ‘Double whammy’: UK Government makes second cut to EV grant scheme this year
  • Recap on Net-Zero November 2021 with edie’s new summary report
  • Report: Cleantech investments up threefold year-on-year, but funding still lacking for renewables and food sector
  • Hydrogen for heavy industry and autonomous transport ‘pods’: The best green innovations of 2021
  • AstraZeneca to support UK biomethane and CCS project in drive to decarbonise heat
  • Europe’s largest battery storage system planned for Teesside
  • JTI: Sustainability professionals need to ‘ride the momentum’ of COP26 into the New Year
  • UKGBC publishes new building retrofit framework to support local councils in net-zero transition
  • Survey: Two-thirds of investors don’t think businesses are disclosing high-quality ESG information
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: The 2021 Christmas special
  • McDonald’s opens its first net-zero carbon restaurant in the UK
  • Mindful Chef adds carbon labelling to recipe boxes
  • Rapid EV charging ‘forecourts’ to open in Norwich and at Gatwick airport in 2022
  • Business giants cut ‘problematic’ plastic use by 57% through WWF scheme
  • Egypt’s newest wind farm and AstraZeneca’s work to cut waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Suntory Group unveils plant-based bottle prototypes
  • Patagonia to power key UK stores with community-owned renewable energy
  • After a bumper year for UK green policy updates, what gaps remain on the road to net-zero?
  • UK farmers to be paid for soil stewardship from 2022, but green groups warn subsidy scheme isn’t enough
  • KP Snacks to scale regenerative farming, Morrisons turns to insect-based chicken feed
  • BT Group aims to go fully circular by 2030
  • ‘Smart’ food waste tags and brilliant bees: The best green innovations of November 2021
  • National Grid: Post-COP26, net-zero ambitions must urgently be turned into action
  • North of Tyne Combined Authority launches new fund to help SMEs take climate action
  • Nissan promises £13.2bn of investment in EV revolution this decade
  • Aldi trials deposit return for drinks bottles in Scotland, ahead of national scheme
  • Report: Yorkshire, Wales, among UK regions in urgent need of more green jobs
  • BP plans 500MW green hydrogen plant in UK
  • Hydrogen fuel cell partnerships and new government funding for UK tidal: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Report: UK’s EV revolution will create 50 million sq ft of Gigafactories
  • Elemis to launch refillable packaging formats
  • Black Friday: Seven brands promoting more sustainable alternatives to overconsumption
  • Scottish distilleries receive £11.3m Government funding pot for hydrogen and biogas
  • WBA: Companies unwilling to draw up net-zero transition plans are ‘being willfully obtuse’
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Eight in ten oil and gas majors on track to breach Paris Agreement, despite increase in net-zero pledges
  • IONITY: Car giants and BlackRock plan €700m investment to scale rapid EV charging network
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Shortlist of finalists revealed
  • Report: Supermarket giants ‘turning a blind eye’ to environmental damage in fish supply chains
  • John Lewis Partnership launches £1m fund for circular economy innovations
  • Ford’s EV ambition and Ocado’s ClimeWorks partnership: The sustainable business success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero November: Keep up the momentum post-COP26 with edie’s bumper month of content and events
  • Apple to support customers to repair their own phones and Mac computers
  • Funding boost to develop EV charging infrastructure roadmap for UK’s rural regions
  • Report: Climate inaction from energy and automotive firms to rack up costs of $150bn each year
  • EU proposes mandatory due diligence to stop deforestation in supply chains
  • SSE outlines £12.5bn net-zero investment plan through to 2026
  • BNEF: Global battery storage capacity to grow 20 times over by 2030
  • M&S trials clothing rental as ASOS launches open-source circular economy guide
  • RWE unveils plans for €50bn renewable energy investment this decade
  • SC Johnson hits recycled plastic packaging target four years ahead of schedule
  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Plastic use by big businesses likely to peak in 2021
  • ‘Few quick wins or cheap fixes’: NIC begins plotting delivery of net-zero UK energy systems
  • COP26 Covered Podcast final episode: The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
  • Glasgow Climate Pact: World leaders agree final climate deal at COP26
  • COP26 climate agreement: As it happened
  • The second week of COP26: The 10 biggest stories
  • COP26: six things you need to know from Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day
  • #SustyTalk: Signify UK&I CEO Stephen Rouatt on decarbonising the built environment
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 13: The Built Environment Day climate debate LIVE
  • COP26: UKGBC unveils new tool to help businesses measure and reduce carbon across building lifecycles
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 12: The Transport Day grand tour – Electric planes, hydrogen trains and autonomous automobiles
  • 9 things you need to know from Transport Day at COP26
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean transport opportunities of 2021
  • COP26: Nations to develop aviation emissions targets, airlines use joint purchasing power to scale alternative fuels
  • COP26: US, China, major brands sit out of new global pledge on transitioning to 100% zero-emission vehicles
  • 7 things you need to know from Science, Innovation and Gender Day at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 11: Innovation special – Corporate accelerators, EV revolutions and green submarines
  • María Mendiluce on keeping 1.5C alive and achieving global carbon market deal at COP26
  • edie launches new business guide on water efficiency
  • COP26: 23 nations commit to cleantech ‘missions’ on buildings, heavy industries, fuels, carbon capture
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 10: Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • VIDEO: Paul Polman on moving from ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘action, action, action’ in COP26 week 2
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 8: Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • 8 things you need to know from Nature Day at COP26
  • Consumer goods giants plot first steps towards ‘forest-positive’ supply chains by 2030
  • COP26: Nations collectively agree to sustainable food systems policies and pledge to accelerate green agriculture innovation
  • VIDEO: UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping on moving from ‘Pledge’ to ‘Plan’ on net-zero at COP26
  • COP26: Asset managers representing $87.trn in assets vow to stop financing deforestation
  • Five major UK supermarkets pledge to halve food system’s environmental impact by 2030
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 7: Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • Long Duration Energy Storage Council: Companies join forces, targeting $3trn of investment in sector by 2040
  • VIDEO: Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on corporate climate action and achieving a just transition at COP26
  • COP26: String of water companies join Race to Zero, 700 corporates asked to disclose water risks to investors
  • Reports: Ford preparing to offer $1bn green bond as part of EV transition plan
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 6: Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • First Movers Coalition: Corporates in high-emitting sectors convene to drive demand for cleantech
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean energy opportunities of 2021
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: EDF’s Matthew Nunn on energy strategies fit for the net-zero transition
  • Centrica CEO: UK Government is right to mandate net-zero transition plans from businesses
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 5: Finance Day special – A make-or-break moment for the climate summit?
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 4: Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • VIDEO: Nico Rosberg on the EV transition and sporting role models at COP26
  • VIDEO: Johan Rockström on avoiding ‘disaster path’ for climate change at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 3: Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • JCB signs multi-billion-pound green hydrogen deal
  • Energy and automotive giants ‘failing to ensure just transition to net-zero for workers and communities’
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 2: All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
  • Tesla, Hertz, Uber and Royal Mail: Major EV schemes launched ahead of COP26
  • Report: $100trn needed to get global supply chains to net-zero and up to half must go to SMEs
  • Salesforce founder pledges $100m to reforestation, as L’Oreal chooses UK for first allocation of $58m nature fund
  • Algae-based plastics and energy from tomatoes: The best green innovations of October 2021
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 1: COP26 preview, Glasgow preparations and Bonnie the Seal
  • Recipe box brand Gousto trials edible, plastic-free packaging
  • Unilever-owned Knorr outlines plans to start 50 regenerative agriculture projects within five years
  • Daimler and BP partner on UK hydrogen refuelling network
  • edie at COP26: Stay informed with live and exclusive coverage from Glasgow
  • The wrong messages ahead of COP26: Green economy reacts to Rishi Sunak’s Budget
  • COP26 Covered: edie launches brand-new daily podcast show
  • Just 41% of UK businesses prepared to transition to net-zero by 2050, Microsoft research finds
  • UK Government still not clear on green skills and jobs plan despite Net-Zero Strategy, MPs warn
  • Iberdrola’s £6bn wind pledge and Chloé’s B Corp certification: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Plant-based food and beverage firms team up in bid to accelerate diet shifts
  • UK’s biggest restaurants and brewers pledge net-zero operations by 2030, value chains by 2040
  • Time to transform: edie’s flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum set for awe-inspiring London return
  • Four key inclusions in the Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Fashion and textile giants pass carbon and water reduction goals, but fail to tackle waste
  • Green hydrogen investment boon: RES and Octopus pledge £3bn in UK, Ineos €2bn in EU
  • Net-Zero November: edie to bolster COP26 coverage with bumper month of content and events
  • Biden’s offshore wind plans and France’s plastic packaging ban: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Green leases, renewable electricity and alternative fuels: Inside Lendlease’s first year working towards absolute zero emissions
  • Steel and aviation sectors plot pathway to net-zero by 2050
  • NatWest promises £100bn for climate and sustainability by 2025, with SME focus
  • Make your business a force for good: Seven top tips for B Corp certification
  • Concrete commitment: Cement industry sets 2030 climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050
  • Green hydrogen facility planned for oil terminal in Orkney
  • Tackling e-waste: Microsoft plans new repair services as Co-op launches tech re-circulation trials
  • Report: UK must invest additional £97bn in nature within a decade, to meet own targets
  • Finance giants to G20 leaders: Close policy loopholes to end financing for activities that will derail net-zero
  • Adidas launches take-back platform to reuse and resell sportswear
  • Schwartz to move to fully recyclable herbs and spices sachets
  • Avon, Phoenix Group and TfL: Pension schemes covering billions bolster net-zero ambitions
  • Rolls-Royce to sell only electric cars from 2030
  • Net-A-Porter launches fashion resale offering
  • Ford’s $11bn EV investment and net-zero hotels: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • General Motors set to hit 100% renewable energy milestone in the US five years earlier than planned
  • Compass Group adds environmental labels to meals served at workplaces
  • Coral-conserving bacteria and carbon capture tech: The best green innovations of September 2021
  • Large-scale reforestation to become a $1trn investment opportunity, report finds
  • EVs: UK Government floats £950m infrastructure investment and charger mandates for car park operators
  • Costa Coffee trials blockchain-enabled reusable cup loan scheme
  • Ford confirms $11.4bn investment in electric vehicles
  • Hermes orders 168 electric vans for UK fleet
  • Everything you may have missed: The sustainability success stories of Climate Week NYC 2021
  • Walmart raises $2bn through first green bond
  • #SustyTalk: SC Johnson’s Alan VanderMolen on plastics action
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Scope 3 emissions masterclass
  • £12bn for offshore wind and £1bn for hydrogen: Flurry of low-carbon tech investments for UK
  • Unilever outlines plans to halve supplier emissions by 2030
  • Amazon promises €20m for nature-based climate solutions in Europe
  • $6.6trn investor coalition calls for massive investment in carbon removal solutions
  • Purpose beyond profit: 100 businesses to report on efforts to benefit society
  • Fashion giants urged to decrease clothing production as part of their sustainability plans
  • Major UK pension funds among latest investors to join global net-zero commitment
  • World’s biggest food companies accused of failing on climate action, human rights protections
  • UK’s first sovereign green bond package raises £10bn
  • UK urged to set end-date for gas-fired electricity as wholesale energy prices skyrocket
  • Morrisons to launch six ‘zero waste’ stores in Scotland
  • edie’s publisher targets B Corp status with Seismic partnership
  • Loop: Tesco launches returnable packaging system for select product ranges
  • Five ways businesses can champion climate adaptation and nature-based solutions
  • Recyclable wind turbines and solar-powered bus stations: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • edie gears up for return to live events with COP26 Climate Action Workshops
  • DHL accelerates green fleet transition with electric van rollout
  • Just Eat trials reusable takeaway packaging in bid to cut plastics use
  • Report: Oil and gas firms must halve production by 2030 if world is to deliver Paris Agreement
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 1)
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 2)
  • Hyundai promises a hydrogen version of all models by 2028, as Toyota ramps up EV investment
  • COP26 Primer reports: edie completes series with Adaptation & Resilience focus
  • Plastic pollution: WWF urges action to prevent societal costs hitting $7trn by 2040
  • Mars and Heinz roll out plastic-free packaging alternatives
  • Airlines could account for 20% of global emissions by 2050, report finds
  • ‘New territory for us’: How BMW is embedding circular economy principles to accelerate the low-carbon transition
  • Big-name businesses boost nature targets at global conservation congress
  • #GameZero: Sky and Tottenham team up to deliver net-zero carbon football match
  • London’s new ‘bike library’ and a milestone for US renewables: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Global green bond market set to break records, surpassing $500bn in 2021
  • Holcim Group targets net-positive nature impact, unveils new water targets
  • Carlsberg Group adds 20 new electric trucks to fleet
  • Hempcrete buildings and salt batteries: The best green innovations of August 2021
  • Mars targets ‘water balance’ at manufacturing plants facing water stress
  • CDL and MCL Land secure $847m green loan package to build 1,000+ sustainable homes
  • Government launches consultation on single-use plastics ban
  • UK’s hopes of boosting hydrogen trade hobbled by Brexit
  • Britvic switches more brands to 100% recycled plastic bottles
  • Bulldog Skincare launches packaging recycling scheme as ‘world’s first’ recyclable blister packs for medicine unveiled
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet water management champions Barchester Healthcare & Demeter Water Solutions
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet water management champions Barchester Healthcare & Demeter Water Solutions
  • Fashion, finance and fossil fuels creating ‘critical’ water risks, CDP warns
  • Lidl to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this autumn
  • National Grid and SSE unveil plan to redirect waste heat to homes
  • Tesco adds flexible plastic recycling points to all large UK stores
  • Thai Union surpasses sustainable sourcing goals
  • Oxford University’s eco-halls and an offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Maersk inks deal for low-carbon shipping fuel as Virgin Atlantic confirms support for direct air CO2 capture
  • UK Government issues first ‘green transition loan’ for business
  • Facebook targets ‘water positivity’ by 2030
  • New online hub to help UK’s independent retailers become more sustainable
  • Dixons Carphone launches nationwide polystyrene takeback scheme
  • Tesco to subsidise more sustainable livestock feed for dairy farmers
  • Maltesers ditches black plastic liners from boxes
  • Hydrogen buses, rapid response vehicles and forklift trucks bag share of £2.5m Government funding pot
  • ‘Key to triggering investment and buy-in’: Green economy reacts to UK’s Hydrogen Strategy
  • UK Hydrogen Strategy published, with Government targeting £4bn of private investment by 2030
  • Google owner outlines how it is spending proceeds from world’s largest corporate sustainability bond
  • Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm and the Solent’s oyster restoration: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Glenmorangie marks ‘milestone’ on oyster reef restoration scheme in Scotland
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Yann-Gael Rio on scaling regenerative agriculture
  • Samsung promises plastic-free mobile packaging by 2025
  • Government ponders role of nature-based solutions in local recovery strategies
  • #SustyTalk: Stop Ecocide International’s Jojo Mehta on protecting nature using law
  • Gousto and DPD launch new courier scheme to redistribute surplus food
  • Report: Just 12 businesses account for more than half of UK’s packaging litter
  • Multi-million-pound government funding boost for researchers exploring climate and social benefits of trees
  • BP and ScottishPower report milestones for low-carbon hydrogen projects
  • ‘The package currently on the table is perilously inadequate’: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • Sky Kids’ climate show and record renewable energy investment: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Purina’s Jeff Hamilton on alternative proteins and regenerative agriculture
  • Pets at Home launches packaging recycling scheme as Wilko extends face mask collections
  • Amazon moves to reduce product waste after accusations of destroying unused goods
  • No air-freighted food on the menu for COP26, in bid to cut emissions
  • Report: UK could create 450,000 jobs through circular economy transition
  • How can we accelerate the circular economy transition? Here are 5 top tips
  • Co-op launches village-wide behaviour change study for recycling soft plastics
  • Selfridges unveils circular economy offerings for weddings as SEEN launches beauty packaging recycling
  • Finance giants ‘drawing up plans to accelerate coal plant closures in Asia’
  • WRAP receives Walmart funding to drive food waste behaviour change in UK and Canada
  • Orkney’s tidal turbine and Ferrero’s paper packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Batteries made from trees and blockchain to tackle deforestation: The best green innovations of July 2021
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Earth Overshoot Day webinar
  • Lidl vows to remove two billion pieces of plastic packaging by the end of 2022
  • Co-op to host reverse vending machines at music festivals, turning recycled plastic bottles into uniforms
  • Dairy giants and UN to jointly plot global course to net-zero by 2050
  • Dixons Carphone and Dassault Systèmes unveil new science-based climate targets
  • UK’s plans to scale battery production ‘insufficient for net-zero transition’
  • Asda expands plastic-free refill offering
  • Vodafone trials ‘UK’s first’ smart electricity substation on road to net-zero
  • Japan’s new renewables targets and Leeds’ Climate Innovation District: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Automakers urged to move away from ‘destructive’ deep-sea mining
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we change food systems for the better?
  • Onsite renewables and EVs: Anglian Water outlines net-zero routemap for 2030
  • #SustyTalk: Model and activist Arizona Muse on restoring soil and nature
  • National Grid could lose electricity system operator role under new BEIS and Ofgem plans
  • Net-zero pubs and bars scheme to help UK sector accelerate climate action amid Covid-19 recovery
  • P&G’s Lenor to pilot 100,000 paper bottles in 2022
  • UK food and drink sector to halve emissions by 2030, under updated WRAP targets
  • Circular economy attracting $1.3trn in annual investments, but dwarfed by linear spending models
  • McDonald’s to trial deposit return scheme for coffee cups in Northampton
  • Prysmian Group eyes net-zero emissions between 2035 and 2040
  • El Salvador’s first wind farm and seagrass-restoring gin: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans take a step forward, as MPs call for more Government funding
  • Report: Circular economy could deliver 80% of UK’s next carbon budget
  • National Food Strategy presses UK Government to clarify environmental incentives for farmers post-Brexit
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
  • Aviva’s Steve Waygood: Now is the time for finance firms to become climate macro-stewards
  • Green Jobs Taskforce urges UK Government to close funding and skills gaps
  • Net-zero by 2045: Go-Ahead Group launches updated climate strategy
  • ‘Clarity and confidence for the road ahead’: Green economy reacts to Transport Decarbonisation Plan
  • Transport Decarbonisation Plan: UK Government to ban new petrol and diesel truck sales by 2040
  • Could making ESG more ‘financially relevant’ combat greenwashing?
  • Unilever eyes optimised enzymes in bid for fossil-fuel-free laundry products
  • Vauxhall to only sell pure electric cars and vans from 2028
  • E-waste recycling boost ‘needed to enable transition to net-zero’
  • Survey: 3 in 4 manufacturing executives don’t understand their company’s carbon footprint
  • Turkey reverses ban on plastics imports for recycling
  • Canada’s diesel ban and the UK’s new biodiversity metric: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Staffordshire University’s One Planet Pledge
  • 45% of UK businesses yet to set net-zero targets, survey reveals
  • #SustyTalk: Alpkit CEO David Hanney on B-Corp certification
  • Asos reduced emissions by 13% in 2020, despite pandemic parcel boom
  • Co-op set to expand flexible plastic recycling scheme to 1,500 stores this month
  • ‘World’s largest’ sustainability-linked bond issue from Enel three times oversubscribed
  • KFC and Pilgrim’s target net-zero by 2040
  • How are UK businesses approaching the net-zero transition? Find out with edie’s new Barometer
  • Most fashion brands ‘failing to disclose supply chain emissions’, despite net-zero pledge
  • #SustyTalk: Green Angel Syndicate CEO Nick Lyth on maximising the sustainable investment opportunity
  • Hydrogen: Shell opens Europe’s largest electrolyser as Centrica eyes storage at Rough
  • Current nature targets ‘not enough’: WWF calls for UK to cut global environmental footprint by 75%
  • Nissan’s Gigafactory and REN’s plastic-free samples: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on green finance, ESG and the TCFD
  • Net-zero energy transition: UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid outline £7.7bn investment plans
  • London Climate Action Week: How is the capital planning to reach net-zero?
  • Lab-grown salmon and seed-bombing ‘skyscrapers’: The best green innovations of June 2021
  • UK’s ‘right to repair’ laws come into force, in bid to cut electrical waste
  • 50 new EV ‘supercharging’ hubs planned for UK
  • Coca-Cola to use 100% recycled plastics for all on-the-go bottles in the UK
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the green finance opportunities of 2021
  • UK’s waste management sector targets net-zero emissions through £10bn infrastructure overhaul
  • Report: 60% of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwashing
  • Your time to shine: edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards are back with a bang for 2022
  • Report: UK telecoms giants leading sector’s global net-zero transition
  • Equinor plans 1.8GW of low-carbon hydrogen production in UK, tripling previous target
  • Construction firm Henry Boot targets net-zero by 2030
  • Green campaigners slam Bristol Airport’s new carbon-neutral and net-zero targets
  • Food giants to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this year
  • Tasmania’s 200% renewables goal and Toast Ale’s B-Corp recertification: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Major nature restoration scheme for Yorkshire as Defra outlines new conservation measures
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: What role do carbon markets and pricing play in the net-zero transition?
  • FMCG giants unveil world’s first plastic bottles recycled using enzymes
  • #SustyTalk: Canon’s Andy Tomkins on preventing e-waste and creating a circular economy for plastics
  • Sainsbury’s rolls out flexible plastic recycling scheme nationwide
  • ‘UK’s first’ grid-scale battery storage system comes online in Oxford
  • Target pledges to reach net-zero and become a ‘circular’ business by 2040
  • UK aviation sector sets interim climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050, but won’t cap growth
  • Amazon accused of wasting and destroying mountains of unsold products in the UK
  • Natural capital accounting standard launched by BSI
  • Asda to add plastic-free refill stations to more UK stores
  • Aldi’s plastic-free tea and a £61.5bn net-zero pension pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • General Motors to funnel $35bn into EVs by 2025
  • Johnson Matthey targets net-zero by 2040
  • Electric aircraft and alternative fuels: Rolls-Royce plots path to net-zero by 2050
  • CLOSING TODAY: Take edie’s net-zero carbon business survey (10 minutes)
  • Europe’s biggest carmakers ‘not on track’ for EV transition
  • Unilever unveils new UK refillable packaging trials
  • JLR to begin first hydrogen car tests this year
  • Evian launches plastic-reducing refill device to UK market
  • Survey: 4 in 10 UK SMEs unsure how to prepare for net-zero
  • G7 calls on climate and Colgate’s circular toothbrush: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • ‘Narrow focus’ leaving world off-track on climate crisis and nature loss, major UN report warns
  • Carbon-sequestering kelp: Sussex councils team up for major natural capital project
  • Royal Mail aims to grow EV fleet 10 times over, as DPD orders 750 electric vans
  • Green finance tools and net-zero sector coalitions: CEOs present climate initiatives to world leaders at G7
  • WRAP: 2020 was record year for food redistribution by UK firms
  • Unilever introduces paper-based bottles for laundry detergent
  • Drax announces ambition to host world’s largest negative emissions project
  • Study: World set to hit ‘peak oil’ by 2030 as energy majors shift to renewables
  • Beer giant Corona achieves ‘net-zero plastic footprint’
  • Waitrose and Aldi to use ocean-bound plastics for packaging on dozens of products
  • Report: Half of UK fashion giants failing to support supply chain workers’ rights
  • Ballygowan targets 100% recycled plastic packaging as Lucozade adds on-bottle recycling labels
  • McCain commits to regenerative agriculture across all farms by 2030
  • Work underway to create ‘UK’s biggest electric bus charging station’ in Glasgow
  • Norway’s ‘eco-school’ and Spain’s new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Ferrero targets nature net-gain and ‘fully transparent’ supply chain under new palm oil strategy
  • KFC to train all 28,000 UK staff to tackle litter
  • Starbucks to launch reusable cup sharing programme in the UK this year
  • Kingspan signs for €700m sustainability-linked loan
  • Plans unveiled for UK’s second plastic-to-hydrogen recycling plant
  • Amazon could be forced to disclose its plastic footprint
  • Banking giants team up to accelerate net-zero transition for steel industry
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Can we deliver a green recovery for retail?
  • Nissan invests £52m into closed-loop aluminium production at Sunderland facility
  • #SustyTalk: Exploring coral reef restoration with marine biologist Dr Tim Gordon
  • £2bn for net-zero: SSE outlines bumper low-carbon spending plans for this financial year
  • Unilever forges fungi partnership to scale up plant-based protein
  • Manufacturing giants unite on £1m Flexible Plastic Fund
  • Green Finance Institute chair Sir Roger Gifford passes away
  • edie launches new business guide on the circular economy
  • Circular economy: Arc’teryx launches resale, care and repair services
  • Global hydrogen investment to grow 25-fold by 2040, Bloomberg predicts
  • Zero-emission zones can help cities slash transport emissions by 70%, WEF claims
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the biodiversity and nature opportunities of 2021
  • UK’s ultra-rapid EV charging stock to triple with new £300m funding package
  • CBI: UK’s green recovery could generate £700bn economic boost by 2030
  • Cathay Pacific sets global net-zero target for 2050
  • Turkey to ban plastic imports after ‘recycling’ from UK and other nations dumped and burned
  • Boohoo links executive pay to ESG targets after supply chain scandal
  • Absolut replaces plastics from bottle necks as part of paper-based bottle development
  • Oxford, Kent and Arsenal: New EV charging hubs unveiled across the South East
  • Fighting food waste: Co-op and Hubbub partner to launch 100 new community fridges
  • Viridor targets net-negative emissions by 2045 through carbon capture technology
  • Taking place today: Last chance to register for edie’s flagship Countdown to COP26 event
  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with Natural England’s Tony Juniper – Environment Bill and nature-based solutions
  • Shell shareholders vote against climate activists’ net-zero plans
  • Aldi launches in-store recycling scheme for problem plastics
  • Beyond retail: Banks and fossil fuel giants urged to face role in plastic pollution crisis
  • Unilever introduces fully recyclable toothpaste tubes
  • Costa Coffee to install EV chargers at hundreds of UK drive-thrus
  • UK water sector outlines £2.8bn green recovery plan
  • Net-zero villages and Royal Mail delivery drones: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Digital dashboards and B-Corp reports: Why evian is disclosing more sustainability information online
  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with The Climate Group’s Sandra Roling
  • Lidl unveils carbon-neutral cheddar cheese
  • From Barclays to Unilever: 14 major firms commit to purpose-led businesses
  • Adidas and Allbirds unveil running shoes with ‘lowest recorded’ carbon footprint
  • Road to net-zero: UK business giants team up to accelerate investment in low-carbon transport
  • #SustyTalk​: Counting down to COP26 with O2’s Tracey Herald
  • PlayBack: Mattel launches toy recycling scheme
  • #SustyTalk​: Counting down to COP26 with green finance expert Sir Roger Gifford
  • #SustyTalk​: Electrolux’s Vanessa Butani on embedding sustainability in business
  • Tesco removes plastic rings from beer and cider packs
  • Made.com launches giving platform for used homewares in circular economy push
  • Carlsberg and Corona tackle water and plastic waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Engaging key stakeholders during Covid-19 and beyond
  • 10p plastic bag charge comes into force for all businesses
  • #SustyTalk​: Dentsu’s Anna Lungley on engaging consumers with sustainability
  • Consumer goods giants team up for greener chemicals drive
  • Iceland boss Richard Walker: Collective business activism required to hold politicians to account
  • Survey: UK businesses set to invest almost £16bn in EVs this year
  • The Body Shop owner raises $1bn for first sustainability bond
  • Unilever, Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive join AB InBev’s sustainability accelerator
  • Pandora to ditch mined diamonds over sustainability concerns
  • ‘World’s largest’ coral reef restoration project backed by Mars Petcare
  • Ikea launches buy-back service in all UK stores
  • Co-op targets carbon neutrality across own-brand food and drink by 2025
  • #SustyTalk​: GM’s Al Hildreth on the evolution of corporate water stewardship
  • Greece goes coal-free as Moto installs EV chargers: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Captured carbon shipping fuel and heat-reflecting paint: The best green innovations of April 2021
  • Co-op to remove plastic bags for life from all stores
  • Fast-food giants beef up climate commitments following investor pressure
  • Now available on-demand: edie’s online masterclass on low-carbon heat
  • Chanel partners with CISL for sustainability skills and innovation schemes
  • Asda launches second-hand fashion offering in 50 UK stores
  • Business giants press EU to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
  • Report: What are the business opportunities of COP26?
  • Timberland, Vans, The North Face to develop regenerative rubber supply chain
  • UK Government urged to accelerate ocean protection in COP26 plans
  • Six top tips for developing a leading business biodiversity strategy
  • BlackRock launches temperature-aligned investments funds
  • Hydrogen-fuelled steel manufacturing and China’s greenest office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Textiles 2030: Fashion giants pledge to halve climate impacts
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Marking Fashion Revolution Week 2021
  • #SustyTalk: Interviewing VF Corp’s Marianella Cervi for Fashion Revolution Week
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s biodiversity webinar featuring Kering and Unilever
  • Shampoo bars and sustainable shoes: Rounding up the big Earth Day product announcements
  • Unilever launches first laundry capsule using captured carbon from heavy industry
  • Treasury could mandate UK financial firms to add climate labels to products
  • Boeing, Netflix and Microsoft among founders of new business alliance on sustainable aviation fuels
  • Regenerative and circular net-zero transition: Inside Mulberry’s new sustainability strategy
  • Amazon announces nine new renewables deals to take clean energy capacity to 8.5GW
  • Ditch fossil fuel finance, $11trn investor coalition tells big banks
  • Net-zero whisky production and a new hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the UK’s low-carbon heat transition
  • JP Morgan Chase pledges $2.5trn to climate and sustainability this decade
  • UK’s solar sector ‘rebounding from pandemic and subsidy closures’
  • Gas grid operators outline plans for expanded EU ‘hydrogen highway’
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Abigail Smith, Linbrooke Services Ltd
  • Aldi launches packaging-free refillable trial
  • Regenerative agriculture and AI for solar: Google funnels €10m into projects tackling climate change
  • Nike Refurbished: Shoe giant launches new service to help combat waste
  • Retailers including Morrisons and Superdry roll-out recycling solution for plastic fashion packaging
  • Additional $600m for low-carbon solutions as BlackRock forms new investment partnership
  • Most UK business travellers to fly less after lockdown, survey reveals
  • Michelin to expand hydrogen focus on road to net-zero
  • Kingspan targets net-zero carbon manufacturing by 2030
  • Delivering Paris Agreement could help save most endangered species, report reveals
  • Government to explore ban on oxo-degradable plastics
  • Morrisons to remove all plastic bags for life from UK stores
  • Report: 6 in 10 plastic packaging companies have no environmental policies
  • UK’s largest used books business targets carbon neutrality by 2022
  • Bio-recycling and water bottle refills: Waitrose invests £1m to tackle plastic waste
  • #SustyTalk: Talking purpose-led business for B-Corps Month
  • Microwave boilers and autonomous EVs: The best green innovations of March 2021
  • Mars Petcare debuts insect-based cat food and packaging with less plastic
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Stephanie Palmer, Wienerberger UK
  • Report: Investors ditching fossil fuel stocks as value drops by billions of dollars
  • #SustyTalk​: ING’s Ben Colegrave on financing the hydrogen revolution
  • British farmers ‘planning to ramp up net-zero investments as part of Covid-19 recovery’
  • ‘Sky Zero Footprint Fund’: Broadcaster launches £2m sustainable media prize
  • Countdown to COP26: edie launches bumper virtual event ahead of climate talks
  • Report: UK must halve resource consumption to tackle climate change and nature loss
  • Wilko’s face mask recycling and Sydney’s net-zero buildings: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can the circular economy help us get to net-zero?
  • Carlsberg and WWF launch seagrass restoration project
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Circular Economy Inspiration sessions
  • Servitisation and the circular economy: How can businesses encourage shoppers to consume less?
  • #SustyTalk: Kao Corporation’s Dave Muenz on plastic packaging innovation
  • UK’s net-zero transition will create up to 1.7 million green jobs this decade, report finds
  • SustyTalk: Planet Patrol’s Lizzie Carr on single-use plastics and business activism
  • What does the UK’s sustainable office of the future look like?
  • Interface launches its first ‘carbon negative’ carpets
  • Building resilience post-Covid-19: Businesses urged to ‘reinvent capitalism’ and regenerate nature
  • Ground broken at biomethane refuelling station in first for Scotland
  • edie launches updated best-practice guide for businesses tackling single-use plastics
  • Why the circular economy is primed to improve social sustainability and value chain resiliency
  • ‘Climate Transition Action Plan’: Unilever puts net-zero roadmap to shareholder vote
  • Northern Gas Networks launches green bond to support hydrogen transition
  • Tax Day: Treasury will review controversial proposals for aviation duties
  • Recycling gap: Most Brits claim they recycle plastic at home, so why aren’t rates improving?
  • New edie report launched to help businesses create sustainable offices post-lockdown
  • Just 1% of businesses taking strong action on deforestation, despite risks totalling $53bn
  • Carbon-neutral coffee and water-efficient farms: Starbucks plots path to ‘resource positivity’
  • World Water Day: Prince Charles launches climate finance drive as businesses boost stewardship efforts
  • #SustyTalk​​: Biffa’s Jeff Rhodes on the Resources and Waste Strategy
  • Use compostable packaging to boost food waste recycling, UK Government told
  • Circular Economy Week: edie kicks off week of zero-waste themed content and events
  • Salesforce plants 10 million trees as VW ups EV targets: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • EVs: Renault launches battery recycling scheme as UK grant changes draw controversy
  • Climate and waste: HelloFresh and Superdrug make new sustainability commitments
  • Report: 45% of UK businesses linking executive pay to ESG targets
  • Fashion brands set to cover recycling costs under new UK Government plans
  • VW aims to double EV sales in 2021
  • Ocado and KP Snacks detail progress on plastic phase-outs
  • Six top tips for super-charging energy efficiency on the road to net-zero
  • Circular economy models reduce costs and boost sales for major fashion brands
  • Brunel Pensions Partnership targets net-zero as Nest accelerates renewable energy investment
  • What does sustainable business leadership look like in 2021? edie publishes results of flagship survey
  • Hungary’s coal exit and London’s first ‘tiny forest’: The Sustainability Success Stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk​: Weetabix’s John Petre on sustainable sourcing and leadership on plastic
  • Clarks and UGG unveil sustainable shoe innovations
  • Report: Cumbria can create 9,000 green jobs by 2035, without a coal mine
  • Six changes to UK green policy that you need to know about this week
  • Now available on demand: edie’s 45-minute masterclass on energy efficiency
  • Iceland Foods pledges to tackle abandoned plastic fishing gear
  • P&G brand Ariel targets completely decarbonised laundry value chain by 2030
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Thom Rawson, Sustainable Football
  • Mondelez and PepsiCo set new plastic pledges following non-profit discussions
  • Tesco to roll out UK-wide flexible plastic recycling scheme
  • New report details how businesses can help deliver clean water and sanitation post-Covid-19
  • Unilever Beauty & Personal Care targets 1.5 million hectares of nature conservation by 2030
  • #SustyTalk​: Spotlight on the World Cement Association’s gender focus network
  • Morrisons to source exclusively from net-zero British farms by 2030
  • Plans unveiled for green hydrogen hub in the Scottish Highlands
  • Microsoft and Chevron partner on bioenergy and carbon capture project
  • Daimler prices €1bn green bond to help finance EV transition
  • Koala conservation and electric buses for COP26: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Choosing to challenge for International Women’s Day 2021
  • New report details how businesses can help deliver sustainable cities and communities post-Covid-19
  • Coty partners with LanzaTech to use captured carbon in perfumes
  • Next wave of speakers confirmed for edie’s circular economy online event
  • FedEx commits to carbon-neutral global operations by 2040
  • Green growth or greenwashing? Business leaders react to Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget
  • Budget 2021: Sunak confirms Net-Zero Innovation Fund, announces freeports to spur green investment
  • Aviation fuel made from air and next-gen hydropower: The best green innovations of February 2021
  • Report: Strong net-zero policy could help UK attract £350bn of investment by 2050
  • P&G launches refillable shampoo bottles in the UK
  • Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030
  • Drax unveils plans to host UK’s largest carbon capture project by 2027
  • WRAP: Two-thirds of Brits don’t see link between food waste and climate change
  • Burger King to ditch all single-use plastic in the UK
  • Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak ‘set to unveil green savings bonds and net-zero innovation programmes’
  • Aviva Investors targets net-zero by 2040
  • CDP: Water risk costs for corporates five times higher than cost of action
  • EDP’s renewables target and eBay supports social enterprises: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Survey: Circular economy businesses outperform those that take, make and dispose
  • BlackRock Investment Institute: Tackling climate change will provide a financial boost, not a net cost
  • 600 business giants form new network on climate resilience and adaptation
  • Virgin Media targets net-zero carbon operations for 2025
  • Michelin unveils plans to ditch unsustainable tyre materials
  • Sainsbury’s rolls out flexible plastic take-back and recycling scheme
  • H&M Group issues €500m sustainability bond
  • British Gas targets fully electric fleet by 2025
  • Carlsberg’s recycled bottles and Lidl’s EV chargers: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • AB InBev announces $10.1bn sustainability-linked loan
  • eBay: Shoppers increasingly looking for ‘eco’ and ‘sustainable’ homewares during lockdown
  • Maersk accelerates plans for carbon-neutral shipping
  • Asda and Aldi expand plastic-free packaging efforts
  • Heathrow secures Government funding to develop net-zero aviation roadmap
  • Ford vows to only sell electric vehicles in Europe from 2030
  • Big businesses failing to protect human rights amid Covid-19, study reveals
  • Thai Union launches its first sustainability-linked loan package, priced at $400m
  • Green recovery: MPs call for VAT breaks for energy efficiency, electric vehicles and circular economy
  • EV100: Businesses doubled electric vehicle roll-outs in 2020
  • Purpose-led products: Ocado launches a dedicated aisle for B-Corp brands
  • #SustyTalk​: National Grid’s Duncan Burt on COP26 preparations
  • ‘Journey to Tomorrow’: IHG outlines plans for green recovery from Covid-19
  • Coventry unveils plans to host battery Gigafactory by 2025
  • Jaguar to switch to fully electric vehicle portfolio by 2025
  • Report: Real estate sector’s inaction on climate change could increase costs by $2.5trn
  • UK oil major backs new waste-to-jet-fuel plant
  • Leeds and London to host new green finance research hubs
  • Goldman Sachs issues first sustainability bond, priced at $800m
  • P&G reduces plastics and record UK wind bids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we accelerate action on nature and biodiversity in 2021?
  • Kwasi Kwarteng: Recent policy decisions send mixed messages on UK climate action
  • HP unveils sustainability ‘changemaker’ and ‘catalyst’ schemes
  • Shell reaches peak oil and emissions as it plots net-zero pathway
  • Coca-Cola to trial 2,000 paper-based drinks bottles in Europe
  • Fashion giants collaborate on Bangladesh textile reuse scheme
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum: Five top tips for turning climate ambition into action
  • Absolut hits recycled materials target four years early
  • Fast fashion: Polyester production has doubled since 2000, with huge climate implications
  • Green pensions: Scottish Widows charts pathway to net-zero financed emissions
  • Amazon’s new ‘green’ HQ and Denmark’s wind energy island: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Study: Fleet electrification would halve Europe’s road transport emissions
  • Jump: Sustainability engagement schemes prevent 4,200 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020
  • Biodiversity loss: Agriculture ‘threatening 86% of at-risk species’, says major UN-backed report
  • Solar power and blockchain: BMW and Rio Tinto make major moves on sustainable aluminium
  • Whitbread issues green bonds totalling £550m
  • Sainsbury’s outlines science-based targets to slash emissions on the path to net-zero
  • UK’s Net-Zero Business Champion: We must spark conversations outside our usual circles
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Winners revealed at glittering virtual ceremony
  • How can businesses become climate advocates? Here are 8 top tips
  • Costa Coffee expands food waste prevention services across UK
  • Low-carbon heat: UK’s heat pump sales set to almost double this year
  • UK’s progress on nature and the environment ‘painfully slow’, MPs warn
  • Beyond net-zero targets: What role can businesses play in solving the climate emergency?
  • Tom Rivett-Carnac: In the face of the climate emergency, we must all be stubborn optimists
  • Report: UK needs to install five times as many EV charging points to meet climate goals
  • Seaweed animal feed and solar panels made from waste fruit: The best green innovations of January 2021
  • Treasury ‘not planning mandatory net-zero stress tests’ for major government investments
  • Kering’s fund for nature and a new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk​: The WBA’s Dan Neale on delivering social transformation
  • Packaging giant Mondi targets 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable products by 2025
  • Governments urged to accelerate circular economy transition through green recovery plans
  • Government unveils £85m package to support low-carbon aviation innovations
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet social sustainability champions Honeywell Hometown Solutions
  • Biden signs flurry of executive orders on nature conservation and fossil fuels
  • Robert Downey Jr launches ESG venture capital funds
  • Sustainable fashion: Depop targets climate neutrality by the end of the year
  • Premier Inn to install EV chargers at 300 hotels
  • Mission Possible Partnership: Hundreds of transport and industrial businesses form climate coalition
  • edie’s next online masterclass to focus on industrial energy efficiency
  • 5 top tips for choosing onsite technologies on the road to net-zero
  • Nestlé reduces plastic from cereal packaging and rolls out paper Smarties packs worldwide
  • Prince Charles: Sustainable business leadership alone won’t combat climate change
  • #SustyTalk: Anglian Water’s Andy Brown on collaboration for a just transition to net-zero
  • EY targets carbon negativity for 2021
  • Companies with science-based targets planning $25.9bn climate mitigation investments
  • Waitrose Unpacked: Supermarket unveils next steps for plastic-busting refill scheme
  • Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report
  • Legal & General plots course to net-zero real estate across £21bn UK portfolio
  • In numbers: How prepared are UK businesses for the net-zero transition?
  • Boeing planning to debut 100% biofuel planes by 2030
  • Ikea’s forest protection and Dove’s refillable deodorant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Oxford approves UK’s first local air quality targets
  • Nissan to expand EV battery manufacturing at Sunderland plant
  • Kate Wylie to step down as Mars’ global sustainability lead for new role at Chanel
  • UK Government faces fresh accusations of backtracking on post-Brexit environment pledges
  • Exeter to play host to UK’s first national circular economy ‘hub’
  • #SustyTalk: UPS’s Claire Thompson-Sage on low-carbon logistics
  • Tesco’s first sustainability-linked bond more than six times oversubscribed
  • Tennent’s invests £7m to remove plastic packaging from beer cans
  • ‘A game-changing opportunity to fight climate change’: WEF pushes businesses on supply chain decarbonisation
  • Heinz removes plastics from canned product packaging
  • Pandemic aside, humanity’s biggest threats are climate and biodiversity-related, WEF warns
  • Report: UK could recycle three times as much plastic by 2030
  • #SustyTalk: BNP Paribas’ Mark Lewis on market shifts for the net-zero transition
  • Centrica: UK will only host 35 EV chargers per council by 2025
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  • £2m challenge kick-starts for water-related innovations
  • IEA: Oil and gas sector must ‘lock in’ methane emissions reductions seen amid Covid-19 lockdowns
  • Orchard Street targets net-zero across £4bn portfolio of buildings
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet battery innovators Powervault
  • Aldi’s plastic-free packaging and Portugal’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • edie launches series of mini reports to help businesses spark an energy revolution
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the University of Exeter’s climate emergency plans
  • Total and Engie partner on France’s largest green hydrogen production site
  • UK water sector joins UN’s ‘Race to Zero’ ahead of COP26
  • PepsiCo targets net-zero by 2040
  • Mace achieves net-zero operations and developments
  • Report: Major asset managers still voting against tougher climate measures
  • Protect at least a third of British seas to unlock £50bn boost, WWF urges
  • McKinsey: Global fossil fuel demand will peak in 2027
  • LEON debuts ‘carbon-neutral’ burgers and fries
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Marta Perricone, Unilever
  • Banks urged to set time-bound targets to tackle deforestation
  • In numbers: How Covid-19 has impacted renewable energy workers
  • #SustyTalk: How can the built environment deliver a green recovery?
  • Beefeater removes plastic from new bottle range
  • Boris Johnson promises £3bn of climate finance for nature by 2026
  • Governments urged to redirect $1trn of ‘planet-wrecking’ subsidies to nature conservation and restoration
  • Apple links executive pay to performance against ESG targets
  • Prince Charles launches ‘earth charter’ for businesses tackling nature and climate crises
  • Geothermal electricity from Cornwall and TerraCycle tackles medicine packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Coca-Cola’s Therese Noorlander talks supply chain engagement on climate and plastics
  • Green beauty: Garnier to launch digital sustainability labelling
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Meet the finalists in our new report
  • Banks ‘have provided $1.7trn of unconditional support to plastic polluters since 2015’
  • Report: More farmland must be converted to forests and meadows if UK is to reach net-zero
  • UK EV registrations up 185% in 2020, despite impact of Covid-19
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Amy Oroko, Matthew Algie
  • Veganuary: Asda unveils plant-based ‘butcher’ as campaign gets record 440,000 sign-ups
  • Horizon scanning: Eight green innovations set to shake-up sustainability in 2021
  • New Years Honours 2021: The sustainability champions on the Queen’s list
  • #SustyTalk: London Waste and Recycling Board’s Wayne Hubbard on the circular economy during Covid-19
  • Tesco removes one billion pieces of plastic packaging
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  • Five EU countries object to bloc’s latest hydrogen ‘manifesto’
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  • Ministers urged to cut VAT on batteries for homes after Brexit
  • Zero Carbon Forum: UK’s biggest restaurants team up to plot pathway to net-zero
  • Five top tips for making 2021 your organisation’s ‘super year’ for sustainability
  • Plastic-free festive food and re-planted trees: How are businesses working to make Christmas more sustainable?
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The Christmas 2020 special episode
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  • #SustyTalk: BELU Water’s Natalie Campbell on purpose-led business
  • Lloyds of London finally agrees to divest from coal
  • Survey: Three-quarters of UK businesses turning to sustainability to bounce back from Covid-19
  • IBM to launch new data platform to map plastics waste
  • #SustyTalk: P&G’s Frantz Beznik on water stewardship and green innovations
  • Science-based targets and renewable energy investments: Credit Suisse and Nest unveil first steps towards net-zero
  • Ferrero unveils fresh commitments to sustainable packaging ahead of Christmas
  • Jaguar Land Rover invests in blockchain for sustainable materials sourcing
  • ExxonMobil’s new climate targets slammed by investors and green groups
  • #SustyTalk: Epson’s Daniel Quelch on employee engagement and climate expectations
  • Hydrogen, nuclear and wind: UK’s energy network operators chart course to net-zero
  • Just Eat, Co-Op and Bensons for Beds launch new EV schemes in time for festive deliveries
  • Think Zero: Grosvenor plots pathway to net-zero by 2030
  • UK’s net-zero target should be 2045, 100 councils and mayors tell Boris Johnson
  • Starbucks outlines next steps on renewable energy and regenerative agriculture
  • Gap targets 100% sustainably sourced cotton by 2025
  • Canary Wharf Group targets net-zero by 2030
  • Heat Strategy: Government urged to spend £65bn on energy-efficient homes by 2035
  • New report details how businesses can help achieve SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
  • ‘A game-changer’: UK’s green economy leaders react to the Sixth Carbon Budget
  • Sixth Carbon Budget: UK will need to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 to meet net-zero
  • WRAP: UK’s biggest businesses have cut unnecessary plastic packaging by 40%
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet waste management champions Marston’s and UKWSL
  • #SustyTalk: PepsiCo’s Jim Andrew on green bonds and inclusive business
  • Energy giants team up to halve green hydrogen costs by 2026
  • The Vatican convenes business giants in bid to promote purpose-led capitalism
  • Natural History Museum targets carbon neutrality by 2035
  • Walkers turns to beer-based carbon capture for low-carbon potatoes
  • UK’s first electric vehicle forecourt opens to drivers in Essex
  • Glencore sets 2050 net-zero target, but won’t divest from coal
  • Coca-Cola’s largest European bottler targets net-zero by 2040
  • Whitbread’s food waste fight and offshore wind boosts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Accelerating climate action: edie publishes Net-Zero November round-up report
  • Uniper targets carbon neutrality by 2050, outlines coal-free vision
  • M&S expands plastic-free refill offering as UK lockdown lifts
  • Legal & General to halve emissions of £81bn pension portfolio by 2030
  • Huggies launches biodegradable baby wipes in step towards plastic-free goal
  • KFC to install electric vehicle chargers at hundreds of UK restaurants
  • Transport giants including Uber sign on to Amazon’s 2040 net-zero vision
  • Nestle outlines roadmap to net-zero by 2050, backed with more than £2bn of investment
  • Green recovery: UK urged to accelerate ‘just’ transition from North Sea oil and gas
  • BlackRock debuts software that assesses climate risk for investors
  • Report: Global CCS capacity surged in 2020, despite Covid-19
  • Green Finance Institute: UK’s new National Investment Bank must go beyond energy
  • PepsiCo targets 100% recycled plastic bottles in Europe
  • The Climate Group unites business giants in push for net-zero steel
  • Tree-planting drones and textile recycling: The best green innovations of November 2020
  • Sustainability leaders craft 10-point plan to revamp corporate purpose
  • Net-Zero Navigators Podcast: Meet Iberostar’s Dr Megan Morikawa
  • What does the green recovery mean for Black Friday?
  • CDP: Food giants are greenwashing, not addressing their climate impact
  • Business leaders and politicians call for ban on non-food plastic sachets
  • Survey: Just 1 in 10 businesses have backed up net-zero ambitions with science-based targets
  • Government ‘must hold businesses like Apple and Amazon to account over e-waste’
  • How is the green economy reacting to the Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy?
  • Net-zero pensions ‘could deliver £1trn for UK’s green recovery’
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A Net-Zero November special
  • Renewable Hydrogen Coalition: trade bodies team up to grow Europe’s green hydrogen sector
  • Half of Ikea meals to be plant-based by 2025
  • Carlsberg turns to thermal solar tech to meet water stewardship ambitions
  • Capgemini: Half of big businesses are using AI to cut their climate impacts
  • Report: Carmakers including Tesla and Honda ‘driving in the slow lane’ towards climate goals
  • Diageo targets net-zero operations by 2030
  • Jaguar’s ‘smart city’ tests and Arsenal’s climate commitment: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podback: Coffee brands join forces on UK pod recycling scheme
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet Dentsu International’s chief sustainability officer Anna Lungley
  • UK to support ‘Paris Agreement on plastics’
  • Garnier launches shampoo bars with reduced environmental impact
  • Green New Deal: London launches £10m job-creation scheme for low-carbon sectors
  • UK’s advertising sector charts course to net-zero by 2030
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Amali Bunter, Lidl GB
  • E.ON: 7 in 10 Brits want air pollution information in daily weather forecasts
  • Report: Just 3 in 10 European businesses are properly disclosing their climate impact
  • Henkel targets net-zero by 2040 under Amazon’s Climate Pledge
  • Unilever to halve food waste, sets €1bn sales target for plant-based food alternatives
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet employee engagement champions Barry Callebaut
  • Which UK cities are leading on climate action – and how?
  • European Investment Bank unveils £1trn green investment plan through 2030
  • Tesco targets net-zero by 2035, accelerating climate plan
  • McDonald’s plant-based burger and Scotland’s green hydrogen: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet Velux’s vice-president for sustainability, Ingrid Reumert
  • #SustyTalk: Global Returns Project’s Yan Swiderski on the next generation of climate finance
  • City to Sea: 8 in 10 food-to-go giants failing to tackle single-use plastic
  • Unilever on the circular economy and the net-positive debate: What happened on Day Three of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • Green Jobs Taskforce: Government vows to create two million jobs in low-carbon and nature sectors
  • Report: Only 1% of global climate finance helps water-stressed communities
  • Lord Deben: ‘Climate change is the symptom, not the disease’
  • Net-Zero Live 2020: Register for today’s Net-Zero Resources sessions
  • Bim Afolami MP’s speech and energy efficiency post-Covid-19: What happened on Day Two of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • Green hydrogen and retrofitted boats: Shipping giants plot course to net-zero
  • Iberostar targets carbon neutrality by 2030, eyes nature-based insetting
  • 8 in 10 meat and dairy suppliers failing to act on climate change, investors claim
  • Lord Deben’s speech and just transition debates: What happened on Day One of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • Green Recovery: Labour challenges UK Government to spend £30bn on low-carbon economy
  • WRAP: Lockdown has made Brits more aware of fashion’s environmental impact
  • IPPR: UK Government must spend £33bn annually to combat climate and nature crises
  • Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies lagging on environmental and social sustainability
  • Plant-based pet food and Quatar’s green neighbourhood: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet LSE’s head of sustainability Charles Joly
  • Half of UK businesses ‘have not prepared for climate risks’, survey finds
  • BT and Royal Mail tell Boris Johnson to bring back his ten-point green recovery plan
  • University of Strathclyde students and staff complete 15,000 sustainable behaviour change activities
  • Beyond100: Bentley targets carbon-neutrality by 2030 and ‘climate positivity’ in the long-term
  • WRAP: UK food sector ‘needs to pick up the pace’ on waste
  • Boris Johnson urged to prevent e-waste mountain in Brexit planning
  • EU bank mulls ban on cash for airport expansions
  • Charities call for investment boost as Defra reveals its Green Recovery Fund is hugely oversubscribed
  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Refillable packaging still accounts for just 2% of the market
  • BEIS announces £183m funding round for electric vehicles and cleantech start-ups
  • UK’s largest battery comes online in South Yorkshire
  • Equinor sets 2050 net-zero target, says ‘peak oil’ is likely in 2030
  • Google launches phones and thermostats with recycled plastics
  • Net-Zero Live 2020 preview: 8 things not to be missed at next week’s virtual event
  • Natural Capital Committee: Environment Bill updates must stop businesses destroying nature
  • Can business models act as carbon sinks to reach net-zero?
  • Gillette to halve virgin plastic use and emissions by 2030
  • 6 in 10 UK SMEs believe net-zero and the green recovery is good for business
  • Nando’s plant-based chicken and £1bn for renewable microgrids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero November: edie’s bumper month of content and events kicks off this week
  • AI-enabled ‘smart’ EV batteries and 3D solar panels: The best green innovations of October 2020
  • #SustyTalk: Mastercard’s Kristina Kloberdanz on collaborating and communicating for sustainability
  • L’Oreal unveils ‘world’s first’ plastic bottles made from captured carbon
  • TCFD gains 500 global supporters amid Covid-19, but full alignment remains rare
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet the Co-op’s Cathryn Higgs
  • P&G and Electrolux among corporate members of major new water security alliance
  • Tesla launches UK-based virtual power plant project
  • Environment Bill: Amendments raise fresh concerns over post-Brexit watchdog
  • What makes a Sustainability Leaders Awards winner? Our 2021 judges reveal their top tips for success
  • Banks and agribusiness linked to biodiversity loss
  • Hubbub and Coca-Cola launch on-street recycling scheme in Dublin
  • Unilever expects to double use of recycled plastics in next 12 months
  • ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’: Amazon opens virtual aisle for more sustainable products
  • Towards net-zero: Are we really the smartest of monkeys?
  • ‘From barley to bar’: AB InBev pilots blockchain to boost transparency and traceability
  • #SustyTalk: Quorn CEO Marco Bertacca on plant-based diets and carbon labelling
  • HP extends cartridge recycling scheme to 68 countries
  • Huge wind-powered boats and a boon for solar in the US: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Burger King teams up with TerraCycle for reusable packaging pilot
  • Net-zero by 2030: Lime becomes first micro-mobility firm to pledge to science-based targets
  • Supermarket and packaging giants call for UK-wide ban on degradable plastics
  • New scheme to help UK’s schools align with net-zero
  • Moncler commits to carbon neutrality and 100% renewable electricity
  • P&G to launch refillable shampoo bottles in 2021
  • The Estée Lauder Companies turns to blockchain to boost supply chain traceability
  • Dentsu International sets 2030 net-zero target
  • Nestle outlines plans to bring UK’s first commercial scale chemical plastic recycling plant online
  • Priceless Planet: Banks and airlines join coalition planting 100 million trees
  • Iceland trials plastic-free bread and potato packaging as Subway debuts cardboard salad boxes
  • Bacardi to launch biodegradable spirits bottles by 2023
  • edie launches new explains guide to setting science-based climate targets
  • Towards net-zero: The 8 green policies UK businesses are still waiting for
  • Britvic to switch to 100% recycled plastic bottles by 2022
  • Investors worth $8.5trn call for mandatory climate risk reporting for big businesses
  • UK ‘among best nations globally’ for SDG alignment
  • Unilever’s former chief sustainability officer to chair plant-based plastic venture
  • Asda opens ‘sustainability store’ with refill stations and plastic-free groceries
  • #SustyTalk: Cranswick’s Jim Brisby on food waste prevention during Covid-19
  • Report: Green recovery would cut global emissions by 7% and create millions of jobs
  • Unilever and UK Government back chemical plastic recycling innovation
  • John Lewis Partnership brings net-zero target forward to 2035
  • Fighting food waste and engaging one billion people on climate change: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Survey: One in five British investors turning to impact investment amid Covid-19
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Nespresso’s plans for carbon-neutrality and catching up with Inspired Energy
  • Report: 6 in 10 fashion giants see sustainability as ‘key priority’ amid Covid-19
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Rebecca Lovelady on purpose-led business
  • How sustainable is the new iPhone 12?
  • It’s a shoe-in: Adidas unveils recyclable trainers as UGG reveals new climate and materials commitments
  • Governments urged to reform food systems as part of Covid-19 green recovery efforts
  • Electrolux debuts vacuum cleaner made from 100% recycled plastics
  • Morrisons, Waitrose and John Lewis remove glitter from Christmas items
  • Net-zero must be embedded in school curriculums, Aldersgate Group urges
  • Capgemini: EU must invest in high-impact climate technologies through green recovery funding
  • ‘Together We Can’: edie unveils first wave of speakers for flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum 2021
  • PepsiCo funnels millions into recycled plastics, solar power and low-emission vehicles
  • SDG Spotlight report: How can businesses promote green industry, innovation and infrastructure?
  • Ikea unveils national buy-back scheme for used furniture in drive to become ‘fully circular’
  • 2021 will be ‘a critical window’ for creating a sustainable future, major report warns
  • Tesco links £2.5bn loan to key emissions, energy and food waste targets
  • 6 top tips for optimising your energy data on the road to net-zero
  • Burberry and IBM collaborate on blockchain initiative to boost fashion supply chain traceability
  • Food and retail giants to collaborate on government-backed scheme to reduce food waste
  • New initiative to help investors funnel $10bn into climate solutions annually
  • City of London Corporation targets net-zero by 2040
  • Birmingham’s hydrogen buses and Levi’s circular economy store: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Signify’s Joao Pola on business leadership for net-zero
  • World’s first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus hits Scottish streets
  • H&M brings ‘garment-to-garment’ recycling machines in-store
  • HSBC sets net-zero target, plans $750bn of low-carbon investment by 2030
  • Report: UK’s domestic heat ‘extremely unlikely’ to reach net-zero without policy overhaul
  • Low-carbon transition: Even best-prepared fossil fuel majors ‘to see half of portfolios become uncompetitive’
  • Major businesses back North West’s net-zero industrial cluster, say it can come online by 2030
  • Earthshot Prize: Royals to spend £50m on climate and nature innovations by 2030
  • Issue green sovereign bond to finance UK’s Covid-19 recovery, investors urge Government
  • Government’s current green policy approach risks alienating British public, IPPR warns
  • BNEF: Green bond issuance broke records in September 2020
  • Unilever CEO: Climate change and Covid-19 mean capitalism must change
  • UK concrete and cement industry claims it can ‘go beyond net-zero’ by 2050
  • Report: One-third of energy majors have paused low-carbon investments amid Covid-19
  • #SustyTalk: Multiplex’s Joshua Davies on a green recovery for construction
  • Total to increase annual renewables investments to $3bn by 2030
  • CDP: Paris Agreement alignment could cut climate change costs by two-thirds
  • Net-zero blockchain and hydrogen train milestones: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • From laggard to leader? Why Kraft Heinz is betting on ESG to turn its sustainability story around
  • Aldi to remove single-use plastic bags from fruit and veg aisles
  • National Grid unveils science-based climate targets on road to net-zero
  • Plastic-eating ‘super-enzymes’ and water-based fuel: The best green innovations of September 2020
  • Survey: 8 in 10 Brits want nature jobs for those left unemployed by Covid-19
  • Investors ‘failing to act on zero-deforestation commitments’
  • Ikea to phase-out sales of non-rechargeable batteries to cut back on waste
  • REI commits to halve emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by end of 2020
  • edie launches new explains guide to creating a circular economy for electronics

Climate & nature

  • Earth Day 2022: What have businesses announced?
  • World’s biggest meat producer ‘has increased emissions 51% emissions since 2016’, despite net-zero pledge
  • Dozens of sustainability-focused British businesses receive Queen’s Awards for Enterprise
  • Coca-Cola and Nestle among business giants joining supply chain climate engagement drive
  • Natural history GCSEs and carbon literacy: Government unveils new climate-focused education strategy
  • Mastercard adds new restoration projects to pledge to plant 100 million trees
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Ukraine and the climate emergency
  • Business giants commit to Regenerative Fashion Manifesto
  • edie Explains: Net-Zero Business
  • Project Gigaton: Walmart surpasses halfway point to reduce one billion tonnes of GHG emissions
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Intel targets net-zero emissions by 2040 through $300m energy savings drive
  • Deloitte to invest $1bn in sustainability and climate practice
  • The Real Zero Roundtable
  • The Great Reallocation: How can businesses create value on the road to net-zero?
  • Sustainability teams are growing rapidly – but do they have enough influence to shape business decisions?
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • SBTi promises Net-Zero Standard for finance sector in early 2023
  • Should businesses be legally required to set science-based climate targets?
  • Lord Deben on how sustainability leaders can balance ‘optimism and apocalypse’
  • Digital technology giants collaborate on $925m commitment to carbon removal technologies
  • Global Environment Facility secures record $5.25bn commitments from nations
  • Canary Wharf Group and Eden Project partner to boost urban biodiversity
  • edie launches new Sustainable Business Leadership report
  • Greggs promises science-based targets by end of 2022 on road to net-zero
  • Mars Wrigley plans for its first fossil-fuel-free factory from this summer
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Wahaca adds carbon labels to restaurant menus
  • Del Monte foods sets 2050 net-zero target, applies for SBTi verification for emissions goals
  • Pinterest bans false and misleading climate-related content
  • TCFD mandate: Everything you need to know about the UK’s new climate disclosure requirements
  • New data drive launched to improve racial diversity in the UK’s environmental profession
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • #SustyTalk: Scaling nature restoration with National Parks Partnership director Naomi Conway
  • $7trn investor coalition pressures high-carbon companies to disclose climate risks
  • ‘There’s no silver bullet’ to get us to or beyond net-zero: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • ‘Now or never’: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate crisis, IPCC warns
  • Supplier climate mentoring schemes and Tesco’s 1,000th EV charger: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The changing face of sustainability leadership: Do you need an environmental degree to enter the profession?
  • Ibstock targets 40% carbon reduction and biodiversity net-gain in new ESG strategy
  • UK records biggest annual rise in emissions
  • Three in five Brits would switch their job for a more sustainable one, survey reveals
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • The changing face of sustainability leadership: Why soft skills are becoming more important
  • World leaders must ‘radically’ scale up renewable energy now, IRENA warns
  • Stop treating carbon removal technologies as a silver bullet, MPs warn Government
  • SustyTalk Live: BNDES’s Gustavo Montezano and Climate Partner’s Nicholas Daniel on finance and climate solutions
  • Report: Fashion sustainability schemes ‘not fit for purpose’ and allowing greenwashing
  • Scottish Widows divests from tobacco for ESG reasons, tightens exclusions policies for fossil fuels
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Report: World’s biggest finance firms gave fossil fuel industry $740bn of support since 2020
  • edie launches new business guide on integrating EVs into fleets
  • Rachel Kyte: Voluntary carbon credit markets need to be Paris-aligned, or they have no credible future
  • Barclays and NatWest to give shareholders ‘say on climate’
  • In quotes: 9 thought-provoking takeaways from edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Report: UK’s offshore wind pipeline surpasses 86GW
  • Europeans rally behind Green Deal in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine
  • In numbers: How are businesses working to embed ESG?
  • Scottish water sector launches innovation drive to get to ‘net-zero and beyond’ by 2040
  • Costa Coffee sets 2040 net-zero target
  • Climate risk disclosures mandate drawn up in the US
  • Bupa has science-based targets approved, supporting 2040 net-zero vision
  • Traceable palm oil: Unilever and SAP team up for blockchain supply chain tracking
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net Zero Business podcast: Talking EVs with Evri and E.ON UK
  • One third of US firms losing business by failing to respond to the climate crisis
  • Swiss Re to tighten rules on oil and gas insurance
  • British businesses urge introduction of carbon tariff on imports
  • Kingspan to set internal carbon price of €70 per tonne
  • EU countries agree world’s first carbon border tariff
  • HSBC promises climate transition plan and net-zero review of policies
  • ‘The Government must raise its sights’: Green economy reacts to new Environment Bill targets
  • Environment Bill: Government proposes new legally binding targets on nature, air and water
  • When will the UK’s energy security strategy be published, and what will it include?
  • Beta framework launched on nature-related financial disclosures
  • Tackling greenwashing: Government urged to develop formal definitions for jargon like ‘carbon-neutral’
  • Scotland failing on climate adaptation despite decarbonisation progress, CCC warns
  • UK builds on Industrial Strategy with record £39.8bn R&D budget
  • NGOs call nature-positive framework to be adopted by UN
  • Amazon’s Climate Pledge: Maersk and SAP among 95 new businesses signing up
  • $130trn investor coalition commits to end support for corporates that block climate action
  • #SustyTalk: L’Oreal’s Natalia Agathou gives her advice on a career in sustainability
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Environmental groups celebrate as Leeds Bradford Airport withdraws expansion plans
  • Dozens of health and beauty brands collaborate for environmental product labelling
  • Carbon removal markets must grow exponentially by 2030 to keep 1.5C alive, report warns
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part Two)
  • 20 actionable and inspiring messages from edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Sir David King: Net-zero transition ‘a massive opportunity for every business’
  • John Elkington: We’re moving past CSR – the age of regenerative business is dawning
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part One)
  • EU unveils plan to become independent from Russian fossil fuels ‘well before 2030’
  • Emma Howard-Boyd: ‘Resilience is the missing link in investment in net-zero and nature’
  • 6 soft skills sustainability leaders need to hone in 2022
  • University of Exeter moves net-zero target forward to 2030
  • ‘No one can do it alone’: How can we create strong partnerships for sustainability?
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on women driving the clean energy transition
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • Hisense pledges to mitigate and remove more than twice the emissions it generates
  • Report: American corporates failing to set science-based climate goals, let alone deliver them
  • Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone launches after Covid-19 delays
  • 10 things not to be missed at next week’s Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Four steps to business leadership on climate, according to Maria Mendiluce
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • UK and New Zealand tout environmental credentials of new trade deal, but not everyone is impressed
  • NGOs press UK and other wealthy nations for $60bn international nature finance commitment
  • Five ways businesses can respond to the IPCC’s ‘atlas of human suffering’
  • ‘Climate adaptation cannot be an afterthought’ : Green economy leaders react to new IPCC report
  • IPCC: Half of global population ‘highly vulnerable’ to climate crisis impacts
  • Lower Thames Crossing: Critics call greenwashing as National Highways outlines carbon reduction plan
  • Solar-powered cement manufacturing and stackable homes: The best green innovations of February 2022
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Aliza Ayaz: Equity should be at the heart of business’s sustainability strategies
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Behind BT’s 2030 and 2040 climate targets
  • Almost half of London’s commercial properties exposed to higher flood risks
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Greener Guinness: Diageo launches major regenerative agriculture scheme in Ireland
  • EU sets out plans to hold firms accountable for environmental and human rights violations
  • UK Government’s bullish support for new oil and gas unwise, CCC warns
  • ‘Plastic-washing’: innocent Drinks TV advert banned in the UK over greenwashing concerns
  • Lord Deben announced as Guest of Honour for Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Survey: 2 in 3 SMEs don’t think they have skills needed for net-zero transition
  • GFI: COP26 shifted the dial on climate finance, but the devil is in the detail
  • Taxpayer money supporting ‘uneconomic’ North Sea oil and gas exploration, report warns
  • AstraZeneca outlines plans for next-gen inhalers to cut emissions on road to carbon-positivity
  • Route to Net Zero Standard: Carbon Trust launches new net-zero certification standard for businesses
  • ‘Huge loopholes’: Green groups slam HSBC’s new targets for cutting financed emissions
  • More regulatory guidance would spur corporate ESG efforts, survey reveals
  • Fairtrade Fortnight: Campaign highlights importance of climate adaptation for 2022
  • Organisations call for nature to become a ‘legal right’ under Levelling Up agenda
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • UK Government not on track to achieve green jobs target, latest official data suggests
  • Boardrooms holding back progress towards ESG leadership, survey finds
  • Verizon funnels $500k into climate resilience schemes, posts update on $1bn green bond
  • $1.8trn in subsidies funding the ‘destruction’ of nature, report warns
  • Climate Change Committee promises increased focus on business and finance for 2022
  • ITV: ‘Climate needs to be important in all kinds of modern TV’
  • Finance giants team up to launch digital carbon offset trading platform
  • SDGs: UN unlocks $54.5m of new funding amid worries of backwards progress during Covid-19
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: How can the law be used to deliver net-zero?
  • Two new ‘green’ freeports to be created in Scotland, but likely benefits scrutinised
  • One Ocean Summit: Billions of public and private finance promised for marine restoration
  • Widespread support for EU social climate fund in European Parliament
  • EY to hire 1,300 UK professionals for new ‘Carbon’ arm
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Campaigners call greenwashing as Heathrow updates sustainability strategy
  • ‘Carbon Call’: 20 major players including Microsoft team up to improve emissions accounting
  • Defra admits it plans to ‘learn as it goes’ with post-Brexit sustainable farming subsidies
  • New framework launches to help investors assess the credibility of corporate climate targets
  • One in five retailers dropping suppliers over sustainability concerns, report reveals
  • Businesses failing to engage suppliers on setting emissions targets
  • Bacardi to slash emissions footprint with CHP plant
  • SSE sets 1.5C emissions targets on road to net-zero, but ups profit forecasts due to gas
  • Germany considering lawsuit against EU over inclusion of gas and nuclear in green finance taxonomy
  • Ships set to switch from diesel generators to electricity at UK ports
  • Welsh Government pushing for £8.1bn investment in green infrastructure by 2025
  • UK Government criticised for failing to set emissions targets for farming and land use
  • Iceland Foods hits back at Which? after low sustainability league table score
  • Net-zero corporate commitments largely over-reliant on carbon offsetting, report finds
  • Greater Manchester delays launch of Clean Air Zone
  • #SustyTalk: Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows on keeping the sustainable business momentum post-COP26
  • Boris Johnson reboots Business Council with ‘green industrial revolution’ focus
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • ‘Completely unjustifiable’: Environmental groups slam UK Government for approving Bristol Airport expansion
  • BlackRock outlines plans to help clients invest in line with net-zero
  • Government’s approach to low-carbon heat failing to engage public or slash emissions, MPs warn
  • Scottish Widows pledges £25bn of low-carbon investment by 2025 on road to net-zero
  • Ireland votes for legally binding 2050 net-zero target, but agriculture may be exempt
  • Fashion firms using ‘zombie data’ to mislead on sustainability claims
  • State Street presses corporates for TCFD-aligned climate risk disclosures
  • Gas crisis brought Europe’s coal exit to a halt in 2021, study finds
  • UK Government promises to assess environmental impact of future post-Brexit trade deals
  • Veganuary 2022: Recapping the plant-based campaign’s most successful year yet
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai – A window into the future of our planet (Part 1)
  • Cornish lithium extraction and Arrival’s e-bus: The best green innovations of January 2022
  • SMEs struggling to keep sustainability top of the agenda, survey finds
  • WWF: Measures announced in October 2021 Budget not net-zero compatible
  • Nestle to triple cocoa supply chain sustainability funding, with focus on human rights
  • UK won’t meet net-zero without farmer support and new nature skills plan, Lords warn
  • The UK is emerging as a global cleantech investment hub, PwC claims
  • 75% of Brits don’t trust Government and businesses to deliver just transition to net-zero
  • Compass Group bans air-freighted fruit to cut emissions on road to net-zero
  • Defra unveils new grant scheme for woodland creation, as post-Brexit green watchdog finally launches
  • Walking and cycling: Ireland pledges €289m of new funding as England launches active travel body
  • Loss and damage and keeping 1.5C alive: Sharma outlines priorities for remainder of COP presidency
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  • Goldman Sachs issues first sustainability bond, priced at $800m
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  • Gillette to halve virgin plastic use and emissions by 2030
  • 6 in 10 UK SMEs believe net-zero and the green recovery is good for business
  • Nando’s plant-based chicken and £1bn for renewable microgrids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero November: edie’s bumper month of content and events kicks off this week
  • AI-enabled ‘smart’ EV batteries and 3D solar panels: The best green innovations of October 2020
  • #SustyTalk: Mastercard’s Kristina Kloberdanz on collaborating and communicating for sustainability
  • TCFD gains 500 global supporters amid Covid-19, but full alignment remains rare
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet the Co-op’s Cathryn Higgs
  • Primark commits to deliver net-zero value chain by 2050
  • P&G and Electrolux among corporate members of major new water security alliance
  • UK’s Covid-19 recovery package for energy ‘not net-zero aligned’, report finds
  • Environment Bill: Amendments raise fresh concerns over post-Brexit watchdog
  • What makes a Sustainability Leaders Awards winner? Our 2021 judges reveal their top tips for success
  • Banks and agribusiness linked to biodiversity loss
  • Net-zero by 2050: South Korea to enshrine new climate target in law
  • Investors ask most-emitting companies to prove their climate lobbying is Paris-Agreement-aligned
  • Natural Capital Committee: UK failing on promise to leave nature better for the next generation
  • Huge wind-powered boats and a boon for solar in the US: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • New scheme to help UK’s schools align with net-zero
  • Common Agricultural Policy to remain part of EU’s biodiversity funding, despite criticism
  • Moncler commits to carbon neutrality and 100% renewable electricity
  • Just 3 in 10 UK banks have a net-zero target, PwC claims
  • Dentsu International sets 2030 net-zero target
  • Priceless Planet: Banks and airlines join coalition planting 100 million trees
  • LSE to become carbon-neutral for this academic year
  • edie launches new explains guide to setting science-based climate targets
  • Towards net-zero: The 8 green policies UK businesses are still waiting for
  • Investors worth $8.5trn call for mandatory climate risk reporting for big businesses
  • UK ‘among best nations globally’ for SDG alignment
  • Report: Green recovery would cut global emissions by 7% and create millions of jobs
  • Fighting food waste and engaging one billion people on climate change: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Nespresso’s plans for carbon-neutrality and catching up with Inspired Energy
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Rebecca Lovelady on purpose-led business
  • How sustainable is the new iPhone 12?
  • Governments urged to reform food systems as part of Covid-19 green recovery efforts
  • Net-zero must be embedded in school curriculums, Aldersgate Group urges
  • ‘Together We Can’: edie unveils first wave of speakers for flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum 2021
  • SDG Spotlight report: How can businesses promote green industry, innovation and infrastructure?

Energy

  • Earth Day 2022: What have businesses announced?
  • 45-minute masterclass: Embracing hydrogen on the road to net-zero
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: In conversation with Lily Cole
  • Coca-Cola and Nestle among business giants joining supply chain climate engagement drive
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: Young leaders shaping the future of sustainable business
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: The rise of the regenerative economy in 2022
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: How courageous companies can lead with purpose
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: The role of voluntary carbon markets in reaching net zero
  • edie Explains: Hydrogen for Net-Zero
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Winning the race to zero
  • Lack of political support for onshore wind could add £125 to household energy bills
  • edie launches new business guide on net-zero strategies
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Our COP26 legacy
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Ukraine and the climate emergency
  • edie Explains: Net-Zero Business
  • Project Gigaton: Walmart surpasses halfway point to reduce one billion tonnes of GHG emissions
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • British manufacturing giants pledge to power processes with locally-produced hydrogen
  • Uniper partners with Shell for blue hydrogen production in Lincolnshire
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • Tesla to provide solar and energy storage tech for more sustainable bitcoin mining
  • UK’s energy storage pipeline doubles within a year, surpassing 32GW
  • Developer unveils plans for four UK green hydrogen production sites, as Government firms up hydrogen village plans
  • Greggs promises science-based targets by end of 2022 on road to net-zero
  • Mars Wrigley plans for its first fossil-fuel-free factory from this summer
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Government doubles budget for supporting energy-intensive businesses through price crisis and net-zero
  • From renewables to fossil fuels: Everything you need to know about the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
  • ‘Economically and environmentally illiterate’: Green economy reacts to UK Energy Security Strategy
  • Energy Security Strategy: UK targets 95% low-carbon electricity mix by 2030, but will increase oil and gas production
  • Del Monte foods sets 2050 net-zero target, applies for SBTi verification for emissions goals
  • Germany unveils major electricity sector revamp, significantly boosting renewables goals
  • UK Government set to double 2030 hydrogen power target to 10GW
  • UK to launch Future System Operator body to improve energy security
  • UK Government orders review of fracking in lead-up to energy security strategy
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • ‘There’s no silver bullet’ to get us to or beyond net-zero: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • ‘Now or never’: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate crisis, IPCC warns
  • Why 2022 will be the year of the EV
  • Supplier climate mentoring schemes and Tesco’s 1,000th EV charger: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Upcoming Content – Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Advertise with edie
  • ENGAGE 2022: The Sustainability Reporting and Communications Sessions
  • Jaguar Land Rover sets 2030 carbon goals as part of net-zero pathway
  • Ecotricity founder Dale Vince to step down as clean energy supplier’s CEO
  • UN unveils scrutiny group for net-zero targets
  • Self-powered desalination and next-gen carbon storage: The best green innovations of March 2022
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Meet the Winners
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • SustyTalk Live: Climate activist Lily Cole on making businesses a force for good
  • Businesses failing to back net-zero commitments with robust decarbonisation plans, investors warn
  • True sustainability leadership means moving past PR spin
  • World leaders must ‘radically’ scale up renewable energy now, IRENA warns
  • Publication of UK’s energy security strategy reportedly delayed again, due to Treasury roadblocks
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • edie launches new business guide on integrating EVs into fleets
  • Report: 40% of energy sector workers got a pay rise this year, with skills shortage pushing salaries up
  • Barclays and NatWest to give shareholders ‘say on climate’
  • ‘Oil and gas companies aren’t the ones in need of help this year’: Green economy reacts to the Spring Statement
  • Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak announces VAT relief for home energy efficiency retrofits
  • Report: UK’s offshore wind pipeline surpasses 86GW
  • Europeans rally behind Green Deal in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine
  • In numbers: How are businesses working to embed ESG?
  • Microsoft to use waste heat from data centres to warm homes
  • Businesses must empower and inspire young people to pursue green jobs
  • Heat pumps and car-free days: How can the UK respond to the energy price crisis without backtracking on net-zero?
  • Oil and Gas Authority renames as North Sea Transition Authority
  • Bupa has science-based targets approved, supporting 2040 net-zero vision
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net Zero Business podcast: Talking EVs with Evri and E.ON UK
  • Swiss Re to tighten rules on oil and gas insurance
  • The pressure is on: It’s time to accelerate progress towards the SDGs
  • When will the UK’s energy security strategy be published, and what will it include?
  • Google forges ahead with plans for hourly renewable electricity tracking
  • 5 opportunities to manage rising energy costs and sustain your net-zero plans
  • UK builds on Industrial Strategy with record £39.8bn R&D budget
  • ‘Oh Yes, Net-Zero’: Reckitt launches decarbonisation ‘living lab’ in Hull
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear and efficiency: Labour unveils five-point energy security plan
  • Four sustainability predictions for 2022
  • EU unveils €300m plan to fund hydrogen research
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast episode 113 Sustainability Leaders Forum 2022 Day Two
  • MPs and local authorities back Local Electricity Bill to reduce reliance on imports
  • Episode 112: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part One)
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part One)
  • UK to end imports of oil from Russia by end of 2022
  • EU unveils plan to become independent from Russian fossil fuels ‘well before 2030’
  • Treasury urged to scrap tax on energy retrofits to reduce energy costs and reach climate goals
  • UK Government kick-starts approval process for Rolls Royce’s small nuclear reactors
  • Boris Johnson to unveil new ‘energy supply strategy’ that hints at fossil fuel uptake
  • 6 soft skills sustainability leaders need to hone in 2022
  • Business leaders call for clean energy transition to reduce reliance on Russian fossil fuels
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on women driving the clean energy transition
  • Episode 111: Celebrating women in energy for IWD 2022
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • Women need to play a reinforced role in the race to net-zero this International Women’s Day
  • Report: American corporates failing to set science-based climate goals, let alone deliver them
  • Renewable energy investments can, and should, empower women across the developing world
  • Four steps to business leadership on climate, according to Maria Mendiluce
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • Survey: SMEs struggling to find funding and time to deliver sustainability ambitions
  • The world needs a new type of corporate climate leader
  • IPCC: Half of global population ‘highly vulnerable’ to climate crisis impacts
  • Solar-powered cement manufacturing and stackable homes: The best green innovations of February 2022
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The power of purpose: Why should businesses act with purpose?
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Behind BT’s 2030 and 2040 climate targets
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Behind BT’s 2030 and 2040 goals
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Hydrogen, gravity and heat: BEIS provides fresh funding for innovative energy storage technologies
  • UK Government’s bullish support for new oil and gas unwise, CCC warns
  • Accelerating the net-zero transition is essential to ‘Levelling Up’ the UK
  • Capacity Market auctions secure 42GW for next four-year period
  • Survey: 2 in 3 SMEs don’t think they have skills needed for net-zero transition
  • Taxpayer money supporting ‘uneconomic’ North Sea oil and gas exploration, report warns
  • ‘Huge loopholes’: Green groups slam HSBC’s new targets for cutting financed emissions
  • UK solar market shows strongest growth in six years
  • Energy price crisis: Government launches £67m energy efficiency grant scheme
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Energy price crisis: Influential industry bodies call for scrapping of VAT on building retrofits
  • BT to support development of low-carbon tech solutions for manufacturing sector
  • UK’s first hydrogen-only bin lorry unveiled in Aberdeen
  • Verizon funnels $500k into climate resilience schemes, posts update on $1bn green bond
  • Auto industry presses UK Government to set charging point installation targets
  • Do rankings create clarity or confusion over corporate approaches to sustainability?
  • Energy price crisis: Price of securing standby generation capacity in UK hits record high
  • Is finance failing on deforestation?
  • Low-carbon heat: Leeds gives green light for district heating network expansion
  • SDGs: UN unlocks $54.5m of new funding amid worries of backwards progress during Covid-19
  • Episode 110: How can the law be used to deliver net-zero?
  • Europe’s biggest banks ‘provided $33bn to oil and gas majors after making net-zero pledge’
  • EY to hire 1,300 UK professionals for new ‘Carbon’ arm
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Quorn turns to green hydrogen to decarbonise manufacturing
  • New framework launches to help investors assess the credibility of corporate climate targets
  • Virgin Atlantic signs new sustainable aviation fuel deal
  • Energy price crisis: Boris Johnson implies that gas can be ‘green’ at PMQs
  • Bacardi to slash emissions footprint with CHP plant
  • Government to rollout CfD auctions annually to boost renewables deployment
  • NFTs and the metaverse: Can the latest capitalist movement ever be part of a low-carbon future?
  • EU funds new blockchain supply chain tracking scheme for EV battery components
  • SSE sets 1.5C emissions targets on road to net-zero, but ups profit forecasts due to gas
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet energy management champions British Land
  • Report: Transition to EVs to result in extra 200TWh of electricity demand by 2030
  • Germany considering lawsuit against EU over inclusion of gas and nuclear in green finance taxonomy
  • Government introduces £179m energy efficiency scheme for social housing
  • January made it clear: Greenwashing isn’t going to fly in 2022
  • $896m raised for solar power as headhunters sign climate pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Energy price crisis: BEIS denies accusations that UK hasn’t moved fast enough on clean energy
  • #SustyTalk: Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows on keeping the sustainable business momentum post-COP26
  • Glasgow Airport to build major new onsite solar array
  • Boris Johnson reboots Business Council with ‘green industrial revolution’ focus
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • Dubai Expo special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • Energy price crisis: Treasury’s rebate scheme branded ‘sticking plaster’ for UK’s gas reliance
  • Dispelling some common net-zero myths
  • University of Surrey and SSE to create new onsite solar facility
  • Government’s approach to low-carbon heat failing to engage public or slash emissions, MPs warn
  • How the UK can help deliver a global green economy
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet sustainability reporting champions Nestle
  • Shoosmiths signs up to Green Pledge for law arbitration sector
  • Sky Sports News certified as carbon neutral
  • Gas crisis brought Europe’s coal exit to a halt in 2021, study finds
  • edie launches new explains guide on Corporate Power Purchase Agreements
  • HSBC pledges $100m to Bill Gates’ clean energy innovation fund
  • New Look to become ‘climate positive’ by 2040
  • New committee launched to help UK Government avoid hydrogen policy pitfalls
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai – A window into the future of our planet (Part 1)
  • Dubai Expo special (Part 1) – Global Goals Week, climate gamification and giant energy trees
  • Global clean energy investment reaches record heights
  • Cornish lithium extraction and Arrival’s e-bus: The best green innovations of January 2022
  • SMEs struggling to keep sustainability top of the agenda, survey finds
  • WWF: Measures announced in October 2021 Budget not net-zero compatible
  • Sizewell C: UK Government confirms £100m of funding
  • Report: Hydrogen blending for home heating would push energy prices higher
  • Can carbon offsetting be a part of your net-zero strategy in a credible and meaningful way?
  • China adds record 16GW of offshore wind capacity
  • Compass Group bans air-freighted fruit to cut emissions on road to net-zero
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet employee engagement champions CBRE
  • Walking and cycling: Ireland pledges €289m of new funding as England launches active travel body
  • Aviva Investors to put 1,500 corporates on notice over climate and other ESG issues
  • McKinsey: $9trn needed annually to deliver global net-zero transition
  • UK Government funnels £31m into floating offshore wind
  • Why I lobbied for the sachet ban
  • Bradford city centre to pilot ‘green street’ initiative for SMEs
  • Six wind farms for Poland and a fleet of e-buses for London: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The cost of net-zero: The latest disinformation problem facing the climate crisis
  • How can geospatial data help tackle climate change?
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Kingfisher on collaboration and credible target-setting
  • The Net-Zero Business Podcast: Talking low-carbon retail with Kingfisher
  • Equinor submits plans for landmark hydrogen facility in Hull
  • VIDEO – UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo on closing the SDG action gap in 2022
  • Ikea hasn’t yet decoupled growth from emissions as it aims for climate positivity
  • Government glosses over MP’s recommendations for strengthening green jobs plans
  • UK pension schemes with ‘robust’ net-zero commitments pass £1trn mark
  • CDP: Corporates more than twice as likely to disclose environmental impact if asked by investors
  • Accelerators: Access three reports on how to champion the net-zero transition
  • UK decides against intervening with Emissions Trading Scheme, despite record-high carbon prices
  • Crystal Doors: Sustainability leadership in 2022 will be defined by radical, disruptive transparency
  • There’s no time to waste for action on emissions
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet green recovery champions Nottingham City Council
  • VIDEO: Expo 2020 Dubai: Youth climate leader Nisreen Elsaim on prioritising the SDGs in 2022
  • Net-Zero Accelerators: People and processes finish up edie’s report miniseries
  • Exxon finally announces 2050 net-zero target, stops short of addressing indirect emissions
  • London plots pathway to net-zero by 2030, mulls huge ULEZ expansion
  • Hydrogen will only play a small role in decarbonising home heating, IRENA forecasts
  • Lidl to help all UK fruit and veg farmers achieve eco-certification by end of 2023
  • VIDEO – How Expo 2020 Dubai is redefining sustainable mega-events
  • Net-Zero Accelerators: Renewables and cleantech up next in edie’s miniseries of reports
  • Report: Carbon mandates can kickstart digital net-zero energy sector
  • IEA: Power sector emissions reached record high in 2021
  • HSBC’s £500m green SME fund officially launches
  • ScotWind: Leasing round sees offshore wind farms totalling 24.8GW selected
  • Investors worth €50trn call on EU to exclude gas from green finance taxonomy
  • Burberry links £300m loan to sustainability targets
  • Businesses back protest rights as green hydrogen plant planned for Netherlands: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Accelerators: edie launches mini report on business strategy and innovation
  • IEA: Claims energy price crisis are due to low-carbon transition ‘misleading’
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans given the go-ahead
  • A boon for green bonds: Record $210bn of climate bonds certified in 2021
  • Shipping giant Maersk moves net-zero target forward 10 years
  • Failure to tackle cost-of-living crisis could derail UK’s net-zero transition, Institute for Government warns
  • Hydrogen blending ready for UK-wide rollout next year, industry body announces
  • UK Government taken to court over Net-Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Time to tackle the uncomfortable truths to help reach 1.5C
  • Arla Foods doubles operational decarbonisation target to boost net-zero goal
  • Flexible energy tech in homes could cut UK’s peak electricity demand by 10% by 2030, study finds
  • Corporate demand for renewable electricity outpacing improvements in policy and infrastructure
  • How will the energy price crisis affect UK Plc’s net-zero transition?
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet community development champions The Midcounties Co-operative
  • EU delays deadline on green finance taxonomy rules for nuclear and gas
  • WEF: World leaders running out of time to deliver green recovery from Covid-19
  • HS2 pledges to use only zero-carbon electricity, but environmental groups call greenwashing
  • UK community energy leaders say Government has ‘abandoned’ them, despite net-zero commitment
  • Scrap apprenticeship levy to get more people into green building jobs, Lords urge Government
  • CES 2022: Five of the biggest cleantech stories from the event
  • Major employers support Veganuary as Arrival debuts electric bus: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Seven top tips for embedding purpose and super-charging sustainability at your organisation
  • Hunterston B closure sparks fresh calls for Government to clear up nuclear and renewables plans
  • Available to watch on demand: The sustainable business leadership online sessions
  • Vattenfall exploring high-temperature heat pumps for UK market, BEIS allocates more funding for heat networks
  • IEA: Global SUV sales rebounding post-lockdown, offsetting EV gains
  • How to use the start of 2022 to accelerate climate action
  • Ibstock targets net-zero operations by 2040
  • From rewilding to renewable energy: Seven UK green policy stories to follow in 2022
  • Less than one-third of UK businesses have net-zero strategies, survey reveals
  • Report: Post-Brexit insurance regulation reform would unlock billions for UK’s green economy
  • New Years Honours 2022: The sustainability leaders on the Queen’s list
  • Horizon scanning: Six green innovation areas to watch in 2022
  • Adidas and Allbirds’ low-carbon shoes and two new solar farms for the UK: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Real estate giant CDL strengthens science-based emissions goals in line with 1.5C
  • All Olympic Games to be carbon-neutal or carbon-negative going forward
  • Willmott Dixon: In 2022, we must move from talk to action on net-zero and the just transition
  • Test your sustainability news knowledge with edie’s Big Fat Quiz of the year for 2021
  • Stripe takes carbon removal investment commitment to $15m as LGT signs deal with ClimeWorks
  • Nest divests from ExxonMobil and other ‘unresponsive’ fossil fuel giants on road to net-zero
  • How does innocent embed B Corp culture into their brand?
  • EU split on proposals to extend carbon pricing to road transport and ban polluting cars
  • BEIS proposes climate ‘stress tests’ for oil and gas projects, stops short of setting end date
  • COP26 commitments, the Cambo row and an ‘Earth Charter’ for business: The sustainability stories of 2021
  • Meet the pioneering organisations shortlisted for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Online retail giant Alibaba targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030
  • Multiplex’s social strategy and Spain’s clean energy package: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Meet the Finalists
  • IEA: Coal power set to reach record high in 2021 and keep growing, threatening global net-zero transition
  • IHG, Côte and other hospitality majors join Zero Carbon Forum
  • Unite Students outlines pathway to net-zero by 2030
  • M&S links £850m loan to net-zero targets
  • A new pathway to stopping deforestation
  • ‘Double whammy’: UK Government makes second cut to EV grant scheme this year
  • Recap on Net-Zero November 2021 with edie’s new summary report
  • EU unveils sweeping package of low-carbon legislation for gas, buildings and transport
  • Report: Cleantech investments up threefold year-on-year, but funding still lacking for renewables and food sector
  • What makes a great net-zero business strategy?
  • Hydrogen for heavy industry and autonomous transport ‘pods’: The best green innovations of 2021
  • HSBC’s new coal exit policy ‘full of loopholes’, green groups claim
  • AstraZeneca to support UK biomethane and CCS project in drive to decarbonise heat
  • Morrisons turns to digital data tracking to cut supply chain emissions
  • Then, now and next on nature-based solutions: Reflecting on COP26 and the road ahead
  • Music industry giants to plot joint course to net-zero
  • Europe’s largest battery storage system planned for Teesside
  • JTI: Sustainability professionals need to ‘ride the momentum’ of COP26 into the New Year
  • UKGBC publishes new building retrofit framework to support local councils in net-zero transition
  • UK Government opens ‘biggest round’ of CfD energy auctions to date
  • Exxon faces backlash from activist investors over updated climate targets
  • Episode 109 – The Christmas special, 2021
  • World’s largest brewer targets net-zero value chain by 2040
  • Cambo oil field project ‘put on pause’ after Shell pulls out
  • EU confirms first green finance taxonomy rules, key decisions on energy still to come
  • Walmart refreshes financing programme to drive down supply chain emissions
  • McDonald’s opens its first net-zero carbon restaurant in the UK
  • UK Government urged to create net-zero delivery authority over concerns about ‘piecemeal’ approach
  • Boston Consulting Group and Square Inc turn to Climeworks for carbon capture
  • Mindful Chef adds carbon labelling to recipe boxes
  • Half of UK’s universities set to miss near-term climate targets
  • Rapid EV charging ‘forecourts’ to open in Norwich and at Gatwick airport in 2022
  • Orange launches €50m nature-based solutions fund on road to net-zero
  • How can the financial sector move faster to slow climate change?
  • Greggs: Businesses need to ‘demystify carbon’ for staff and customers in net-zero transition
  • Get to work implementing COP26 climate pact, UK businesses and green groups urge Government
  • Regions can be a partner not just a home for businesses with net-zero ambitions
  • UK Government opens £64m funding competition for carbon capture innovations
  • Epson outlines €770m investment plan to accelerate sustainability action
  • Mayor of London unveils £51m housing programme to tackle fuel poverty
  • Egypt’s newest wind farm and AstraZeneca’s work to cut waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Life after COP: What’s next for businesses?
  • Nissan given green light on 20MW solar farm expansion at Sunderland plant
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Princes’ journey to carbon neutrality and spotlight on beyond-supply energy options
  • Patagonia to power key UK stores with community-owned renewable energy
  • The Net-Zero Business Podcast: Princes Group and EDF
  • After a bumper year for UK green policy updates, what gaps remain on the road to net-zero?
  • Exxon pledges $15bn to meet updated decarbonisation targets, but fails to align with climate science
  • Amazon increases renewable energy procurement by 40%
  • KP Snacks to scale regenerative farming, Morrisons turns to insect-based chicken feed
  • BT Group aims to go fully circular by 2030
  • ‘Smart’ food waste tags and brilliant bees: The best green innovations of November 2021
  • COP27 is already in sight and plastics must be top of its agenda
  • Automotive supplier Marelli targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030
  • Goldman Sachs, NatWest, among 9 new corporates joining climate-focused employee engagement drive
  • IEA: 2021 set to be a record year for new renewable energy capacity
  • COP26: Shifting the focus from net to zero
  • EU to start measuring embodied carbon emissions from buildings
  • National Grid: Post-COP26, net-zero ambitions must urgently be turned into action
  • North of Tyne Combined Authority launches new fund to help SMEs take climate action
  • UK Government set to extend deadlines for non-domestic renewable heat scheme
  • Nissan promises £13.2bn of investment in EV revolution this decade
  • Report: Yorkshire, Wales, among UK regions in urgent need of more green jobs
  • BP plans 500MW green hydrogen plant in UK
  • Now available to watch on-demand: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Hydrogen fuel cell partnerships and new government funding for UK tidal: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Vodafone to trial phone masts with inbuilt wind turbines
  • New German coalition aims for 80% renewable power by 2030
  • Report: UK’s EV revolution will create 50 million sq ft of Gigafactories
  • The Transition Economy: A unique opportunity for the next generation
  • Seize the moment: The Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Scottish distilleries receive £11.3m Government funding pot for hydrogen and biogas
  • edie launches new business guide on Scope 3 emissions
  • WBA: Companies unwilling to draw up net-zero transition plans are ‘being willfully obtuse’
  • New climate disclosure framework launched to help SMEs on road to net-zero
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Most corporations support net-zero, but only one-third plan to address all of their indirect emissions
  • Eight in ten oil and gas majors on track to breach Paris Agreement, despite increase in net-zero pledges
  • COP26: An imperfect result but the direction of travel is clear
  • Oxford University bags £4.5m from Ikea Foundation for sustainable finance research
  • IONITY: Car giants and BlackRock plan €700m investment to scale rapid EV charging network
  • Almost all electric utilities and carmakers failing to decarbonise in line with 1.5C, says damning report
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Shortlist of finalists revealed
  • New Net-Zero Estate Playbook plots decarbonisation of UK Government’s buildings
  • Carbon Innovation Fund: Co-op to allocate £3m to projects creating low-carbon food systems
  • Green energy supplier Bulb enters administration as energy price crisis rumbles on
  • Cranfield University to install energy storage units using second-life EV batteries
  • Boris Johnson confirms mandatory EV charging points for new buildings in England
  • Ford’s EV ambition and Ocado’s ClimeWorks partnership: The sustainable business success stories of the week
  • Bringing fashion industry emissions to net-zero by 2050 ‘a $1trn investment opportunity’, report finds
  • Net-Zero November: Keep up the momentum post-COP26 with edie’s bumper month of content and events
  • IEA: Rate of energy efficiency improvements needs to double to put world on track for net-zero
  • Only one in four UK suppliers regularly asked for climate data by end-user businesses, survey reveals
  • Which UK cities are the new climate ‘A-Listers’ – and why?
  • UK facing green industry supply chain pressures, urged to boost recycling and productivity
  • Integrated Rail Plan: £96bn rail extension and electrification scheme draws lukewarm reaction from UK’s green economy
  • London’s Natural History Museum to cut emissions by 60% within a decade
  • Funding boost to develop EV charging infrastructure roadmap for UK’s rural regions
  • SSE outlines £12.5bn net-zero investment plan through to 2026
  • Landsec outlines £135m net-zero investment plans as Sir Robert McAlpine announces next decarbonisation steps
  • Starbucks and Arla to trial new sustainable dairy sourcing blueprint in the UK
  • Tackling Scope 3 emissions: New initiative launched to help businesses achieve net-zero value chains
  • A new countryside: Restoration of biodiversity in the UK
  • BNEF: Global battery storage capacity to grow 20 times over by 2030
  • Glasgow Climate Pact: How can businesses keep 1.5C alive?
  • RWE unveils plans for €50bn renewable energy investment this decade
  • Shell cites net-zero as reason for moving base from the Netherlands to the UK
  • Major green hydrogen facility planned for West Sussex
  • ‘Few quick wins or cheap fixes’: NIC begins plotting delivery of net-zero UK energy systems
  • COP26 Covered Podcast final episode: The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
  • Glasgow Climate Pact: World leaders agree final climate deal at COP26
  • COP26 climate agreement: As it happened
  • #14 | The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
  • The second week of COP26: The 10 biggest stories
  • COP26: The time is now for radical cross-sector collaboration to reach net-zero
  • Survey: Two-thirds of UK firms with net-zero targets don’t have the data to support delivery
  • COP26: six things you need to know from Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day
  • #SustyTalk: Signify UK&I CEO Stephen Rouatt on decarbonising the built environment
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 13: The Built Environment Day climate debate LIVE
  • Insetting and mandatory disclosure: Triodos Bank on how the finance sector can reach net-zero
  • #13 | The Built Environment Day climate debate LIVE
  • COP26: UKGBC unveils new tool to help businesses measure and reduce carbon across building lifecycles
  • COP26: UK launches new ‘urban climate action’ fund for developing nations
  • Pretty words at COP26 mean nothing unless all fossil fuel subsidies end now
  • Retail giants launch Race to Zero accelerator to get more businesses targeting net-zero
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 12: The Transport Day grand tour – Electric planes, hydrogen trains and autonomous automobiles
  • #12 | The Transport Day grand tour – Electric planes, hydrogen trains and autonomous automobiles
  • 9 things you need to know from Transport Day at COP26
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean transport opportunities of 2021
  • COP26: Nations to develop aviation emissions targets, airlines use joint purchasing power to scale alternative fuels
  • COP26: US, China, major brands sit out of new global pledge on transitioning to 100% zero-emission vehicles
  • 7 things you need to know from Science, Innovation and Gender Day at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 11: Innovation special – Corporate accelerators, EV revolutions and green submarines
  • #11 | Innovation special – Corporate accelerators, EV revolutions and green submarines
  • Government allocates £210m for small modular nuclear reactors
  • Survey: Half of large businesses yet to set clear low-carbon transition plans, risking climate goals and worker livelihoods
  • María Mendiluce on keeping 1.5C alive and achieving global carbon market deal at COP26
  • Why tackling gender inequality and the climate crisis must go hand in hand
  • Businesses pledge to expand green hydrogen supply and demand at COP26
  • COP26: 23 nations commit to cleantech ‘missions’ on buildings, heavy industries, fuels, carbon capture
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 10: Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • #10 | Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • Five things you need to know from Adaptation, Loss and Damage Day at COP26
  • Why hydrogen is essential in the global journey towards net-zero
  • Climate transition plans: Critical to keep companies accountable for net-zero
  • ‘COP26 Declaration’: £5.9bn asset owners set out net-zero expectations
  • VIDEO: Paul Polman on moving from ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘action, action, action’ in COP26 week 2
  • #9 |Paul Polman’s inspiring message for business as we enter week 2
  • #8 | Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 8: Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • VIDEO: UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping on moving from ‘Pledge’ to ‘Plan’ on net-zero at COP26
  • COP26: Why I’m remaining a stubborn optimist
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 7: Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • #7 | Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • VIDEO: Unilever’s Marc Engel on net-zero targets, Scope 3 emissions and nature-based finance
  • COP26: The role of connectivity in accelerating the race to net-zero
  • Long Duration Energy Storage Council: Companies join forces, targeting $3trn of investment in sector by 2040
  • VIDEO: Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on corporate climate action and achieving a just transition at COP26
  • COP26: Solar-powered boilers and better climate curriculum promised for UK schools
  • HSBC UK launches £500m green fund for SMEs
  • Powering Past Coal and upping energy efficiency: 7 things you need to know from Energy Day at COP26
  • VIDEO: The Climate Group’s Helen Clarkson on uniting businesses for clean energy systems at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 6: Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • #6 | Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • Major nations join global plan to improve product energy efficiency
  • First Movers Coalition: Corporates in high-emitting sectors convene to drive demand for cleantech
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean energy opportunities of 2021
  • COP26: 190 nations, regions and organisations commit to major coal power and financing phase-outs
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: EDF’s Matthew Nunn on energy strategies fit for the net-zero transition
  • The necessity of net-zero
  • Centrica CEO: UK Government is right to mandate net-zero transition plans from businesses
  • 60% of Britain’s largest businesses now signed up to Race to Zero
  • #5 | Finance Day special – A make-or-break moment for the climate summit?
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 5: Finance Day special – A make-or-break moment for the climate summit?
  • VIDEO: Natwest’s Rishi Madlani on financing the global net-zero transition
  • International carbon price floor could cut global emissions by 12% this decade, report finds
  • BT and Unilever among business giants supporting other firms to halve supplier emissions
  • 7 things you need to know from Day Two of the COP26 World Leaders Summit
  • #4 | Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 4: Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • VIDEO: Nico Rosberg on the EV transition and sporting role models at COP26
  • Clean energy at COP26: Philanthropists and investors launch $100bn alliance as UK and India collaborate on green grids
  • Your ambitions should be higher: Accelerating the journey to net-zero
  • VIDEO: Johan Rockström on avoiding ‘disaster path’ for climate change at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 3: Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • #3 | Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • JCB signs multi-billion-pound green hydrogen deal
  • Energy and automotive giants ‘failing to ensure just transition to net-zero for workers and communities’
  • Net-Zero November: edie’s mega month of content and events kicks off this week
  • Scotland outlines plans to double onshore wind capacity by 2030, ramp up regenerative agriculture
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 2: All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
  • #2 | All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
  • John Lewis links £420m loan to net-zero target
  • Tesla, Hertz, Uber and Royal Mail: Major EV schemes launched ahead of COP26
  • Report: $100trn needed to get global supply chains to net-zero and up to half must go to SMEs
  • Purpose, culture and impact: The importance of engaging your people
  • Standard Chartered sets 2030 climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050
  • UK Government failing to support local councils on road to net-zero, MPs warn
  • Most businesses think they will have to go beyond net-zero to tackle the climate crisis
  • Algae-based plastics and energy from tomatoes: The best green innovations of October 2021
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 1: COP26 preview, Glasgow preparations and Bonnie the Seal
  • #1 | COP26 preview, Glasgow preparations and Bonnie the Seal
  • Less ‘Blah, Blah, Blah’! More action
  • The COP26 Climate Action Plan: Workshop summary report
  • Daimler and BP partner on UK hydrogen refuelling network
  • edie at COP26: Stay informed with live and exclusive coverage from Glasgow
  • Science Based Targets initiative launches net-zero standard for corporates
  • The wrong messages ahead of COP26: Green economy reacts to Rishi Sunak’s Budget
  • COP26 Covered: edie launches brand-new daily podcast show
  • Budget Day: What does Rishi Sunak’s plan mean for the UK’s green economy?
  • Pension giant ABP to divest €15bn from fossil fuels by 2023
  • Net-zero guidance launched for financial institutions and pension providers
  • Just 41% of UK businesses prepared to transition to net-zero by 2050, Microsoft research finds
  • Global fossil fuel divestment movement surpasses $39trn as cities and faith groups make new pledges
  • A new plan for our planet: What does the Environment Bill mean for developers, landowners and local authorities?
  • Sainsbury’s brings net-zero target forward to 2035 for direct emissions
  • Four top tips for helping your business to comply with ESOS Phase 3
  • UK Government still not clear on green skills and jobs plan despite Net-Zero Strategy, MPs warn
  • London’s ULEZ expands, with new zone 18 times larger than original perimeter
  • Report: UK can still meet climate ambitions if all large businesses in set 1.5C science-based targets
  • Rio Tinto announces $7.5bn plan to halve operational carbon emissions by 2030
  • Glasgow unveils Green Deal draft to reach net-zero emissions by 2030
  • Recapping a bumper week for UK green policy: Here’s what you need to know
  • Businesses must empower young people to act against the climate crisis
  • Bupa targets net-zero emissions by 2040
  • Emissions reductions and offsetting enable EY to reach carbon-negative status
  • BBC sets science-based targets to support 2030 net-zero goal
  • VIDEO: What are the sustainable business opportunities of COP26?
  • Regulating right: Green growth and a blue planet not red tape
  • UK’s biggest restaurants and brewers pledge net-zero operations by 2030, value chains by 2040
  • Survey: Three-quarters of UK SMEs without credible plans to reduce emissions
  • BMW inks deal for fossil-free steel manufactured using hydrogen and renewables
  • At a glance: All the key announcements in the Net-Zero Strategy
  • Nations on course to breach Paris Agreement targets through rising fossil fuel production
  • The Net-Zero Strategy: The Good, the Bad and the Untimely
  • Time to transform: edie’s flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum set for awe-inspiring London return
  • Four key inclusions in the Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Mitsubishi Corporation to invest £12.6bn to reach net-zero emissions
  • Budweiser to deliver carbon-neutral brewery through green hydrogen deal
  • Fashion and textile giants pass carbon and water reduction goals, but fail to tackle waste
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: Green economy reacts, expressing hopes for more funding and tighter deadlines
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: £450m grant scheme launched to help homes switch gas boilers for heat pumps
  • Moving further, faster, towards a future-proofed food sector
  • Sodexo targets net-zero value chain by 2045
  • Green hydrogen investment boon: RES and Octopus pledge £3bn in UK, Ineos €2bn in EU
  • Net-Zero November: edie to bolster COP26 coverage with bumper month of content and events
  • Biden’s offshore wind plans and France’s plastic packaging ban: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: IHG’s low-carbon hotels and a spotlight on ESOS phase 3
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s online masterclass focusing on ESOS phase 3
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: IHG And ESOS Phase 3
  • British American Tobacco joins Race to Zero and targets net-zero emissions by 2050
  • National Grid expands use of innovative tech unlocking more capacity for renewables
  • Green leases, renewable electricity and alternative fuels: Inside Lendlease’s first year working towards absolute zero emissions
  • John Lewis joins Race to Zero as work starts on 1.5C science-based targets
  • UK brewers launch food waste beer and call on world leaders to strengthen climate action
  • Steel and aviation sectors plot pathway to net-zero by 2050
  • Time to build our infrastructure on green foundations
  • Williams Racing commits to becoming ‘climate positive’ by 2030
  • How Salesforce became a net-zero business and what happens next
  • NatWest promises £100bn for climate and sustainability by 2025, with SME focus
  • ‘Stubbornness of the status quo’ jeopardising Paris Agreement progress, IEA warns
  • COP26 Action Tracker: UN biodiversity summit underway, G20 finance ministers set to gather
  • Concrete commitment: Cement industry sets 2030 climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050
  • Green hydrogen facility planned for oil terminal in Orkney
  • UK’s clean energy investment ranking drops amid Covid-19 funding crunch
  • Report: UK must invest additional £97bn in nature within a decade, to meet own targets
  • Grosvenor to use carbon offsetting earlier than planned, in bid to become carbon-neutral by 2025
  • Virgin Atlantic unveils new carbon targets to help reach net-zero by 2050
  • Finance giants to G20 leaders: Close policy loopholes to end financing for activities that will derail net-zero
  • Report: Listed firms linked to 40% of global emissions
  • Only 3 in 10 major UK pension schemes have credible net-zero plans
  • Ikea’s COP26 sponsorship and Cadbury’s vegan chocolate: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • HSBC sets 2050 net-zero financed emissions target for £36bn UK pension scheme
  • UK Government firms up 100% clean electricity target for 2035
  • Why planet over profit is best for business
  • UK professional institutions launch Charter for Climate Action
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: Scotland sets out investments to deliver net-zero built environment
  • UK performing strongly on energy ‘trilemma’ despite energy security woes
  • European businesses off course to meeting net-zero pledges
  • KPMG to invest $1.5bn on global ESG solutions
  • International Council on Mining and Metals targets net-zero emissions by 2050
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet circular economy innovation champions AeroFarms
  • IATA signals support for global net-zero aviation sector by 2050, with strategy reliant on SAF
  • COP26 engagement lead Nick Baker: Businesses are ‘key lever’ to delivering Paris Agreement
  • Orkney flexibility trials deliver 24,000 peer-to-peer trades
  • Mars targets net-zero value chain by 2050
  • How businesses can help in the fight against climate change
  • Avon, Phoenix Group and TfL: Pension schemes covering billions bolster net-zero ambitions
  • Rolls-Royce to sell only electric cars from 2030
  • McDonald’s targets net-zero value chain globally by 2050
  • UK Government eyeing 100% clean energy grid by 2035, Boris Johnson confirms
  • edie publishes new business guide to ESOS Phase 3
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Inside Polestar’s innovative EV vision
  • Ford’s $11bn EV investment and net-zero hotels: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Lawmakers ban fossil gas from EU energy infrastructure funding, with some exceptions
  • From Climate Week to COP26: Three ways we’ll get it done
  • General Motors set to hit 100% renewable energy milestone in the US five years earlier than planned
  • Five UK councils commit to launching green bonds
  • Coral-conserving bacteria and carbon capture tech: The best green innovations of September 2021
  • Scientists call for revamped and increased carbon pricing
  • M&S refreshes Plan A strategy to deliver net-zero value chain by 2040
  • Report: Action on just six issues can deliver 90% of emissions reductions needed to limit global heating to 1.5C
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet rising star Jonathan Ayton
  • Investors and lenders worth $29trn push corporates to align climate targets with science
  • Six top tips for getting to grips with your organisation’s Scope 3 emissions
  • What does a sustainable future in on-demand delivery look like?
  • Diageo opens its first carbon-neutral distillery in Kentucky
  • Ford confirms $11.4bn investment in electric vehicles
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Green gilts, Covid-19 safety fears and Australia’s uncertainty
  • Hermes orders 168 electric vans for UK fleet
  • What makes a sustainable business leader? Meet Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen
  • Everything you may have missed: The sustainability success stories of Climate Week NYC 2021
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Climate Week NYC and Great Big Green Week
  • Episode 108: Great Big Green Week and Climate Week NYC special
  • The science is clear: Both climate adaptation and mitigation are needed now
  • edie launches new business guide on net-zero carbon buildings
  • Tesco sets 2050 net-zero target for supply chain
  • NABERS: New energy rating scheme for offices available in UK
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet energy & carbon champion Lara Young
  • Big businesses push UK Government to phase-out gas power by 2035, as energy price crisis continues
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Scope 3 emissions masterclass
  • £12bn for offshore wind and £1bn for hydrogen: Flurry of low-carbon tech investments for UK
  • Unilever outlines plans to halve supplier emissions by 2030
  • Shipping and fuel giants call for government action to spur net-zero progress
  • $6.6trn investor coalition calls for massive investment in carbon removal solutions
  • Report: UK businesses only set to deliver one-third of emissions cuts needed for net-zero
  • World Green Building Week: 11 of the best innovations for a better built environment
  • UK’s retrofit industry must grow by ten times to play role in reaching net-zero
  • Major UK pension funds among latest investors to join global net-zero commitment
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet green investment champions Cyan Finance
  • World’s biggest food companies accused of failing on climate action, human rights protections
  • Net-zero by 2050: What does it take to make this a reality?
  • UK’s first sovereign green bond package raises £10bn
  • Plans unveiled for UK’s largest low-carbon heat network, to be based in London
  • Budweiser teams with EN+ Group in aim to produce its lowest carbon footprint for beer cans
  • UK urged to set end-date for gas-fired electricity as wholesale energy prices skyrocket
  • Investment consultants advising $10trn of assets launch new net-zero initiative
  • 86 new businesses sign Amazon’s climate pledge, as BT and Moody’s shift net-zero deadlines forward
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet Virgin Media’s ‘small but mighty’ sustainability team
  • Uniting action on climate and nature through Great Big Green Week
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet the Business of the Year the Midcounties Co-operative
  • MPs call on Bank of England to improve green finance approaches
  • SSE to combine projects to create 4.1GW offshore wind farm in Scotland
  • Let’s score a goal for planet with a net-zero football match
  • UK’s net-zero progress ‘too city-focused’, councils warn
  • Advertising industry launches net-zero training qualification for workers
  • Asos targets net-zero value chain by 2030 as part of sweeping new ESG strategy
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet the supply chain champions ADM
  • ‘Reduction-first approach’: WorldGBC updates net-zero buildings commitment
  • Investors spell out net-zero expectations for oil and gas sector
  • How business can help fight climate change and deliver agreements made at COP26
  • Plans before pledges: How P&G has evolved its climate strategy to target a net-zero value chain by 2040
  • edie publishes updated guide on the business opportunities of COP26
  • Dogger Bank: World’s largest windfarm’s operations base to be net-zero carbon
  • edie’s publisher targets B Corp status with Seismic partnership
  • UK Government calls for ‘absolute zero’ emissions goal for global shipping sector
  • Government ringfences £265m for next Contracts for Difference auction
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet waste and resources champions Neighbourly
  • Hitachi targets carbon-neutral value chain by 2050
  • Recyclable wind turbines and solar-powered bus stations: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Episode 107: COP26 Focus Week special
  • edie gears up for return to live events with COP26 Climate Action Workshops
  • DHL accelerates green fleet transition with electric van rollout
  • Cisco targets net-zero by 2040, Illumina by 2050
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet plastics innovation champions Colgate Palmolive
  • Is UK Plc ignoring climate resilience on the road to net-zero?
  • $1.6trn investor coalition pushes chemicals sector on net-zero
  • Report: Oil and gas firms must halve production by 2030 if world is to deliver Paris Agreement
  • Nature-Based Solutions & Climate Adaptation online event (on demand)
  • How leading UK businesses are coming together to take action for climate and nature
  • Government’s plans for decarbonising heavy industry ‘not enough to meet net-zero’, businesses warn
  • Nomad Foods joins Race to Zero with pledge to cut supply chain emissions
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 1)
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 2)
  • Hyundai promises a hydrogen version of all models by 2028, as Toyota ramps up EV investment
  • Businesses want tax-based incentives to reach net-zero, survey finds
  • Low-carbon business: PwC and Silentnight announce science-based targets as Howden makes net-zero pledge
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet low-carbon fleet management champions DPD
  • Green Homes Grant was ‘set up to fail’, damning report concludes
  • COP26 Primer reports: edie completes series with Adaptation & Resilience focus
  • Airlines could account for 20% of global emissions by 2050, report finds
  • Transport Secretary rejects calls to oppose Heathrow Airport expansion on climate grounds
  • ‘New territory for us’: How BMW is embedding circular economy principles to accelerate the low-carbon transition
  • #GameZero: Sky and Tottenham team up to deliver net-zero carbon football match
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Global biodiversity congress underway as Cumbria coal mine inquiry set to begin
  • Efficiency first: smart tech can be a speed boost in the race to zero
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet net-zero champions Holcim
  • Europe’s biggest banks failing to end coal financing despite net-zero climate pledges, report finds
  • COP26 Focus Week: edie kicks off bumper week of content and events dedicated to climate action
  • London’s new ‘bike library’ and a milestone for US renewables: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Wincanton’s Steve Tainton on low-carbon transport and the evolving ESG debate
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet Consumer Engagement champions Zero Waste Scotland
  • Vodafone plans 1,500 energy-efficient 5G radios after trials halve energy consumption
  • Global green bond market set to break records, surpassing $500bn in 2021
  • UK and India agree $1.2bn package supporting renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and tech
  • Carlsberg Group adds 20 new electric trucks to fleet
  • Shell campaign promoting carbon offsetting is greenwashing, Dutch advertising watchdog rules
  • Coca-Cola Europacific Partners achieves carbon-neutral certification for two factories
  • AT&T pledges to help other businesses reduce emissions by a billion tonnes
  • Breaking out of the climate echo chamber: EVs’ route to net zero
  • E10: Mandate for more sustainable petrol blend begins in the UK
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet our Consultancy of the Year, Forster Communications
  • Hempcrete buildings and salt batteries: The best green innovations of August 2021
  • CDL and MCL Land secure $847m green loan package to build 1,000+ sustainable homes
  • Ofgem pledges £450m for innovations to decarbonise energy networks
  • Hydrogen fire engines and India’s newest solar farms: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • City of London Corporation issues contract to reduce energy costs by £500,000 annually
  • PepsiCo starts work on its ‘most sustainable’ European manufacturing plant
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the Co-op’s 10-point climate action plan
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Inside Tideway’s award-winning infrastructure project
  • Major fashion brands accused of failing to phase out fossil fuels, despite net-zero pledges
  • Net Zero Business Podcast: Inside the Co-op’s 10-point climate action plan
  • Milestones for hydrogen aircraft and glass production projects in the UK
  • Report: 55% of commercial property firms recorded increased demand for ‘green’ buildings amid Covid-19
  • COP26 Climate Action Workshops
  • Swiss Re turns to Climeworks’ direct air CO2 capture to meet net-zero goal
  • Cutting costs for green energy solutions in the public sector
  • Net-Zero Strategy must not repeat past mistakes on low-carbon homes, major groups warn Prime Minister
  • Maersk orders eight large container ships to run on ‘carbon-neutral’ e-methanol
  • Banking on electric: NatWest Group to install 600 EV chargers at UK sites
  • edie launches new explains guide on sub-metering
  • National Grid and SSE unveil plan to redirect waste heat to homes
  • edie’s next masterclass to focus on Scope 3 emissions on the road to net-zero
  • £160m Government funding boost for improving energy efficiency of social housing
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet small business champions Crystal Doors
  • How will the offshore wind sector’s expansion affect biodiversity? UK Government launches major research drive
  • Stagecoach calls for transport policy overhaul as part of carbon-neutral roadmap
  • Oxford University’s eco-halls and an offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Maersk inks deal for low-carbon shipping fuel as Virgin Atlantic confirms support for direct air CO2 capture
  • Lawyers press for investigation into lack of climate disclosure from Just Eat and Carnival
  • London’s University College Hospitals declare ‘climate and health emergency’, set net-zero target
  • UK Government issues first ‘green transition loan’ for business
  • US food giants including Costco and JBS accused of failing to tackle Scope 3 emissions
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet Willmott Dixon’s chief sustainability officer Julia Barrett
  • Retail, tech and manufacturing: UK Net-Zero Business Champion urges firms to bolster climate targets
  • Anheuser-Busch to install US’s largest solar project for a brewery
  • Royal Mail to trial innovative tyres that could boost EV range
  • Mode Global targets net-zero from cryptocurrency operations by 2030
  • New online hub to help UK’s independent retailers become more sustainable
  • Energy efficiency: The Cinderella of corporate net-zero ambitions?
  • What role will hydrogen play in the UK’s net-zero transition?
  • Report: Clean electricity accounted for record two-thirds of EU’s generation mix for first half of 2021
  • 5 ways the Hydrogen Strategy can help the UK’s net-zero ambition
  • Hydrogen buses, rapid response vehicles and forklift trucks bag share of £2.5m Government funding pot
  • ‘Key to triggering investment and buy-in’: Green economy reacts to UK’s Hydrogen Strategy
  • UK Hydrogen Strategy published, with Government targeting £4bn of private investment by 2030
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  • Government plans crackdown on greenwashing claims from energy providers
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  • Plans filed for green hydrogen production hub near Manchester
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  • Heat pumps and energy efficiency: Mitie plots path to net-zero buildings by 2025
  • Dozens of businesses sign up for Tech Zero taskforce, taking membership past the 100 mark
  • Report: UK Government Budget for 2021 delivered just one-hundredth of the climate funding needed
  • Boris Johnson pledges action on ‘coal, cars, cash and trees’ at COP26
  • Nature-based solutions and carbon capture technologies: Do either have a role to play in the net-zero transition?
  • Net-zero: Collaboration or bust
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  • BP and ScottishPower report milestones for low-carbon hydrogen projects
  • Hermes expands CNG vehicle fleet to become ‘largest in the UK parcel sector’
  • 5 key corporate net-zero considerations based on the latest IPCC report
  • Just one in ten UK SMEs measuring their carbon emissions, survey finds
  • World’s largest meat company JBS joins Race to Zero initiative
  • ‘The package currently on the table is perilously inadequate’: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • IPCC report: Global temperature increase likely to pass 1.5C sooner than thought
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  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on net-zero buildings, bars and beverages
  • Episode 106: Spotlight on net-zero buildings, bars and beverages
  • New beauty industry coalition to accelerate sector’s net-zero transition
  • Princes targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030, using ‘minimal’ offsetting
  • Investors lay out expectations for steel sector to reach net-zero emissions
  • UK’s last coal-fired power plant to close in September 2024
  • Mars, Diageo and Dropbox unveil major renewables milestones
  • No air-freighted food on the menu for COP26, in bid to cut emissions
  • Electrification must look beyond how vehicles are powered
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  • DHL Express orders 12 fully electric cargo planes
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  • ArcelorMittal eyes $10bn investment to reduce emissions by 2030
  • Sky powered by 100% renewables globally
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  • EDF and Nissan launch V2G charging solution for business fleets
  • UK’s fossil fuel generation reached a record low in 2020, as renewables reached new heights
  • Carbon offsetting: New ‘integrity initiative’ launched to tackle greenwashing
  • Lloyd’s outlines plans to increase green investments but stops short of full Paris Agreement alignment
  • ‘Postcode lottery’ of charging access and costs undermining UK’s EV revolution plans, MPs warn
  • UK Government exploring feasibility of ‘electric highways’ for zero-emission trucks
  • Dairy giants and UN to jointly plot global course to net-zero by 2050
  • SGN and Vital Energi launch joint venture for zero-carbon heat networks
  • Dixons Carphone and Dassault Systèmes unveil new science-based climate targets
  • Climate impact of UK’s £27.4bn roads plan ‘not a matter for the courts’, judge rules
  • New environmental roadmap developed for homebuilders
  • UK’s plans to scale battery production ‘insufficient for net-zero transition’
  • UK Government mulls sustainable aviation fuel mandate as £15m pledged for waste-to-jet-fuel plants
  • Cranswick to halve emissions by 2030 under new 1.5C science-based targets
  • Vodafone trials ‘UK’s first’ smart electricity substation on road to net-zero
  • Mercedes-Benz to go all-electric for vehicles by 2030
  • Japan’s new renewables targets and Leeds’ Climate Innovation District: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • EU’s green hydrogen plans hailed as ‘true game-changer’ by industry
  • Closing in on COP26: Building a sustainable, equitable, green recovery
  • Pension schemes urged to set net-zero targets ahead of COP26
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we change food systems for the better?
  • Roadmap developed to help Oxford reach net-zero emissions by 2040
  • Asda to move entire company car fleet to EVs by 2025
  • Innovation Strategy: UK Government bets on nature-based climate solutions and CCUS
  • Episode 105: How can we change food systems for the better?
  • How the world can reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to BloombergNEF
  • Onsite renewables and EVs: Anglian Water outlines net-zero routemap for 2030
  • UK urged to level-up regions through CCUS supply chains
  • Report: Oil and gas companies set to eat up 80% of global carbon budget
  • Construction Leadership Council plots path to net-zero
  • EN+ Group turns to oxygen-producing method to decarbonise aluminium
  • 100MW battery ‘energy superhub’ set for the West Midlands
  • Is protein diversification the next clean energy for the net-zero economy?
  • G20 nations have funnelled $3.3trn into fossil fuel subsidies since 2015, BNEF reveals
  • Shell to appeal court ruling compelling it to set more ambitious climate targets
  • National Grid could lose electricity system operator role under new BEIS and Ofgem plans
  • Net-zero pubs and bars scheme to help UK sector accelerate climate action amid Covid-19 recovery
  • Highways England seeks road to net-zero by 2050
  • British Glass outlines net-zero roadmap for 2050
  • IEA: Global emissions to reach record high by 2023, with governments breaking green recovery promises
  • UK food and drink sector to halve emissions by 2030, under updated WRAP targets
  • COP26 Action Tracker: China’s ETS launches as UK’s Cambo oilfield plans draw controversy
  • Prysmian Group eyes net-zero emissions between 2035 and 2040
  • El Salvador’s first wind farm and seagrass-restoring gin: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • ‘Serious weaknesses’ in UK Government’s plans for engaging local councils on net-zero, report warns
  • Six UK green policy stories you need to know about
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans take a step forward, as MPs call for more Government funding
  • ScottishPower and Shell bid to develop large-scale floating windfarms in UK
  • Making profit shouldn’t cost the earth
  • Net-zero investment portfolios promised by 14 major UK pension funds
  • Inditex and Elsevier commit to net-zero emissions by 2040
  • Water sector unveils £2.7bn green recovery framework
  • SBTi to increase minimum target-setting requirements to 1.5C
  • National Food Strategy presses UK Government to clarify environmental incentives for farmers post-Brexit
  • Europe’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate package: What is included?
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
  • Aviva’s Steve Waygood: Now is the time for finance firms to become climate macro-stewards
  • Connecting the roadmap to cleaner transport
  • Green Jobs Taskforce urges UK Government to close funding and skills gaps
  • Report: Global demand for fossil-fuel-fired electricity has peaked
  • Net-zero by 2045: Go-Ahead Group launches updated climate strategy
  • ‘Clarity and confidence for the road ahead’: Green economy reacts to Transport Decarbonisation Plan
  • Transport Decarbonisation Plan: UK Government to ban new petrol and diesel truck sales by 2040
  • Could making ESG more ‘financially relevant’ combat greenwashing?
  • Give UK local authorities new powers to accelerate net-zero transition, Mayors urge Government
  • Unilever eyes optimised enzymes in bid for fossil-fuel-free laundry products
  • Vauxhall to only sell pure electric cars and vans from 2028
  • Lidl commits to carbon neutrality by 2022
  • Survey: 3 in 4 manufacturing executives don’t understand their company’s carbon footprint
  • Insurance giants team up for net-zero alliance, but are urged to stop supporting fossil fuels
  • edie’s latest COP26 Primer report focuses on clean transport
  • University of Sussex targets net-zero emissions by 2035
  • 2TWh of hydrogen and 37 million EVs: How can the UK reach net-zero emissions?
  • Canada’s diesel ban and the UK’s new biodiversity metric: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Staffordshire University’s One Planet Pledge
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Staffordshire University’s One Planet Pledge
  • BlackRock secures $250m for climate projects in developing countries
  • 45% of UK businesses yet to set net-zero targets, survey reveals
  • East Coast Cluster: Teesside and Humber gear up to host CCS technologies
  • Asos reduced emissions by 13% in 2020, despite pandemic parcel boom
  • UK’s carbon capture and storage market could create 50,000 jobs
  • How sustainable is Wimbledon 2021?
  • Carbon offsetting: Global governance body to be formed this year
  • ‘World’s largest’ sustainability-linked bond issue from Enel three times oversubscribed
  • UK Government ‘not taking the public’s views on net-zero transition into account’
  • Report: Built environment failing to account for lifecycle emissions of projects
  • Cadogan sets net-zero emissions target for 2030
  • Pay communities to host offshore wind farms, Leadsom and Rudd urge UK Government
  • KFC and Pilgrim’s target net-zero by 2040
  • How are UK businesses approaching the net-zero transition? Find out with edie’s new Barometer
  • Salesforce signs on as latest Principal Partner for COP26
  • Race to Zero: Retailers forge new climate-focused collaboration
  • Hyundai joins RE100 as Porsche urges suppliers to source 100% renewable electricity
  • It’s time to enlist historic buildings in climate action
  • Most fashion brands ‘failing to disclose supply chain emissions’, despite net-zero pledge
  • UK’s clean energy pipeline on course to unlock 625,000 green jobs
  • #SustyTalk: Green Angel Syndicate CEO Nick Lyth on maximising the sustainable investment opportunity
  • Cement industry plots path to net-zero through new global platform
  • Carbon prices must treble by 2030, $6.6trn investor coalition urges
  • Hydrogen: Shell opens Europe’s largest electrolyser as Centrica eyes storage at Rough
  • Analysis: Two-thirds of UK finance firms have climate targets, but most are failing to shift investments
  • Report: UK green jobs set to be better-paid than roles in high-carbon industries
  • Nissan’s Gigafactory and REN’s plastic-free samples: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on green finance, ESG and the TCFD
  • Episode 104: Spotlight on green finance, ESG and the TCFD
  • Net-zero energy transition: UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid outline £7.7bn investment plans
  • Stop subsidising Drax’s biomass operations, UK’s biggest green charities urge Government
  • London Climate Action Week: How is the capital planning to reach net-zero?
  • Lab-grown salmon and seed-bombing ‘skyscrapers’: The best green innovations of June 2021
  • Building the skills to make every financial decision a climate decision
  • Rolls-Royce and Shell agree on new partnership on sustainable aviation fuels
  • Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 19% in 2020 amid pandemic parcel boom
  • 50 new EV ‘supercharging’ hubs planned for UK
  • Nissan unveils plans for £1bn electric vehicle hub and battery gigafactory in Sunderland
  • UK Government taken to court over climate impact of £27.4bn roads plan
  • Investors worth €3.6trn collaborate to promote just transition to net-zero
  • UK’s waste management sector targets net-zero emissions through £10bn infrastructure overhaul
  • UK’s coal-fired electricity ban officially brought forward to 2024
  • Your time to shine: edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards are back with a bang for 2022
  • New net-zero networks launched for lawyers and professional institutions
  • Report: UK telecoms giants leading sector’s global net-zero transition
  • Grosvenor joins Race to Zero campaign
  • Equinor plans 1.8GW of low-carbon hydrogen production in UK, tripling previous target
  • Construction firm Henry Boot targets net-zero by 2030
  • In numbers: Are the UK public prepared for the net-zero transition?
  • Green campaigners slam Bristol Airport’s new carbon-neutral and net-zero targets
  • Food giants to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this year
  • Tasmania’s 200% renewables goal and Toast Ale’s B-Corp recertification: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Microsoft announced as latest COP26 Principal Partner
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: What role do carbon markets and pricing play in the net-zero transition?
  • Episode 103: What role do carbon markets and pricing play in the net-zero transition?
  • Biogas sector spells out role in helping UK reach net-zero emissions
  • Asda reduces emissions by 16% over 12-month period
  • Action, not reporting, holds the key to circularity
  • World Bank increases climate finance for developing nations
  • Business demand for renewables greater than that of UK’s total power usage
  • ‘An alarming lack of net-zero progress’: Green economy reacts to latest CCC report
  • CCC: UK ‘has no coherent plan to reduce emissions this decade’, despite net-zero pledge
  • ‘UK’s first’ grid-scale battery storage system comes online in Oxford
  • Western Power Distribution targets net-zero emissions by 2028
  • We must tackle gender imbalance if we are to reach UK climate goals
  • England’s first hydrogen double-decker buses hit the road in London
  • Target pledges to reach net-zero and become a ‘circular’ business by 2040
  • Net-zero, Brexit and Covid-19: Businesses say now is perfect time to ‘green’ UK’s financial system
  • UK aviation sector sets interim climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050, but won’t cap growth
  • Addo Food Group targets net-zero emissions by 2035
  • Facebook achieves net-zero operations, 100% renewable electricity
  • Gatwick plots path to net-zero before 2040
  • Aldi’s plastic-free tea and a £61.5bn net-zero pension pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • General Motors to funnel $35bn into EVs by 2025
  • Johnson Matthey targets net-zero by 2040
  • edie launches new business guide on net-zero carbon reporting
  • How to be a net-zero winner
  • Spirax-Sarco ‘refreshes’ sustainability strategy with net-zero and biodiversity goals
  • Green Brexit? Report accuses UK of failing to effectively replace EU energy systems policy
  • Electric aircraft and alternative fuels: Rolls-Royce plots path to net-zero by 2050
  • Net-zero: The decisions taken now will shape our future
  • Businesses call on UK Government to deliver ‘world-leading’ hydrogen sector
  • Half of NHS Trusts off-track on climate targets, new data reveals
  • UK’s National Infrastructure Bank launches, with tackling climate change as key objective
  • Anglian Water issues £250m sustainability-linked investment framework
  • CLOSING TODAY: Take edie’s net-zero carbon business survey (10 minutes)
  • UK set to double solar capacity by 2030, but more required to help reach net-zero
  • ‘Votes have jumped dramatically’: Why investors are pressing companies to accelerate climate action
  • Human rights: 10 years on and businesses have a new responsibility
  • Report: Global fossil fuel use not yet in decline, despite renewable energy pledges
  • Europe’s biggest carmakers ‘not on track’ for EV transition
  • Vodafone to reach net-zero carbon emissions in UK by 2027
  • Cost of climate damage to UK could triple without better adaptation plans, CCC warns
  • Making sustainability part of your bottom-line: Why collaboration is key
  • JLR to begin first hydrogen car tests this year
  • Tyson Foods sets global net-zero target for 2050
  • Polestar and Google to halve emissions and join Race to Zero campaign
  • Close policy gaps now or risk missing net-zero, E.ON and CBI warn UK Ministers
  • Burberry to become ‘climate positive’ by 2040
  • #SustyTalk: Budweiser Brewing Group’s Mauricio Coindreau on renewable energy procurement
  • UK’s fastest-growing tech firms unveil net-zero framework for the sector
  • Survey: 4 in 10 UK SMEs unsure how to prepare for net-zero
  • G7: What was (and wasn’t) agreed by world leaders to combat the climate crisis
  • G7 calls on climate and Colgate’s circular toothbrush: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • G7 final communique: Nations promise coal phase-out and $100bn climate finance
  • Airlines accused of lobbying against stronger EU climate policy
  • Net-Zero Carbon Playbook: edie launches new business blueprint report
  • Ikea launches renewables programme for direct suppliers
  • UPS aims to become carbon neutral by 2050
  • Royal Mail aims to grow EV fleet 10 times over, as DPD orders 750 electric vans
  • Green finance tools and net-zero sector coalitions: CEOs present climate initiatives to world leaders at G7
  • The road to net-zero: Three top tips for decarbonising your business
  • Kingfisher, DS Smith and Turner & Townsend unveil science-based targets
  • Drax announces ambition to host world’s largest negative emissions project
  • Net-zero and COP26: Achieving Mission Possible
  • IEA: To reach net-zero, renewable energy investment in developing nations must increase sevenfold
  • Study: World set to hit ‘peak oil’ by 2030 as energy majors shift to renewables
  • UK Government launches new taskforce to tackle greenwashing in finance sector
  • World Oceans Day: Preserving the planet’s life source for future generations
  • AB InBev cuts emissions through new lightweight beer bottle design
  • ABP and National Trust sign up to net-zero investment initiative
  • Work underway to create ‘UK’s biggest electric bus charging station’ in Glasgow
  • Norway’s ‘eco-school’ and Spain’s new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Highland Spring commits to net-zero emissions by 2040
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside Childbase Partnership’s 2030 roadmap
  • Mondi inks €750m adjustable loan based on SDG performance
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside Childbase Partnership’s 2030 roadmap
  • Transport Minister among keynote speakers for edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
  • ‘World’s largest’ V2G trial finds that EV drivers could cut £725 off electricity bills
  • Six proposals for tomorrow’s world
  • Heathrow Airport adds sustainable aviation fuels to decarbonise flights
  • London Mayor Sadiq Khan declares ‘retrofit revolution’ to slash building emissions
  • Anheuser-Busch meets 100% renewable energy goal four years early
  • Clean Energy & Transport Forum sponsorship brochure
  • Kingfisher enters £550m sustainability and community-linked loan
  • UK urged to end new oil and gas licencing as Extinction Rebellion protestors target BP
  • IEA: Renewables set to attract 70% of global energy investment in 2021
  • Kingspan signs for €700m sustainability-linked loan
  • Banking giants team up to accelerate net-zero transition for steel industry
  • Shareholders pass vote for HSBC to phase-out global coal financing by 2040
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Can we deliver a green recovery for retail?
  • The Sustainability Leaders Club Membership Pack
  • The Net-Zero Leaders Club Membership Pack
  • Episode 102: Can we deliver a green recovery for retail?
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges UK SMEs to make net-zero commitments
  • Domestic heat batteries and ‘champagne’ carbon capture: The best green innovations of May 2021
  • A battery future
  • £2bn for net-zero: SSE outlines bumper low-carbon spending plans for this financial year
  • World’s hottest year on the horizon, new Met Office climate analysis warns
  • Climate activists appointed to ExxonMobil board as Chevron shareholders back stronger emissions goals
  • Green Finance Institute chair Sir Roger Gifford passes away
  • Dutch court orders Shell to strengthen carbon reduction targets
  • Countdown to COP26 Festival: Flagship July events to focus on crucial themes of climate talks
  • Manufacturer McCormick’s first net-zero building set for Peterborough
  • Report: Investing in digital and sustainability could create 5.7 million jobs across Europe by 2030
  • ‘Concerning for shareholders’: World’s biggest insurers failing to tackle ESG risks
  • Lessons from Yozma for UK conservation
  • Global hydrogen investment to grow 25-fold by 2040, Bloomberg predicts
  • Zero-emission zones can help cities slash transport emissions by 70%, WEF claims
  • Kew Gardens eyes net-positive climate impact by 2030
  • WWF: UK banks and investors financing projects with double nation’s climate impact
  • UK’s ultra-rapid EV charging stock to triple with new £300m funding package
  • CBI: UK’s green recovery could generate £700bn economic boost by 2030
  • Starbucks’ community solar power and a UK biodiversity boost: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • G7 nations agree 2030s net-zero targets for power sector
  • Cathay Pacific sets global net-zero target for 2050
  • One-third of UK population represented by local authority net-zero commitments
  • Oxford, Kent and Arsenal: New EV charging hubs unveiled across the South East

Finance

  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: The rise of the regenerative economy in 2022
  • Mastercard adds new restoration projects to pledge to plant 100 million trees
  • BlackRock expects 75% of corporate investment assets to be covered by science-based targets by 2030
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • SBTi promises Net-Zero Standard for finance sector in early 2023
  • Global Environment Facility secures record $5.25bn commitments from nations
  • Developer unveils plans for four UK green hydrogen production sites, as Government firms up hydrogen village plans
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Bank of America mobilised $250bn in sustainable finance last year
  • TCFD mandate: Everything you need to know about the UK’s new climate disclosure requirements
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • $7trn investor coalition pressures high-carbon companies to disclose climate risks
  • ‘There’s no silver bullet’ to get us to or beyond net-zero: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • ‘Now or never’: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate crisis, IPCC warns
  • Zurich brings net-zero target forward 20 years to 2030
  • Global green finance market grew more than a hundred-fold over the last decade
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Report: World’s biggest finance firms gave fossil fuel industry $740bn of support since 2020
  • Barclays and NatWest to give shareholders ‘say on climate’
  • ‘Oil and gas companies aren’t the ones in need of help this year’: Green economy reacts to the Spring Statement
  • Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak announces VAT relief for home energy efficiency retrofits
  • In numbers: How are businesses working to embed ESG?
  • Climate risk disclosures mandate drawn up in the US
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Swiss Re to tighten rules on oil and gas insurance
  • HSBC promises climate transition plan and net-zero review of policies
  • $130trn investor coalition commits to end support for corporates that block climate action
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Carbon removal markets must grow exponentially by 2030 to keep 1.5C alive, report warns
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part Two)
  • John Elkington: We’re moving past CSR – the age of regenerative business is dawning
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part One)
  • Emma Howard-Boyd: ‘Resilience is the missing link in investment in net-zero and nature’
  • 6 soft skills sustainability leaders need to hone in 2022
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • UK and New Zealand tout environmental credentials of new trade deal, but not everyone is impressed
  • NGOs press UK and other wealthy nations for $60bn international nature finance commitment
  • ‘Climate adaptation cannot be an afterthought’ : Green economy leaders react to new IPCC report
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Survey: 2 in 3 SMEs don’t think they have skills needed for net-zero transition
  • GFI: COP26 shifted the dial on climate finance, but the devil is in the detail
  • ‘Huge loopholes’: Green groups slam HSBC’s new targets for cutting financed emissions
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Boardrooms holding back progress towards ESG leadership, survey finds
  • Verizon funnels $500k into climate resilience schemes, posts update on $1bn green bond
  • $1.8trn in subsidies funding the ‘destruction’ of nature, report warns
  • Climate Change Committee promises increased focus on business and finance for 2022
  • Finance giants team up to launch digital carbon offset trading platform
  • SDGs: UN unlocks $54.5m of new funding amid worries of backwards progress during Covid-19
  • Mayor of London issues £90m green bond programme to unlock £500m to combat energy crisis
  • Europe’s biggest banks ‘provided $33bn to oil and gas majors after making net-zero pledge’
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • New framework launches to help investors assess the credibility of corporate climate targets
  • Germany considering lawsuit against EU over inclusion of gas and nuclear in green finance taxonomy
  • Boris Johnson reboots Business Council with ‘green industrial revolution’ focus
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • BlackRock outlines plans to help clients invest in line with net-zero
  • Scottish Widows pledges £25bn of low-carbon investment by 2025 on road to net-zero
  • Green bonds market grew by $500bn in 2021, a new record
  • JLR signs for £625m loan to support EV transition
  • Vehicle leasing firm Zenith raises £475m for first green bond
  • State Street presses corporates for TCFD-aligned climate risk disclosures
  • UK Government promises to assess environmental impact of future post-Brexit trade deals
  • HSBC pledges $100m to Bill Gates’ clean energy innovation fund
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Global clean energy investment reaches record heights
  • WWF: Measures announced in October 2021 Budget not net-zero compatible
  • USS adds climate ’tilt’ to £5bn portfolio
  • Insurance firms urged to stop support for Brazil’s oil and gas exploration
  • UK pension schemes with ‘robust’ net-zero commitments pass £1trn mark
  • CDP: Corporates more than twice as likely to disclose environmental impact if asked by investors
  • Investors worth €50trn call on EU to exclude gas from green finance taxonomy
  • Two-thirds of finance giants ‘continuing to fund deforestation’, report warns
  • Nest divests from ExxonMobil and other ‘unresponsive’ fossil fuel giants on road to net-zero
  • Insetting and mandatory disclosure: Triodos Bank on how the finance sector can reach net-zero

Policy

  • City leaders call on national governments to deliver renewable and retrofit revolutions
  • As Ryanair and British Airways post alternative fuel updates, UK Government launches delivery group on hydrogen and electric aviation
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: The rise of the regenerative economy in 2022
  • Natural history GCSEs and carbon literacy: Government unveils new climate-focused education strategy
  • Lack of political support for onshore wind could add £125 to household energy bills
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Influencing green policy
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Our COP26 legacy
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Ukraine and the climate emergency
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • UK company law is slowing down social and environmental progress in the food industry – that needs to change
  • Should businesses be legally required to set science-based climate targets?
  • Lord Deben on how sustainability leaders can balance ‘optimism and apocalypse’
  • Developer unveils plans for four UK green hydrogen production sites, as Government firms up hydrogen village plans
  • Government doubles budget for supporting energy-intensive businesses through price crisis and net-zero
  • UK set to introduce Zero Emission Vehicle mandate for car manufacturers in 2024
  • From renewables to fossil fuels: Everything you need to know about the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
  • ‘Economically and environmentally illiterate’: Green economy reacts to UK Energy Security Strategy
  • Energy Security Strategy: UK targets 95% low-carbon electricity mix by 2030, but will increase oil and gas production
  • Germany unveils major electricity sector revamp, significantly boosting renewables goals
  • UK Government set to double 2030 hydrogen power target to 10GW
  • UK to launch Future System Operator body to improve energy security
  • TCFD mandate: Everything you need to know about the UK’s new climate disclosure requirements
  • UK Government orders review of fracking in lead-up to energy security strategy
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • #SustyTalk: Scaling nature restoration with National Parks Partnership director Naomi Conway
  • ‘There’s no silver bullet’ to get us to or beyond net-zero: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • ‘Now or never’: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate crisis, IPCC warns
  • ‘Bus back better’: £7bn package unveiled to encourage Brits outside of London to use buses
  • Introduce a carbon tariff on imports as soon as possible, MPs urge Government
  • EU targets greenwashing and planned obsolescence in new consumer rules
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • World leaders must ‘radically’ scale up renewable energy now, IRENA warns
  • Publication of UK’s energy security strategy reportedly delayed again, due to Treasury roadblocks
  • Stop treating carbon removal technologies as a silver bullet, MPs warn Government
  • UK Government allocates funding for more than 900 electric and hydrogen buses
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy: UK Government pledges £1.6bn for public chargers
  • Rachel Kyte: Voluntary carbon credit markets need to be Paris-aligned, or they have no credible future
  • ‘Oil and gas companies aren’t the ones in need of help this year’: Green economy reacts to the Spring Statement
  • Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak announces VAT relief for home energy efficiency retrofits
  • Report: UK’s offshore wind pipeline surpasses 86GW
  • Europeans rally behind Green Deal in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine
  • NHS urged to reduce waste to deliver net-zero ambitions
  • Climate risk disclosures mandate drawn up in the US
  • Heat pumps and car-free days: How can the UK respond to the energy price crisis without backtracking on net-zero?
  • Oil and Gas Authority renames as North Sea Transition Authority
  • British businesses urge introduction of carbon tariff on imports
  • EU countries agree world’s first carbon border tariff
  • ‘The Government must raise its sights’: Green economy reacts to new Environment Bill targets
  • Environment Bill: Government proposes new legally binding targets on nature, air and water
  • When will the UK’s energy security strategy be published, and what will it include?
  • UK’s plug-in van and truck grant schemes extended amid fuel price hikes
  • Tackling greenwashing: Government urged to develop formal definitions for jargon like ‘carbon-neutral’
  • Scotland failing on climate adaptation despite decarbonisation progress, CCC warns
  • $130trn investor coalition commits to end support for corporates that block climate action
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear and efficiency: Labour unveils five-point energy security plan
  • Environmental groups celebrate as Leeds Bradford Airport withdraws expansion plans
  • EU unveils €300m plan to fund hydrogen research
  • John Elkington: We’re moving past CSR – the age of regenerative business is dawning
  • UK to end imports of oil from Russia by end of 2022
  • EU unveils plan to become independent from Russian fossil fuels ‘well before 2030’
  • Emma Howard-Boyd: ‘Resilience is the missing link in investment in net-zero and nature’
  • UK Government kick-starts approval process for Rolls Royce’s small nuclear reactors
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on women driving the clean energy transition
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • FMCG giants jointly launch initiative to scale flexible plastics recycling
  • The UN plastics treaty: Everything you need to know
  • Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone launches after Covid-19 delays
  • Four steps to business leadership on climate, according to Maria Mendiluce
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • Survey: SMEs struggling to find funding and time to deliver sustainability ambitions
  • UK and New Zealand tout environmental credentials of new trade deal, but not everyone is impressed
  • NGOs press UK and other wealthy nations for $60bn international nature finance commitment
  • ‘Climate adaptation cannot be an afterthought’ : Green economy leaders react to new IPCC report
  • IPCC: Half of global population ‘highly vulnerable’ to climate crisis impacts
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Aliza Ayaz: Equity should be at the heart of business’s sustainability strategies
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • EU sets out plans to hold firms accountable for environmental and human rights violations
  • UK Government’s bullish support for new oil and gas unwise, CCC warns
  • GFI: COP26 shifted the dial on climate finance, but the devil is in the detail
  • More regulatory guidance would spur corporate ESG efforts, survey reveals
  • Energy price crisis: Government launches £67m energy efficiency grant scheme
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Energy price crisis: Influential industry bodies call for scrapping of VAT on building retrofits
  • EV infrastructure: Government under mounting pressure to upgrade vehicle charging network
  • UK Government not on track to achieve green jobs target, latest official data suggests
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  • UK Government criticised for failing to set emissions targets for farming and land use
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  • Boris Johnson reboots Business Council with ‘green industrial revolution’ focus
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  • Levelling Up White Paper: Government accused of ‘sidelining’ net-zero in new plans for regional economies
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  • New committee launched to help UK Government avoid hydrogen policy pitfalls
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  • REA: Government’s lower borrowing figures provides opportunity to tackle cost of living crisis
  • edie launches new business report on green policy
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  • UK decides against intervening with Emissions Trading Scheme, despite record-high carbon prices
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  • VIDEO – How Expo 2020 Dubai is redefining sustainable mega-events
  • Climate crisis could wipe out 1% of GDP by 2045, UK Government admits
  • IEA: Power sector emissions reached record high in 2021
  • Investors worth €50trn call on EU to exclude gas from green finance taxonomy
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  • Hydrogen blending ready for UK-wide rollout next year, industry body announces
  • UK Government taken to court over Net-Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Report: Tax relief for businesses can upskill workers for green transition
  • BNEF: Carbon offset prices set to increase 50-fold by 2050
  • Flexible energy tech in homes could cut UK’s peak electricity demand by 10% by 2030, study finds
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  • EU delays deadline on green finance taxonomy rules for nuclear and gas
  • WEF: World leaders running out of time to deliver green recovery from Covid-19
  • HS2 pledges to use only zero-carbon electricity, but environmental groups call greenwashing
  • UK community energy leaders say Government has ‘abandoned’ them, despite net-zero commitment
  • Scrap apprenticeship levy to get more people into green building jobs, Lords urge Government
  • MPs slam Defra’s handling of new farming subsidy schemes, call for urgent clarity on environmental benefits
  • Hunterston B closure sparks fresh calls for Government to clear up nuclear and renewables plans
  • Vattenfall exploring high-temperature heat pumps for UK market, BEIS allocates more funding for heat networks
  • Farmers in England to be paid for nature restoration and creation from 2023
  • IEA: Global SUV sales rebounding post-lockdown, offsetting EV gains
  • From rewilding to renewable energy: Seven UK green policy stories to follow in 2022
  • Report: Post-Brexit insurance regulation reform would unlock billions for UK’s green economy
  • New Years Honours 2022: The sustainability leaders on the Queen’s list
  • Veganuary: EU’s 2022 promotional policy encourages shift to plant-based diets
  • Adidas and Allbirds’ low-carbon shoes and two new solar farms for the UK: The sustainability success stories of the week
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  • Natural England reappoints Tony Juniper as chair for a second term
  • Test your sustainability news knowledge with edie’s Big Fat Quiz of the year for 2021
  • EU split on proposals to extend carbon pricing to road transport and ban polluting cars
  • BEIS proposes climate ‘stress tests’ for oil and gas projects, stops short of setting end date
  • COP26 commitments, the Cambo row and an ‘Earth Charter’ for business: The sustainability stories of 2021
  • Meet the pioneering organisations shortlisted for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Multiplex’s social strategy and Spain’s clean energy package: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • IEA: Coal power set to reach record high in 2021 and keep growing, threatening global net-zero transition
  • UK-Australia trade deal finalised, without new requirements on climate and nature
  • Turn National Food Strategy ambitions into action, £3.8trn investor coalition urges Government
  • ‘Double whammy’: UK Government makes second cut to EV grant scheme this year
  • Recap on Net-Zero November 2021 with edie’s new summary report
  • EU unveils sweeping package of low-carbon legislation for gas, buildings and transport
  • UKGBC publishes new building retrofit framework to support local councils in net-zero transition
  • UK Government opens ‘biggest round’ of CfD energy auctions to date
  • EU confirms first green finance taxonomy rules, key decisions on energy still to come
  • UK Government urged to create net-zero delivery authority over concerns about ‘piecemeal’ approach
  • Allegra Stratton steps down from COP26 role over Covid-19 Christmas party video row
  • Greggs: Businesses need to ‘demystify carbon’ for staff and customers in net-zero transition
  • Green Alliance calls on Government to incentivise different modes of transport to cut emissions
  • Get to work implementing COP26 climate pact, UK businesses and green groups urge Government
  • UK Government opens £64m funding competition for carbon capture innovations
  • CCC calls on Scottish ministers to outline steps to net-zero
  • After a bumper year for UK green policy updates, what gaps remain on the road to net-zero?
  • UK farmers to be paid for soil stewardship from 2022, but green groups warn subsidy scheme isn’t enough
  • Climate Change Committee: UK Government needs to ‘raise ambitions’ on reaching net-zero
  • IEA: 2021 set to be a record year for new renewable energy capacity
  • EU to start measuring embodied carbon emissions from buildings
  • National Grid: Post-COP26, net-zero ambitions must urgently be turned into action
  • UK Government set to extend deadlines for non-domestic renewable heat scheme
  • Ed Miliband named Shadow Secretary for climate change and net-zero in Labour reshuffle
  • Report: Yorkshire, Wales, among UK regions in urgent need of more green jobs
  • Hydrogen fuel cell partnerships and new government funding for UK tidal: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • New German coalition aims for 80% renewable power by 2030
  • WBA: Companies unwilling to draw up net-zero transition plans are ‘being willfully obtuse’
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Oxford University bags £4.5m from Ikea Foundation for sustainable finance research
  • Almost all electric utilities and carmakers failing to decarbonise in line with 1.5C, says damning report
  • New Net-Zero Estate Playbook plots decarbonisation of UK Government’s buildings
  • Mining giant Hochschild to fight Peruvian government’s decision to scale back mines over environmental concerns
  • Green energy supplier Bulb enters administration as energy price crisis rumbles on
  • UK Government unveils £4.3m subsidies for domestic flights, despite green backlash
  • Boris Johnson confirms mandatory EV charging points for new buildings in England
  • Net-Zero November: Keep up the momentum post-COP26 with edie’s bumper month of content and events
  • IEA: Rate of energy efficiency improvements needs to double to put world on track for net-zero
  • Integrated Rail Plan: £96bn rail extension and electrification scheme draws lukewarm reaction from UK’s green economy
  • Funding boost to develop EV charging infrastructure roadmap for UK’s rural regions
  • EU proposes mandatory due diligence to stop deforestation in supply chains
  • UK’s post-Brexit environmental watchdog officially formed
  • Shell cites net-zero as reason for moving base from the Netherlands to the UK
  • BMW, Toyota and other major carmakers accused of lobbying against stronger climate policies
  • ‘Few quick wins or cheap fixes’: NIC begins plotting delivery of net-zero UK energy systems
  • Boris Johnson: COP26 delivered as much as we could have hoped
  • COP26 Covered Podcast final episode: The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
  • Glasgow Climate Pact: World leaders agree final climate deal at COP26
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  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 13: The Built Environment Day climate debate LIVE
  • COP26: UKGBC unveils new tool to help businesses measure and reduce carbon across building lifecycles
  • COP26: UK launches new ‘urban climate action’ fund for developing nations
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 12: The Transport Day grand tour – Electric planes, hydrogen trains and autonomous automobiles
  • 9 things you need to know from Transport Day at COP26
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean transport opportunities of 2021
  • COP26: Nations to develop aviation emissions targets, airlines use joint purchasing power to scale alternative fuels
  • COP26: US, China, major brands sit out of new global pledge on transitioning to 100% zero-emission vehicles
  • UK’s Environment Bill finally passes into law after two years
  • Report: New funding mechanisms needed for EVs and charging to spur low-carbon transport uptake
  • 7 things you need to know from Science, Innovation and Gender Day at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 11: Innovation special – Corporate accelerators, EV revolutions and green submarines
  • María Mendiluce on keeping 1.5C alive and achieving global carbon market deal at COP26
  • Science and Innovation Day at COP26: Nations forge new collaborations on climate resilience, health, low-carbon materials
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 10: Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • Five things you need to know from Adaptation, Loss and Damage Day at COP26
  • VIDEO: Paul Polman on moving from ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘action, action, action’ in COP26 week 2
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 8: Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • 8 things you need to know from Nature Day at COP26
  • COP26: Nations collectively agree to sustainable food systems policies and pledge to accelerate green agriculture innovation
  • VIDEO: UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping on moving from ‘Pledge’ to ‘Plan’ on net-zero at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 7: Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • VIDEO: Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on corporate climate action and achieving a just transition at COP26
  • COP26: Solar-powered boilers and better climate curriculum promised for UK schools
  • Powering Past Coal and upping energy efficiency: 7 things you need to know from Energy Day at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 6: Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean energy opportunities of 2021
  • Centrica CEO: UK Government is right to mandate net-zero transition plans from businesses
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 5: Finance Day special – A make-or-break moment for the climate summit?
  • ‘Moving the trillions’: 6 things you need to know from Finance Day at COP26
  • International carbon price floor could cut global emissions by 12% this decade, report finds
  • COP26: Rishi Sunak vows to make UK ‘world’s first net-zero financial centre’
  • 7 things you need to know from Day Two of the COP26 World Leaders Summit
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 4: Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • VIDEO: Nico Rosberg on the EV transition and sporting role models at COP26
  • Clean energy at COP26: Philanthropists and investors launch $100bn alliance as UK and India collaborate on green grids
  • COP26 World Leaders Summit: 6 things you need to know from Day 1
  • COP26: More than 100 nations pledge to end deforestation by 2030
  • VIDEO: Johan Rockström on avoiding ‘disaster path’ for climate change at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 3: Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate aid commitment at COP26
  • G20: What was (and wasn’t) agreed by world leaders on the eve of COP26
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  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 2: All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
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  • UK Government failing to support local councils on road to net-zero, MPs warn
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 1: COP26 preview, Glasgow preparations and Bonnie the Seal
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  • COP26 Covered: edie launches brand-new daily podcast show
  • Budget Day: What does Rishi Sunak’s plan mean for the UK’s green economy?
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Australia and Saudi Arabia set net-zero goals, questions remain about logistics of summit
  • UN Emissions Gap report: World has failed to accelerate climate action in Covid-19 recovery plans
  • Net-Zero Strategy ‘achievable and affordable’ but policy gaps need addressing, CCC notes
  • Rich nations won’t deliver $100bn international climate finance promise until 2023
  • Four top tips for helping your business to comply with ESOS Phase 3
  • UK Government still not clear on green skills and jobs plan despite Net-Zero Strategy, MPs warn
  • London’s ULEZ expands, with new zone 18 times larger than original perimeter
  • Fossil fuel firms were blocked from sponsoring COP26, with organisers questioning their net-zero plans
  • Recapping a bumper week for UK green policy: Here’s what you need to know
  • UK’s second green gilt raises a further £6bn for low-carbon projects
  • Net-Zero Review: Carbon pricing won’t offset tax revenue losses from fossil fuels
  • Time to transform: edie’s flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum set for awe-inspiring London return
  • A substantial step forward, or huge letdown? The green economy reacts to the Net-Zero Strategy
  • Four key inclusions in the Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: Green economy reacts, expressing hopes for more funding and tighter deadlines
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: £450m grant scheme launched to help homes switch gas boilers for heat pumps
  • Greening Finance: Treasury outlines major sustainability disclosures plan to crack down on greenwashing
  • World leaders’ Covid-19 recovery plans risk failing to address climate crisis and social inequality, report warns
  • Net-Zero November: edie to bolster COP26 coverage with bumper month of content and events
  • First part of UN’s biodiversity summit closes with strong progress towards treaty adoption
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: IHG’s low-carbon hotels and a spotlight on ESOS phase 3
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s online masterclass focusing on ESOS phase 3
  • EU launches world’s largest green bond issuance to date
  • G7 to explore carbon pricing and green finance for developing nations
  • ‘Adapt or die’: Environment Agency slams UK Government’s lack of focus on climate resilience
  • ‘Stubbornness of the status quo’ jeopardising Paris Agreement progress, IEA warns
  • COP26 Action Tracker: UN biodiversity summit underway, G20 finance ministers set to gather
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  • Commitment to halt nature loss not enough, big businesses warn world leaders
  • EU ministers sign off on COP26 position, with one caveat
  • UK Government firms up 100% clean electricity target for 2035
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: Scotland sets out investments to deliver net-zero built environment
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  • COP26 engagement lead Nick Baker: Businesses are ‘key lever’ to delivering Paris Agreement
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  • UK Government eyeing 100% clean energy grid by 2035, Boris Johnson confirms
  • edie publishes new business guide to ESOS Phase 3
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  • Six green policy updates you need to know about this week
  • Lawmakers ban fossil gas from EU energy infrastructure funding, with some exceptions
  • Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay elected new joint Green Party leaders
  • Large-scale reforestation to become a $1trn investment opportunity, report finds
  • Report: Action on just six issues can deliver 90% of emissions reductions needed to limit global heating to 1.5C
  • UK businesses should be banned from sourcing and investing in goods that cause deforestation, MPs argue
  • EVs: UK Government floats £950m infrastructure investment and charger mandates for car park operators
  • Kew Gardens promises increased focus on nature-based climate solutions and biodiversity restoration
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Green gilts, Covid-19 safety fears and Australia’s uncertainty
  • Labour Party Conference: Party pledges £28bn annually for climate action if elected
  • ‘Woodlands for Water’ and the ‘Northern Forest’: Defra confirms multi-million-pound funding for UK forest projects
  • Big businesses push UK Government to phase-out gas power by 2035, as energy price crisis continues
  • £12bn for offshore wind and £1bn for hydrogen: Flurry of low-carbon tech investments for UK
  • US doubles climate finance to $11bn as China pledges an end to overseas coal support
  • Report: UK businesses only set to deliver one-third of emissions cuts needed for net-zero
  • Fashion giants urged to decrease clothing production as part of their sustainability plans
  • UK Government must do more to support women into green jobs, PwC warns
  • UK’s first sovereign green bond package raises £10bn
  • UK businesses call for coherent Net-Zero Strategy supported by Treasury
  • Kwarteng and Sharma keep key climate roles as part of cabinet reshuffle
  • Businesses write to Government (again) calling for strengthened Environment Bill
  • 660,000 jobs at risk unless UK improves approach to net-zero target, research warns
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A COP26 Focus Week special
  • edie gears up for return to live events with COP26 Climate Action Workshops
  • Government’s plans for decarbonising heavy industry ‘not enough to meet net-zero’, businesses warn
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 1)
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  • #SustyTalk: Meet the climate activists championing Arctic conservation and social justice
  • COP26 Primer reports: edie completes series with Adaptation & Resilience focus
  • Plastic pollution: WWF urges action to prevent societal costs hitting $7trn by 2040
  • Transport Secretary rejects calls to oppose Heathrow Airport expansion on climate grounds
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Global biodiversity congress underway as Cumbria coal mine inquiry set to begin
  • COP26 Focus Week: edie kicks off bumper week of content and events dedicated to climate action
  • Global green bond market set to break records, surpassing $500bn in 2021
  • EU lawmakers slam flagship forest strategy as ‘vague’ and ‘overstepping EU remit’
  • UK and India agree $1.2bn package supporting renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and tech
  • UK’s oil and gas sector pushes Government to back 18 new projects as Cambo row rolls on
  • E10: Mandate for more sustainable petrol blend begins in the UK
  • Government launches consultation on single-use plastics ban
  • Government tables Environment Bill amendments to ‘halt’ biodiversity decline by 2030
  • Go beyond net-zero and target net-negative emissions, climate scientists urge
  • UK’s hopes of boosting hydrogen trade hobbled by Brexit
  • UK’s proposed anti-deforestation laws leave millions of hectares of rainforest at risk, WWF argues
  • Net-Zero Strategy must not repeat past mistakes on low-carbon homes, major groups warn Prime Minister
  • £160m Government funding boost for improving energy efficiency of social housing
  • How will the offshore wind sector’s expansion affect biodiversity? UK Government launches major research drive
  • Scottish Government draws up plan for green recovery from Covid-19
  • Councils throw support behind Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
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  • Retail, tech and manufacturing: UK Net-Zero Business Champion urges firms to bolster climate targets
  • Report: Clean electricity accounted for record two-thirds of EU’s generation mix for first half of 2021
  • UK governments urged to ‘climate-proof’ fishing sector
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Nations urged to respond to IPCC report as Cambo oilfield row rolls on
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  • Government plans crackdown on greenwashing claims from energy providers
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  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
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  • CLOSING TODAY: Take edie’s net-zero carbon business survey (10 minutes)
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  • Europe’s biggest carmakers ‘not on track’ for EV transition
  • Cost of climate damage to UK could triple without better adaptation plans, CCC warns
  • UK-Australia trade deal branded ‘catastrophic’ for environment and animal welfare
  • Close policy gaps now or risk missing net-zero, E.ON and CBI warn UK Ministers
  • UK Government commits to ‘nature-positive’ future following landmark biodiversity review
  • Survey: 4 in 10 UK SMEs unsure how to prepare for net-zero
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  • G7 final communique: Nations promise coal phase-out and $100bn climate finance
  • Airlines accused of lobbying against stronger EU climate policy
  • ‘Narrow focus’ leaving world off-track on climate crisis and nature loss, major UN report warns
  • Green finance tools and net-zero sector coalitions: CEOs present climate initiatives to world leaders at G7
  • Be bolder with climate policies, 70 CEOs and investors worth $41trn tell world leaders
  • G7 nations failing to align major stock indexes with climate commitments, report reveals
  • Environment Bill updates leave green groups doubting UK’s commitment to halt nature loss
  • IEA: To reach net-zero, renewable energy investment in developing nations must increase sevenfold
  • UK Government launches new taskforce to tackle greenwashing in finance sector
  • World Oceans Day: UK Government to ban damaging fishing in new marine protected areas
  • Bank of England’s ‘fiendishly complicated’ climate stress tests launched for financial sector
  • G7 agree on ‘historic steps’ to make climate reporting mandatory
  • London Mayor Sadiq Khan declares ‘retrofit revolution’ to slash building emissions
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  • IEA: Renewables set to attract 70% of global energy investment in 2021
  • Report: UK lagging behind other G7 nations on green finance and jobs
  • Give us sector-specific guidance on net-zero transition, investment giants tell G7 nations
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  • Next G7 Summit in Cornwall to be certified as carbon neutral
  • Green Finance Institute chair Sir Roger Gifford passes away
  • Environment Bill returns to Parliament with new binding targets for nature
  • Zero-emission zones can help cities slash transport emissions by 70%, WEF claims
  • Survey: 9 in 10 investors do not trust corporate ESG claims
  • WWF: UK banks and investors financing projects with double nation’s climate impact
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the biodiversity and nature opportunities of 2021
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  • CBI: UK’s green recovery could generate £700bn economic boost by 2030
  • G7 nations agree 2030s net-zero targets for power sector
  • Turkey to ban plastic imports after ‘recycling’ from UK and other nations dumped and burned
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  • UK’s electricity grid emissions up year-on-year, despite net-zero pledge
  • Taking place today: Last chance to register for edie’s flagship Countdown to COP26 event
  • UK ETS: Post-Brexit carbon market opens for first time with carbon price topping £50 per tonne
  • Trees, peat and net-zero: UK to enshrine new nature goals in law
  • IEA: World must stop petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 for net-zero transition
  • COP26 will go ahead in person, Alok Sharma confirms
  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with The Climate Group’s Sandra Roling
  • After Green Homes Grant failure, Government ‘dodges’ recommendations on energy-efficient homes
  • Lidl unveils carbon-neutral cheddar cheese
  • ‘Future generations are relying on us’: Businesses urge leaders to prioritise climate and nature at G7 Summit
  • Road to net-zero: UK business giants team up to accelerate investment in low-carbon transport
  • Cities need $72bn boost to protect residents from climate change, CDP reveals
  • ‘Unlawful and irrational’: UK Government taken to court over oil and gas subsidies
  • ‘Proposals fall far short’: Green economy left disappointed at Queen’s speech
  • #SustyTalk​: Counting down to COP26 with green finance expert Sir Roger Gifford
  • 50,000 jobs by 2050: UK Government outlines plans to scale up carbon capture sector
  • Report: Just 6% of UK’s tax revenue is ‘green’
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  • Report: UK must more than double onshore wind capacity by 2030 to meet climate targets
  • LEAK: EU’s draft renewables law confirms 38-40% target for 2030
  • From Aldi to Waitrose: UK food giants threaten to boycott Brazilian suppliers over deforestation
  • Green Alliance: Nature jobs would benefit UK regions hit hardest by unemployment
  • Report: Nations falling short on collective efforts to meet Paris Agreement
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  • UK Government ‘unable to prove it will meet green R&D targets’
  • Accounting, offsetting and sequestering: UK urged to set up carbon regulator on road to net-zero
  • Business giants press EU to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
  • Investors worth £10trn outline policy vision for sustainable finance in net-zero transition
  • Report: What are the business opportunities of COP26?
  • Electrified heat and hydrogen: Renewable energy deployment ‘must grow fivefold by 2030’
  • MPs accuse Treasury and HMRC of shirking climate responsibilities
  • UK Government urged to accelerate ocean protection in COP26 plans
  • Climate risk and security risk: UK-backed natural gas project on hold after Islamic State attacks
  • BEIS mulling fashion adjudicator to tackle human rights abuses
  • 6 in 10 Brits support ‘green taxes’, Green Alliance survey shows
  • Green Homes Grant: Less than 10% of promised vouchers issued
  • US sets first 2030 climate goal as Canada and Japan increase targets
  • Breakthrough as EU negotiators clinch deal on European climate law
  • Treasury could mandate UK financial firms to add climate labels to products
  • ‘A credible path to net-zero’: Green groups react to UK’s Sixth Carbon Budget
  • Sixth Carbon Budget: UK to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035
  • Green jobs primed to replace all jobs lost to Covid-19
  • Green Alliance: Government ‘complacency’ risks UK’s net-zero transition
  • Amazon announces nine new renewables deals to take clean energy capacity to 8.5GW
  • UK’s solar sector ‘rebounding from pandemic and subsidy closures’
  • Report: China’s carbon neutrality goal only achievable with major coal phase-out
  • Healthcare sector plots first global roadmap to net-zero
  • Back net-zero vision with ‘bold’ 2030 climate goal, 300 CEOs tell Biden
  • Delivering Paris Agreement could help save most endangered species, report reveals
  • Government to explore ban on oxo-degradable plastics
  • Fracking ban should continue for UK to meet net-zero, CCC warns
  • UK must dramatically scale battery energy storage to meet net-zero, report reveals
  • British farmers ‘planning to ramp up net-zero investments as part of Covid-19 recovery’
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  • Countdown to COP26: edie launches bumper virtual event ahead of climate talks
  • Report: UK must halve resource consumption to tackle climate change and nature loss
  • UK hosting 30,000 fewer green jobs than in 2014, official figures show
  • Green Homes Grant scheme to officially close this week, UK Government confirms
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can the circular economy help us get to net-zero?
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  • UK’s net-zero transition will create up to 1.7 million green jobs this decade, report finds
  • Government launches consultations on Deposit Return Scheme and Extended Producer Responsibility
  • Businesses pledge to invest £4.4bn in Sizewell C, if the Government gives the green light
  • ‘Outrageous hypocrisy’: Government condemned over £16bn oil and gas sector ‘bailout’
  • Tax Day: Treasury will review controversial proposals for aviation duties
  • Recycling gap: Most Brits claim they recycle plastic at home, so why aren’t rates improving?
  • Government commits £560m to decarbonise housing
  • #SustyTalk​​: Biffa’s Jeff Rhodes on the Resources and Waste Strategy
  • Use compostable packaging to boost food waste recycling, UK Government told
  • ‘Woefully inadequate’: MPs slam Government’s energy efficiency plans after Green Homes Grant fiasco
  • New blue hydrogen and captured carbon storage projects unveiled for the UK
  • EVs: Renault launches battery recycling scheme as UK grant changes draw controversy
  • UK cities leading the way on net-zero and renewable energy, report finds
  • Fashion brands set to cover recycling costs under new UK Government plans
  • Government unveils new Industrial Strategy to spur decarbonisation and create green jobs
  • Green recovery could deliver 1.2 million construction and manufacturing jobs
  • ‘Green bus revolution’: UK to ban diesel bus sales and boost electric and hydrogen fleets
  • Report: Cumbria can create 9,000 green jobs by 2035, without a coal mine
  • Government orders public inquiry into Cumbria coal mine
  • Six changes to UK green policy that you need to know about this week
  • Now available on demand: edie’s 45-minute masterclass on energy efficiency
  • Cut taxes for low-carbon heating, energy efficiency and EVs, CBI urges
  • Government confirms 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars, unveils £20m electric vehicle package
  • Ed Miliband criticises Government decision to ‘axe’ Industrial Strategy
  • UK Government has ‘no plan’ for reaching net-zero, MPs warn
  • New report details how businesses can help deliver sustainable cities and communities post-Covid-19
  • US takes step towards 2050 net-zero target with sweeping climate bill
  • Green growth or greenwashing? Business leaders react to Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget
  • Budget 2021: Sunak confirms Net-Zero Innovation Fund, announces freeports to spur green investment
  • Report: Strong net-zero policy could help UK attract £350bn of investment by 2050
  • Fossil fuel emissions set to rebound after Covid-19 reductions, IEA warns
  • UK government confirms interim environmental watchdog and emissions trading scheme launch
  • Budget 2021: Businesses and charities make last-minute calls for green funding to Rishi Sunak
  • Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak ‘set to unveil green savings bonds and net-zero innovation programmes’
  • ‘Tech Zero taskforce’: UK tech firms to inform Government’s net-zero approach
  • UN: Global climate pledges will only reduce emissions by 1% this decade
  • Government urged to block Leeds Bradford Airport expansion on climate grounds
  • BlackRock Investment Institute: Tackling climate change will provide a financial boost, not a net cost
  • Sainsbury’s confirmed as principal partner for COP26
  • EU unveils data-driven climate adaptation strategy, drawing green criticism
  • Will the 2021 Budget help the UK deliver a green recovery?
  • Survey: Two-thirds of Brits support UK’s green industrial revolution plans
  • Stop offshoring emissions to poorer countries, Fairtrade Foundation urges Government
  • Green skills gap ‘could derail net-zero’, major UK construction firms tell Government
  • London, Tees Valley and County Durham residents call for better support for green jobs
  • Heathrow secures Government funding to develop net-zero aviation roadmap
  • Big businesses failing to protect human rights amid Covid-19, study reveals
  • Green recovery: MPs call for VAT breaks for energy efficiency, electric vehicles and circular economy
  • #SustyTalk​: National Grid’s Duncan Burt on COP26 preparations
  • Coventry unveils plans to host battery Gigafactory by 2025
  • Report: Real estate sector’s inaction on climate change could increase costs by $2.5trn
  • Leeds and London to host new green finance research hubs
  • P&G reduces plastics and record UK wind bids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we accelerate action on nature and biodiversity in 2021?
  • Boris Johnson faces pressure from his own Tory MPs to close net-zero ‘policy gaps’
  • Green recovery report: Just 12% of global Covid-19 stimulus will benefit climate and nature
  • Billions to be slashed from Green Homes Grant budget
  • Kwasi Kwarteng: Recent policy decisions send mixed messages on UK climate action
  • ‘Be more ambitious’: MPs press Government to beef up air quality policies before lockdown lifts
  • ‘Historic step’ as European Parliament approves green recovery fund
  • Green groups call for assurances over National Infrastructure Bank
  • Cumbria County Council puts plans for controversial coal mine on hold
  • Fast fashion: Polyester production has doubled since 2000, with huge climate implications
  • Green Homes Grant: Government admits that meeting 600,000 homes target could take a decade
  • Amazon’s new ‘green’ HQ and Denmark’s wind energy island: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Study: Fleet electrification would halve Europe’s road transport emissions
  • Government support needed to ‘mainstream’ green jobs, say IEMA and CISL leads
  • Biodiversity loss: Agriculture ‘threatening 86% of at-risk species’, says major UN-backed report
  • UK’s Net-Zero Business Champion: We must spark conversations outside our usual circles
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Winners revealed at glittering virtual ceremony
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  • UK’s progress on nature and the environment ‘painfully slow’, MPs warn
  • Beyond net-zero targets: What role can businesses play in solving the climate emergency?
  • Report: UK needs to install five times as many EV charging points to meet climate goals
  • Treasury ‘not planning mandatory net-zero stress tests’ for major government investments
  • Kering’s fund for nature and a new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk​: The WBA’s Dan Neale on delivering social transformation
  • Governments urged to accelerate circular economy transition through green recovery plans
  • Government unveils £85m package to support low-carbon aviation innovations
  • Report: Renewables overtook fossil fuels as UK’s main electricity source in 2020
  • Biden signs flurry of executive orders on nature conservation and fossil fuels
  • World’s biggest tech firms ‘dedicate just 4% of lobbying efforts to climate change’
  • edie’s next online masterclass to focus on industrial energy efficiency
  • 5 top tips for choosing onsite technologies on the road to net-zero
  • #SustyTalk: Anglian Water’s Andy Brown on collaboration for a just transition to net-zero
  • ‘Extremely disappointing news’: Government delays Environment Bill’s return to Parliament
  • Report: 2 in 3 banks have no commitments to stop financing deforestation
  • Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report
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  • Boeing planning to debut 100% biofuel planes by 2030
  • Legal bid to stop UK from building Europe’s biggest gas-fired power plant fails
  • UK Government faces fresh accusations of backtracking on post-Brexit environment pledges
  • Exeter to play host to UK’s first national circular economy ‘hub’
  • #SustyTalk: UPS’s Claire Thompson-Sage on low-carbon logistics
  • Biden returns US to Paris Agreement as part of climate policy overhaul
  • Developed nations accused of over-reporting climate adaptation finance by billions
  • Pandemic aside, humanity’s biggest threats are climate and biodiversity-related, WEF warns
  • Trade Bill: UK Government votes to allow food imports with lower environmental standards
  • Government unveils ‘radical’ energy efficiency standards for homes and offices
  • Kwasi Kwarteng admits ‘tension’ between UK’s new coal mine and climate ambitions
  • Report: UK could recycle three times as much plastic by 2030
  • #SustyTalk: BNP Paribas’ Mark Lewis on market shifts for the net-zero transition
  • Centrica: UK will only host 35 EV chargers per council by 2025
  • EU lawmakers raise concerns about UK ‘regression’ on pesticides
  • IEA: Oil and gas sector must ‘lock in’ methane emissions reductions seen amid Covid-19 lockdowns
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  • Protect at least a third of British seas to unlock £50bn boost, WWF urges
  • McKinsey: Global fossil fuel demand will peak in 2027
  • UK carbon trading scheme ‘leaves many questions unanswered’
  • #SustyTalk: How can the built environment deliver a green recovery?
  • UK’s coal power spikes amid cold snap, despite ‘greenest year on record’ for electricity in 2020
  • Boris Johnson promises £3bn of climate finance for nature by 2026
  • Governments urged to redirect $1trn of ‘planet-wrecking’ subsidies to nature conservation and restoration
  • Geothermal electricity from Cornwall and TerraCycle tackles medicine packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Kwasi Kwarteng steps up to BEIS Secretary post as Alok Sharma takes on full-time COP Presidency
  • China ‘preparing to launch its first emissions trading scheme’
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  • Cumbria coal mine: Government won’t block UK’s first deep coal mine in three decades
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  • Report: 10 million high-carbon jobs to be retrained or replaced as part of net-zero transition
  • New Years Honours 2021: The sustainability champions on the Queen’s list
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  • Ministers urged to cut VAT on batteries for homes after Brexit
  • Dewley Hill: Newcastle City Council blocks controversial coal mine
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  • Banks pressured to divest from fossil fuels and deforesters ahead of COP26
  • ECIU founder Richard Black steps down as director
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  • Survey: Three-quarters of UK businesses turning to sustainability to bounce back from Covid-19
  • Net-zero impact on UK economy to be ‘relatively small’, Treasury finds
  • Heathrow Airport: Supreme Court gives go-ahead for third runway, despite climate campaigns
  • Five things you need to know about the Energy White Paper
  • An ‘undisputed urgency to act’: Green economy reacts to the Energy White Paper
  • UK ramps up climate adaptation plans in build up to COP26
  • Hydrogen, nuclear and wind: UK’s energy network operators chart course to net-zero
  • EU clinches hard-fought deal on 55% 2030 climate target
  • Bloomberg NEF: Pandemic’s effect on renewable energy investment has hit developing nations hardest
  • UK’s net-zero target should be 2045, 100 councils and mayors tell Boris Johnson
  • Heat Strategy: Government urged to spend £65bn on energy-efficient homes by 2035
  • New report details how businesses can help achieve SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
  • UN: Green Covid-19 recovery will put world on track to meet Paris Agreement
  • ‘A game-changer’: UK’s green economy leaders react to the Sixth Carbon Budget
  • Sixth Carbon Budget: UK will need to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 to meet net-zero
  • WRAP: UK’s biggest businesses have cut unnecessary plastic packaging by 40%
  • #SustyTalk: PepsiCo’s Jim Andrew on green bonds and inclusive business
  • The Vatican convenes business giants in bid to promote purpose-led capitalism
  • IEA: Energy efficiency improvements for 2020 ‘the weakest in a decade’
  • Glencore sets 2050 net-zero target, but won’t divest from coal
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  • Accelerating climate action: edie publishes Net-Zero November round-up report
  • Local authorities ‘need more government support to deliver net-zero visions’
  • CCC pushes Boris Johnson to bolster UK’s 2030 climate target ahead of COP26
  • Green recovery: UK urged to accelerate ‘just’ transition from North Sea oil and gas
  • Report: Global CCS capacity surged in 2020, despite Covid-19
  • Green Finance Institute: UK’s new National Investment Bank must go beyond energy
  • Former COP26 chair Claire O’Neill: UK falling behind on international climate engagement
  • Electric vehicle revolution: Government creates Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Council
  • Business giants urge Boris Johnson to confirm 2030 climate target
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  • ‘Fraught with risk’: Government’s sustainable farming plan sparks concern amongst green groups
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  • Government ‘must hold businesses like Apple and Amazon to account over e-waste’
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  • Government set to unveil national infrastructure bank tied to net-zero
  • Dame Polly Courtice to step down as CISL director after three decades
  • Report: Renewables and flexible energy could cut £660m off UK’s net-zero transition
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  • Net-zero by 2050: Canada tables first climate legislation in more than a decade
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  • Anger as IMO approves deal that will let shipping emissions rise through 2030
  • E.ON: 7 in 10 Brits want air pollution information in daily weather forecasts
  • Report: Just 3 in 10 European businesses are properly disclosing their climate impact
  • Henkel targets net-zero by 2040 under Amazon’s Climate Pledge
  • Boris Johnson unveils £12bn Ten Point Plan for net-zero transition
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  • Disclose climate risks or face divestment, investors warn Europe’s largest companies
  • Half of corporates unable to prove they are protecting human rights, report reveals
  • Utilities and banks: UK unveils first round of corporate COP26 sponsors
  • Infrastructure policy placing UK’s net-zero target at risk, thinktank warns
  • European Investment Bank unveils £1trn green investment plan through 2030
  • Defra doubles £40m green recovery fund for nature after huge demand
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  • #SustyTalk: Global Returns Project’s Yan Swiderski on the next generation of climate finance
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  • Report: Only 1% of global climate finance helps water-stressed communities
  • Rolls-Royce unveils plans to build 16 mini nuclear plants in the UK
  • ‘No time to waste’: Boris Johnson to set out 10-point plan to boost net-zero commitment
  • Lord Deben: ‘Climate change is the symptom, not the disease’
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  • CDP: Companies worth half of global market cap are now disclosing environmental data
  • Environment Bill: UK businesses to be banned from sourcing through deforesters overseas
  • Gas denied ‘transition’ fuel status in draft EU green finance rules
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  • Green Recovery: Labour challenges UK Government to spend £30bn on low-carbon economy
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  • WRAP: Lockdown has made Brits more aware of fashion’s environmental impact
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms UK’s first sovereign green bond, mandatory TCFD disclosures
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  • MPs mull stricter legal climate requirements for pension funds
  • Boris Johnson urged to prevent e-waste mountain in Brexit planning
  • EU bank mulls ban on cash for airport expansions
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  • Investors ask most-emitting companies to prove their climate lobbying is Paris-Agreement-aligned
  • Japan to legislate for 2050 net-zero target
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  • Common Agricultural Policy to remain part of EU’s biodiversity funding, despite criticism
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  • edie launches new explains guide to setting science-based climate targets
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  • Investors worth $8.5trn call for mandatory climate risk reporting for big businesses
  • UK ‘among best nations globally’ for SDG alignment
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  • Governments urged to reform food systems as part of Covid-19 green recovery efforts
  • Net-zero must be embedded in school curriculums, Aldersgate Group urges
  • Capgemini: EU must invest in high-impact climate technologies through green recovery funding
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  • Lawmakers vote to exclude fossil fuels from EU recovery fund
  • 2021 will be ‘a critical window’ for creating a sustainable future, major report warns
  • Businesses and green groups call for Government to set out ‘negative emissions’ policy framework
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  • Report: UK’s domestic heat ‘extremely unlikely’ to reach net-zero without policy overhaul
  • Issue green sovereign bond to finance UK’s Covid-19 recovery, investors urge Government
  • Government’s current green policy approach risks alienating British public, IPPR warns
  • Scotland must go beyond power to meet net-zero by 2045, Committee on Climate Change warns
  • Unilever CEO: Climate change and Covid-19 mean capitalism must change
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  • Global energy storage capacity to grow by one-third every year to 2030, report
  • CDP: Paris Agreement alignment could cut climate change costs by two-thirds
  • Aldersgate Group: ‘Urgent decisions’ needed to join up UK’s net-zero policy framework
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  • £2bn Green Homes Grant and £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme open for applications
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  • $500bn per year needed to halt nature loss and boost biodiversity, nations and businesses told
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  • Available to watch on demand: edie’s green recovery webinar sessions
  • Green recovery: ‘Retrofit revolution’ could create half a million UK jobs
  • London and Bristol vow to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of Covid-19 recovery plans
  • A blueprint for business leadership: edie launches renewed Sustainable Development Goals report
  • Tesco and Dixons Carphone join business calls for 2030 petrol and diesel car ban
  • China’s carbon-neutral target for 2060: What does it mean for global climate action?
  • #SustyTalk: WWF’s Raymond Dhirani on financing the green recovery
  • Consumer goods giants worth $1.8trn team up to tackle deforestation
  • Big businesses face mandatory digital modern slavery reporting
  • Climate Week NYC: What happened on day one?
  • Higher carbon prices could raise £27bn for green recovery by 2030, experts tell UK Government
  • Manchester’s B-Corp hub and California’s bee-friendly solar farm: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Talking net-zero for World Green Building Week 2020
  • ‘Hypocrisy’: Consumer goods giants accused of covert lobbying against stronger plastics legislation
  • ‘We can do it!’: EU chief announces 55% emissions reduction target for 2030
  • Charities urge Boris Johnson to create ‘new era for nature’ post-Covid-19
  • Just 0.5% of global GDP needed to reach net-zero by 2050, report finds
  • Mark Carney: Climate considerations must be ’embedded’ in every financial decision for a truly green recovery
  • UN: ‘Business-as-usual’ must be transformed to prevent collapse of nature
  • Business and investor giants urge EU to raise 2030 emissions target
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards open for entries ahead of virtual ceremony
  • EU lawmakers up the ante, vote for 60% climate target for 2030
  • Alok Sharma promises ‘joined-up thinking’ on net-zero policy, but examples remain scarce
  • Choice and information: UK citizens’ assembly outlines policy and lifestyle overhauls for net-zero transition
  • UK slipping behind on build rate required for net-zero target
  • UK needs ‘significant’ overhaul of infrastructure investment to reach net-zero, report claims
  • Scotland commits £1.6bn for national green recovery
  • BEIS to review whether UK’s oil and gas licencing regime is net-zero compatible
  • Report: World could reach peak plastic production in 2027, risking billions of dollars for oil majors
  • In charts: How the UK’s green recovery is taking shape
  • 9 in 10 sustainability professionals excited by green recovery opportunities, survey reveals
  • EU to launch raw materials industry alliance
  • Extinction Rebellion: Two weeks of climate protests kick off as Parliament returns
  • Available on demand: edie’s Scope 3 emissions masterclass webinar featuring Pukka Herbs
  • HMRC sets 2040 net-zero target
  • UK plastic bag charge to be doubled and extended to all retailers
  • Flipkart’s EV commitment and Tesco Mobile’s used phone donations: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • UK Government halves offshore wind cost forecasts
  • Ed Davey: Former Energy and Climate Change Secretary appointed Liberal Democrat leader
  • UK’s largest pension schemes set for mandatory climate risk reporting
  • UK emissions still down 14% despite lockdown easing, Carbon Trust analysis finds
  • Defra plans crackdown on deforestation in UK corporates’ supply chains
  • Green groups outraged as government presses on with £27.4bn roads plan
  • Rolls-Royce’s low-emission engines and a science-based targets surge: The Sustainability Success Stories of the Week
  • Available on demand: edie’s Earth Overshoot Day webinar
  • Environment Bill update: UK to introduce legally binding nature, water, air and waste targets from 2022
  • UK Government starts search for corporate COP26 sponsors
  • BEIS eyes CfD model to help scale-up UK’s green hydrogen economy
  • Report: Europe recorded record solar output amid Covid-19 lockdowns
  • Defra selects local authorities to spearhead innovative nature restoration projects
  • Coca-Cola’s plastic-free packs and V2G bus depots: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to go further and faster on climate in Covid-19 recovery plans
  • Treasury defends lack of ‘green strings’ tied to corporate Covid-19 relief packages
  • MPs outline support for ‘all-in’ deposit return system
  • National Infrastructure Commission: Renewables could meet two-thirds of UK’s energy demand by 2030
  • Purpose-led business ‘key’ to green Covid-19 recovery, say top CEOs
  • Europe’s largest floating solar farm and Canary Wharf’s green office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Bank of England accused of ‘missing significant green recovery opportunity’
  • Government faces backlash over ‘zero-carbon-ready’ homes proposal
  • Government urged to ramp up hydrogen spending through national strategy
  • Analysts to help align economic recovery plans with net-zero
  • #SustyTalk: WBA’s Vicky Sins on resilience and climate ambition post-pandemic
  • Environment Agency chief: UK has one chance to get post-Brexit, post-Covid-19 regulation right
  • UK Government extends Climate Change Agreement tax breaks
  • Vodafone and Defra launch IoT tree monitoring system to inform climate policy
  • edie’s Net-Zero Live 2020 goes virtual as part of bumper month of inspirational content
  • #SustyTalk: PMI’s Huub Savelkouls on ESG in the new normal
  • UK broke renewable energy generation record in 2019, latest BEIS figures show
  • UK targets 65% municipal waste recycling rates under EU’s circular economy package
  • London unveils £1.5bn green infrastructure package to kick-start economy post-lockdown
  • Report: Governments collectively failing to deliver net-zero-aligned coal phase-out
  • Lack of trust could derail EU UK environment agreement
  • Boris Johnson unveils £2bn boost for walking and cycling infrastructure
  • Amount of plastics in oceans will quadruple by 2040, major new research finds
  • MPs question whether the UK’s Industrial Strategy is fit-for-purpose
  • Boris Johnson outlines £750m green spending for heavy industry and aviation
  • Coronavirus: EU’s recovery deal lacking climate spending accountability, green groups warn
  • Defra unveils natural capital ‘assessment’ funding as post-Brexit green recovery shapes up
  • Investment to decarbonise aviation must be ‘supercharged’ in Covid-19 recovery plans, MPs urge
  • Gas grid operators unveil plan for ‘backbone’ of Europe’s hydrogen infrastructure
  • #SustyTalk: Ed Cox of the West Midlands Combined Authority on the green recovery
  • Onshore wind and solar ‘could boost UK economy by £29bn’
  • Report: Burning UK’s non-recyclable waste could provide ‘green’ heat for half a million homes
  • 6 in 10 UK businesses cutting environment-related investment due to coronavirus, survey shows
  • West Berkshire Council launches ‘UK’s first’ resident-funded green bond
  • WEF: Invest in nature-led Covid-19 recovery to reap $10trn economic opportunity
  • G20 nations funnel $151bn of Covid-19 recovery funding into fossil fuels
  • Energy storage planning regulations eased in bid to spur net-zero transition
  • Alok Sharma: Energy White Paper and Heat Strategy coming this Autumn
  • Create net-zero development bank to spur post-Brexit low-carbon transition, MPs urge
  • Government urged to spend £5bn to unlock £100bn green recovery
  • EU hydrogen strategy: Bloc charts path towards 100% renewable hydrogen
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The Plastic-Free July special
  • Environment Agency unveils five-year plan to bolster 2030 net-zero target
  • England at serious risk of water shortage by 2040, MPs warn
  • Report: Governments are bowing to fossil fuel lobbying in Covid-19 recovery planning
  • Government threatened with legal action over coronavirus recovery package
  • Protect one-third of world’s oceans and land to deliver $500bn economic boost, scientists urge
  • ‘An encouraging start’: Reaction as Treasury unveils £3bn boost for green economy
  • Survey: Energy professionals believe retrofitting is key to a green Covid-19 recovery
  • Green Recovery: Treasury unveils £3bn package spotlighting energy efficiency and reskilling
  • IEA: Most technologies needed to achieve net-zero aren’t yet mature
  • Just 1 in 10 UK businesses assessing climate risk as a priority, survey reveals
  • MEPs set to navigate shipping into the EU’s carbon market
  • Spain’s coal phase-out and Danone’s carbon-neutral factory: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Brits believe a non-green Covid-19 recovery would be bad for the economy, cross-party survey reveals
  • CCC: UK’s net-zero transition could be easier than first thought
  • Report: Electronic waste up 21% in 5 years, with $57bn dumped annually
  • IPPR and REA: Up to 1.6 million new jobs could be created though green Covid-19 recovery
  • CORSIA: UN agrees to airlines’ Covid-19 pleas on offsetting scheme
  • ‘A false start’: Green groups express disappointment in Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ recovery package
  • Boris Johnson’s New Deal for Britain yet to align with green recovery calls
  • Policy wishlist: What does the UK’s green economy want from the coronavirus recovery package?
  • EU carbon price to reach €32 by 2030, short of required price for UK’s net-zero target
  • 1 in 10 jobs at risk without ‘green’ reskilling, Mayors warn Treasury
  • ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Business giants vow to build back better post-Covid-19
  • MPs to probe whether Covid-19 recovery package is truly ‘green’
  • Deep retrofits, community energy and net-zero stress tests: Green Alliance publishes Covid-19 recovery recommendations
  • UK’s Covid-19 recovery package must mandate building retrofits, 100 businesses tell Ministers
  • Renewables accounted for record 47% of UK generation in first quarter of 2020
  • ‘We’re still walking when we should run’: Green economy leaders urge Ministers to implement latest CCC recommendations
  • CCC: Covid-19 recovery a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to spur net-zero transition
  • IPPR: UK ‘acutely vulnerable’ to environmental breakdown
  • Post-Brexit trade policy must encourage ‘race to the top’ on environmental standards, business giants urge
  • EU recovery fund leaves €1.6trn investment gap towards climate targets, experts say
  • Climate Assembly: 79% of Brits want Covid-19 recovery package tied to net-zero
  • 25,000 jobs could be created through nature investment, charities tell Treasury
  • Is the UK on track for a green Brexit?
  • IEA unveils major new green Covid-19 recovery roadmap
  • #SustyTalk: Business for Nature’s Eva Zabey on maintaining momentum to tackle the nature crisis
  • NHS ‘not prepared’ for net-zero transition or climate change health impacts, MPs warn
  • Green number plates for electric vehicles set for UK rollout
  • Charities to Boris Johnson: Pandemic response will determine whether UK meets climate goals
  • UK’s offshore oil and gas industry vows to halve operational emissions by 2030
  • Spain underpins car sector bailout with green goals
  • Commit to nature restoration in your green Covid-19 recovery plans, businesses urged
  • UK Government mulling ban on overseas fossil fuel financing, reports
  • Jet Zero Council: Government unveils new collaborative initiative to decarbonise aviation
  • Green building advocates ‘underwhelmed’ by EU recovery plan
  • Carbon pricing, climate disclosure and COP26: Businesses outline key asks for Covid-19 recovery policy
  • Corporate clean energy sourcing must form part of green Covid-19 recovery, dozens of businesses tell policymakers
  • UK ‘capable of creating 700,000 new green jobs by 2030’
  • West Midlands approves green Covid-19 recovery plan to spur net-zero transition by 2041
  • Food and drink industry ‘unable to meet net-zero without policy support for renewables and hydrogen’

Social sustainability

  • Dozens of sustainability-focused British businesses receive Queen’s Awards for Enterprise
  • Coca-Cola and Nestle among business giants joining supply chain climate engagement drive
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 2: The rise of the regenerative economy in 2022
  • One week left to register for edie’s ENGAGEMENT online sessions
  • Businesses call for Companies Act to be amended to account for stakeholder values
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum Day 1: Building a fairer, socially sustainable net-zero carbon economy
  • Sustainable business transformation is people-led
  • Sustainable Business Leadership report 2022
  • SustyTalk: The Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Andrew Martin on fashion eco-labels
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Deloitte to invest $1bn in sustainability and climate practice
  • The Real Zero Roundtable
  • Sustainability teams are growing rapidly – but do they have enough influence to shape business decisions?
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • UK company law is slowing down social and environmental progress in the food industry – that needs to change
  • Should businesses be legally required to set science-based climate targets?
  • Lord Deben on how sustainability leaders can balance ‘optimism and apocalypse’
  • Canary Wharf Group and Eden Project partner to boost urban biodiversity
  • edie launches new Sustainable Business Leadership report
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Wahaca adds carbon labels to restaurant menus
  • Pinterest bans false and misleading climate-related content
  • New data drive launched to improve racial diversity in the UK’s environmental profession
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • ‘Now or never’: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate crisis, IPCC warns
  • Report: Next five years ‘crucial’ for scaling investment to tackle plastics’ waste and climate challenges
  • Supplier climate mentoring schemes and Tesco’s 1,000th EV charger: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The changing face of sustainability leadership: Do you need an environmental degree to enter the profession?
  • Ibstock targets 40% carbon reduction and biodiversity net-gain in new ESG strategy
  • Three in five Brits would switch their job for a more sustainable one, survey reveals
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • The changing face of sustainability leadership: Why soft skills are becoming more important
  • World leaders must ‘radically’ scale up renewable energy now, IRENA warns
  • SustyTalk Live: Seismic’s Amy Bourbeau and innocent’s Emilie Stephenson on the B Corp movement
  • UN launches new coalition for chief financial officers, in bid to spur sustainable investment
  • Report: Fashion sustainability schemes ‘not fit for purpose’ and allowing greenwashing
  • Scottish Widows divests from tobacco for ESG reasons, tightens exclusions policies for fossil fuels
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Rachel Kyte: Voluntary carbon credit markets need to be Paris-aligned, or they have no credible future
  • Report: 40% of energy sector workers got a pay rise this year, with skills shortage pushing salaries up
  • In quotes: 9 thought-provoking takeaways from edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • In numbers: How are businesses working to embed ESG?
  • SustyTalk Live: TLT’s Agnes Altmets and BOSH’s Chess Fearnley on the next generation of sustainability leaders
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • SustyTalk Live with Abel & Cole’s Stefanie Sahmel and Jeanette Wong
  • When will the UK’s energy security strategy be published, and what will it include?
  • Tackling greenwashing: Government urged to develop formal definitions for jargon like ‘carbon-neutral’
  • #SustyTalk: L’Oreal’s Natalia Agathou gives her advice on a career in sustainability
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Dozens of health and beauty brands collaborate for environmental product labelling
  • Sir David King: Net-zero transition ‘a massive opportunity for every business’
  • John Elkington: We’re moving past CSR – the age of regenerative business is dawning
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Delivering transformational action at the Sustainability Leaders Forum (Part One)
  • EU unveils plan to become independent from Russian fossil fuels ‘well before 2030’
  • Emma Howard-Boyd: ‘Resilience is the missing link in investment in net-zero and nature’
  • 6 soft skills sustainability leaders need to hone in 2022
  • ‘No one can do it alone’: How can we create strong partnerships for sustainability?
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on women driving the clean energy transition
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • The UN plastics treaty: Everything you need to know
  • Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone launches after Covid-19 delays
  • Four steps to business leadership on climate, according to Maria Mendiluce
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • NGOs press UK and other wealthy nations for $60bn international nature finance commitment
  • Time to Transform: edie kicks off Business Leadership month of content and events
  • ‘Climate adaptation cannot be an afterthought’ : Green economy leaders react to new IPCC report
  • IPCC: Half of global population ‘highly vulnerable’ to climate crisis impacts
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Aliza Ayaz: Equity should be at the heart of business’s sustainability strategies
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Greener Guinness: Diageo launches major regenerative agriculture scheme in Ireland
  • EU sets out plans to hold firms accountable for environmental and human rights violations
  • GFI: COP26 shifted the dial on climate finance, but the devil is in the detail
  • AstraZeneca outlines plans for next-gen inhalers to cut emissions on road to carbon-positivity
  • More regulatory guidance would spur corporate ESG efforts, survey reveals
  • Energy price crisis: Government launches £67m energy efficiency grant scheme
  • Fairtrade Fortnight: Campaign highlights importance of climate adaptation for 2022
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Energy price crisis: Influential industry bodies call for scrapping of VAT on building retrofits
  • EV infrastructure: Government under mounting pressure to upgrade vehicle charging network
  • UK Government not on track to achieve green jobs target, latest official data suggests
  • Boardrooms holding back progress towards ESG leadership, survey finds
  • Climate Change Committee promises increased focus on business and finance for 2022
  • ITV: ‘Climate needs to be important in all kinds of modern TV’
  • SDGs: UN unlocks $54.5m of new funding amid worries of backwards progress during Covid-19
  • Widespread support for EU social climate fund in European Parliament
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • One in five retailers dropping suppliers over sustainability concerns, report reveals
  • Time to Transform: edie to host Business Leadership month of content and events in March
  • Chris Packham to host edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards on 30 March
  • SSE sets 1.5C emissions targets on road to net-zero, but ups profit forecasts due to gas
  • Welsh Government pushing for £8.1bn investment in green infrastructure by 2025
  • Energy price crisis: BEIS denies accusations that UK hasn’t moved fast enough on clean energy
  • #SustyTalk: Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows on keeping the sustainable business momentum post-COP26
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • Fresh wave of speakers confirmed for flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Levelling Up White Paper: Government accused of ‘sidelining’ net-zero in new plans for regional economies
  • Fashion firms using ‘zombie data’ to mislead on sustainability claims
  • Sir Ian Cheshire announced as chair of We Mean Business Coalition
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai – A window into the future of our planet (Part 1)
  • ‘A sobering picture’: 99% of businesses neglecting social sustainability commitments
  • SMEs struggling to keep sustainability top of the agenda, survey finds
  • Nestle to triple cocoa supply chain sustainability funding, with focus on human rights
  • 75% of Brits don’t trust Government and businesses to deliver just transition to net-zero
  • Compass Group bans air-freighted fruit to cut emissions on road to net-zero
  • Walking and cycling: Ireland pledges €289m of new funding as England launches active travel body
  • Aviva Investors to put 1,500 corporates on notice over climate and other ESG issues
  • Six wind farms for Poland and a fleet of e-buses for London: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Kingfisher on collaboration and credible target-setting
  • VIDEO – UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo on closing the SDG action gap in 2022
  • Ikea hasn’t yet decoupled growth from emissions as it aims for climate positivity
  • UK pension schemes with ‘robust’ net-zero commitments pass £1trn mark
  • Are chief executives on board with the net-zero movement?
  • Trewin Restorick to step down as Hubbub chief executive
  • CDP: Corporates more than twice as likely to disclose environmental impact if asked by investors
  • Crystal Doors: Sustainability leadership in 2022 will be defined by radical, disruptive transparency
  • Danone UK& Ireland certifies major division as a B Corp
  • VIDEO: Expo 2020 Dubai: Youth climate leader Nisreen Elsaim on prioritising the SDGs in 2022
  • Exxon finally announces 2050 net-zero target, stops short of addressing indirect emissions
  • Elizabeth Wathuti: Climate crisis needs to be ‘humanised’ to inspire more action
  • BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: Sustainability and purpose should act as ‘north star’ for businesses
  • Lidl to help all UK fruit and veg farmers achieve eco-certification by end of 2023
  • VIDEO – How Expo 2020 Dubai is redefining sustainable mega-events
  • Coca-Cola and PepsiCo among big businesses urging UN to create new treaty on plastic pollution
  • Businesses back protest rights as green hydrogen plant planned for Netherlands: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Survey: Most academics and professionals don’t think UK’s lessons are helping people into green jobs
  • Two-thirds of finance giants ‘continuing to fund deforestation’, report warns
  • BNEF: Carbon offset prices set to increase 50-fold by 2050
  • Corporate demand for renewable electricity outpacing improvements in policy and infrastructure
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet community development champions The Midcounties Co-operative
  • Edelman sets out new climate requirements for clients, stops short of ending work with fossil fuel majors
  • Scrap apprenticeship levy to get more people into green building jobs, Lords urge Government
  • CES 2022: Five of the biggest cleantech stories from the event
  • Major employers support Veganuary as Arrival debuts electric bus: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • MPs slam Defra’s handling of new farming subsidy schemes, call for urgent clarity on environmental benefits
  • Seven top tips for embedding purpose and super-charging sustainability at your organisation
  • Available to watch on demand: The sustainable business leadership online sessions
  • edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum and Awards moved to March 2022
  • From rewilding to renewable energy: Seven UK green policy stories to follow in 2022
  • Less than one-third of UK businesses have net-zero strategies, survey reveals
  • New Years Honours 2022: The sustainability leaders on the Queen’s list
  • Veganuary: EU’s 2022 promotional policy encourages shift to plant-based diets
  • Adidas and Allbirds’ low-carbon shoes and two new solar farms for the UK: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • All Olympic Games to be carbon-neutal or carbon-negative going forward
  • Willmott Dixon: In 2022, we must move from talk to action on net-zero and the just transition
  • In numbers: What is the environmental impact of our Christmas celebrations?
  • Test your sustainability news knowledge with edie’s Big Fat Quiz of the year for 2021
  • Nest divests from ExxonMobil and other ‘unresponsive’ fossil fuel giants on road to net-zero
  • EU split on proposals to extend carbon pricing to road transport and ban polluting cars
  • COP26 commitments, the Cambo row and an ‘Earth Charter’ for business: The sustainability stories of 2021
  • Meet the pioneering organisations shortlisted for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Online retail giant Alibaba targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030
  • International Sustainability Standards Board appoints Danone’s former CEO as chair
  • Facebook and Google accused of hosting climate misinformation adverts during COP26
  • Multiplex’s social strategy and Spain’s clean energy package: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Atos’ Clay Van Doren on how CEOs can lead corporate climate action
  • IHG, Côte and other hospitality majors join Zero Carbon Forum
  • UK-Australia trade deal finalised, without new requirements on climate and nature
  • Turn National Food Strategy ambitions into action, £3.8trn investor coalition urges Government
  • Recap on Net-Zero November 2021 with edie’s new summary report
  • HSBC’s new coal exit policy ‘full of loopholes’, green groups claim
  • Morrisons turns to digital data tracking to cut supply chain emissions
  • Music industry giants to plot joint course to net-zero
  • JTI: Sustainability professionals need to ‘ride the momentum’ of COP26 into the New Year
  • Exxon faces backlash from activist investors over updated climate targets
  • Survey: Two-thirds of investors don’t think businesses are disclosing high-quality ESG information
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: The 2021 Christmas special
  • Walmart refreshes financing programme to drive down supply chain emissions
  • Mindful Chef adds carbon labelling to recipe boxes
  • Half of UK’s universities set to miss near-term climate targets
  • Business giants cut ‘problematic’ plastic use by 57% through WWF scheme
  • Allegra Stratton steps down from COP26 role over Covid-19 Christmas party video row
  • Orange launches €50m nature-based solutions fund on road to net-zero
  • SustyTalk: Virgin Media O2’s Tracey Herald on the legacy of COP26
  • Epson outlines €770m investment plan to accelerate sustainability action
  • edie’s Communications Handbook: Delivering best-practice sustainability engagement in 2022
  • Egypt’s newest wind farm and AstraZeneca’s work to cut waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Princes’ journey to carbon neutrality and spotlight on beyond-supply energy options
  • Patagonia to power key UK stores with community-owned renewable energy
  • UK farmers to be paid for soil stewardship from 2022, but green groups warn subsidy scheme isn’t enough
  • Exxon pledges $15bn to meet updated decarbonisation targets, but fails to align with climate science
  • Goldman Sachs, NatWest, among 9 new corporates joining climate-focused employee engagement drive
  • National Grid: Post-COP26, net-zero ambitions must urgently be turned into action
  • Shareholders ignoring auditor approaches to climate risk, report warns
  • Hydrogen fuel cell partnerships and new government funding for UK tidal: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Black Friday: Seven brands promoting more sustainable alternatives to overconsumption
  • WBA: Companies unwilling to draw up net-zero transition plans are ‘being willfully obtuse’
  • New climate disclosure framework launched to help SMEs on road to net-zero
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Almost all electric utilities and carmakers failing to decarbonise in line with 1.5C, says damning report
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Shortlist of finalists revealed
  • Mining giant Hochschild to fight Peruvian government’s decision to scale back mines over environmental concerns
  • Carbon Innovation Fund: Co-op to allocate £3m to projects creating low-carbon food systems
  • FTSE 100 firms increasingly linking executive pay to ESG measures
  • Report: Supermarket giants ‘turning a blind eye’ to environmental damage in fish supply chains
  • Ford’s EV ambition and Ocado’s ClimeWorks partnership: The sustainable business success stories of the week
  • Bringing fashion industry emissions to net-zero by 2050 ‘a $1trn investment opportunity’, report finds
  • Net-Zero November: Keep up the momentum post-COP26 with edie’s bumper month of content and events
  • Only one in four UK suppliers regularly asked for climate data by end-user businesses, survey reveals
  • London’s Natural History Museum to cut emissions by 60% within a decade
  • Report: Climate inaction from energy and automotive firms to rack up costs of $150bn each year
  • EU proposes mandatory due diligence to stop deforestation in supply chains
  • Starbucks and Arla to trial new sustainable dairy sourcing blueprint in the UK
  • Tackling Scope 3 emissions: New initiative launched to help businesses achieve net-zero value chains
  • SC Johnson hits recycled plastic packaging target four years ahead of schedule
  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Plastic use by big businesses likely to peak in 2021
  • BMW, Toyota and other major carmakers accused of lobbying against stronger climate policies
  • COP26 Covered Podcast final episode: The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
  • Glasgow Climate Pact: World leaders agree final climate deal at COP26
  • COP26 climate agreement: As it happened
  • The second week of COP26: The 10 biggest stories
  • Survey: Two-thirds of UK firms with net-zero targets don’t have the data to support delivery
  • COP26: six things you need to know from Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day
  • VIDEO: Interface’s Erin Meezan on why raising climate ambitions is good for business
  • #SustyTalk: Signify UK&I CEO Stephen Rouatt on decarbonising the built environment
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 13: The Built Environment Day climate debate LIVE
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 12: The Transport Day grand tour – Electric planes, hydrogen trains and autonomous automobiles
  • Activists in the boardroom: The Body Shop’s Youth Council on the future of sustainable business
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 11: Innovation special – Corporate accelerators, EV revolutions and green submarines
  • Spotlight on gender at COP26: 8 inspiring women tackling the climate crisis
  • Survey: Half of large businesses yet to set clear low-carbon transition plans, risking climate goals and worker livelihoods
  • María Mendiluce on keeping 1.5C alive and achieving global carbon market deal at COP26
  • UK food giants pledge to eliminate deforestation in soy supply chains by 2025
  • ‘Not an abstract threat’: 250 businesses and leaders push UN and social media giants to clamp down on climate misinformation
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 10: Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • ‘COP26 Declaration’: £5.9bn asset owners set out net-zero expectations
  • VIDEO: Paul Polman on moving from ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘action, action, action’ in COP26 week 2
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 8: Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • VIDEO: UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping on moving from ‘Pledge’ to ‘Plan’ on net-zero at COP26
  • Bank of England strengthens climate requirements for corporate bond purchases
  • COP26: Asset managers representing $87.trn in assets vow to stop financing deforestation
  • Five major UK supermarkets pledge to halve food system’s environmental impact by 2030
  • Climate misinformation running high on Facebook, report finds
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 7: Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • VIDEO: Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on corporate climate action and achieving a just transition at COP26
  • Reports: Ford preparing to offer $1bn green bond as part of EV transition plan
  • VIDEO: The Climate Group’s Helen Clarkson on uniting businesses for clean energy systems at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 6: Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • Centrica CEO: UK Government is right to mandate net-zero transition plans from businesses
  • 60% of Britain’s largest businesses now signed up to Race to Zero
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 5: Finance Day special – A make-or-break moment for the climate summit?
  • VIDEO: Natwest’s Rishi Madlani on financing the global net-zero transition
  • Corporate Determined Contributions: Business vows to play its part in delivering Paris Agreement
  • COP26: Rishi Sunak vows to make UK ‘world’s first net-zero financial centre’
  • BT and Unilever among business giants supporting other firms to halve supplier emissions
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 4: Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • VIDEO: Nico Rosberg on the EV transition and sporting role models at COP26
  • COP26 World Leaders Summit: 6 things you need to know from Day 1
  • VIDEO: Johan Rockström on avoiding ‘disaster path’ for climate change at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 3: Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • Nicola Sturgeon calls on non-state actors to ‘keep making life uncomfortable’ for nations lagging on climate
  • Energy and automotive giants ‘failing to ensure just transition to net-zero for workers and communities’
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 2: All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
  • 6 top tips for getting the most out of COP26
  • Report: $100trn needed to get global supply chains to net-zero and up to half must go to SMEs
  • Salesforce founder pledges $100m to reforestation, as L’Oreal chooses UK for first allocation of $58m nature fund
  • UK to enforce mandatory TCFD reporting from April 2022
  • Standard Chartered sets 2030 climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050
  • Most businesses think they will have to go beyond net-zero to tackle the climate crisis
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 1: COP26 preview, Glasgow preparations and Bonnie the Seal
  • Unilever-owned Knorr outlines plans to start 50 regenerative agriculture projects within five years
  • edie at COP26: Stay informed with live and exclusive coverage from Glasgow
  • COP26 Covered: edie launches brand-new daily podcast show
  • Pension giant ABP to divest €15bn from fossil fuels by 2023
  • Just 41% of UK businesses prepared to transition to net-zero by 2050, Microsoft research finds
  • Global fossil fuel divestment movement surpasses $39trn as cities and faith groups make new pledges
  • Better Business: edie launches new report series on purpose-driven corporate strategies
  • HP increases $11m forests pledge to $80m, in bid to restore one million acres
  • Iberdrola’s £6bn wind pledge and Chloé’s B Corp certification: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Report: UK can still meet climate ambitions if all large businesses in set 1.5C science-based targets
  • Sky chief Jeremy Darroch: Businesses and governments must stop playing ‘game of numbers’ on climate
  • Fossil fuel firms were blocked from sponsoring COP26, with organisers questioning their net-zero plans
  • #SustyTalk: Schillings’ Magnus Boyd on climate-related reputational risk
  • Plant-based food and beverage firms team up in bid to accelerate diet shifts
  • UK’s biggest restaurants and brewers pledge net-zero operations by 2030, value chains by 2040
  • Survey: Three-quarters of UK SMEs without credible plans to reduce emissions
  • Time to transform: edie’s flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum set for awe-inspiring London return
  • Fashion and textile giants pass carbon and water reduction goals, but fail to tackle waste
  • TCFD support skyrockets as climate risks and opportunities reporting creeps up
  • Greening Finance: Treasury outlines major sustainability disclosures plan to crack down on greenwashing
  • World leaders’ Covid-19 recovery plans risk failing to address climate crisis and social inequality, report warns
  • Net-Zero November: edie to bolster COP26 coverage with bumper month of content and events
  • Biden’s offshore wind plans and France’s plastic packaging ban: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • First part of UN’s biodiversity summit closes with strong progress towards treaty adoption
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s online masterclass focusing on ESOS phase 3
  • Survey: Half of UK marketing professionals fear greenwashing accusations
  • NatWest promises £100bn for climate and sustainability by 2025, with SME focus
  • Make your business a force for good: Seven top tips for B Corp certification
  • Report: UK must invest additional £97bn in nature within a decade, to meet own targets
  • Grosvenor to use carbon offsetting earlier than planned, in bid to become carbon-neutral by 2025
  • Finance giants to G20 leaders: Close policy loopholes to end financing for activities that will derail net-zero
  • Commitment to halt nature loss not enough, big businesses warn world leaders
  • Only 3 in 10 major UK pension schemes have credible net-zero plans
  • Ikea’s COP26 sponsorship and Cadbury’s vegan chocolate: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • HSBC sets 2050 net-zero financed emissions target for £36bn UK pension scheme
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s B Corp and sustainable business webinar
  • Businesses to support grassroots green charities through new Neighbourly platform
  • How can we unlock the sustainable business opportunities of COP26?
  • COP26 engagement lead Nick Baker: Businesses are ‘key lever’ to delivering Paris Agreement
  • Avon, Phoenix Group and TfL: Pension schemes covering billions bolster net-zero ambitions
  • McDonald’s targets net-zero value chain globally by 2050
  • Ford’s $11bn EV investment and net-zero hotels: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • General Motors set to hit 100% renewable energy milestone in the US five years earlier than planned
  • Compass Group adds environmental labels to meals served at workplaces
  • Just 1 in 5 businesses clear on how to achieve their sustainability commitments, survey finds
  • Investors and lenders worth $29trn push corporates to align climate targets with science
  • Six top tips for getting to grips with your organisation’s Scope 3 emissions
  • Kew Gardens promises increased focus on nature-based climate solutions and biodiversity restoration
  • Built for Better: Walmart launches online platform to highlight sustainable products
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Green gilts, Covid-19 safety fears and Australia’s uncertainty
  • Prince Charles signs deal with Amazon Prime for channel highlighting sustainable business
  • Everything you may have missed: The sustainability success stories of Climate Week NYC 2021
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Climate Week NYC and Great Big Green Week
  • Walmart raises $2bn through first green bond
  • #SustyTalk: SC Johnson’s Alan VanderMolen on plastics action
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Scope 3 emissions masterclass
  • Unilever outlines plans to halve supplier emissions by 2030
  • Amazon promises €20m for nature-based climate solutions in Europe
  • Purpose beyond profit: 100 businesses to report on efforts to benefit society
  • Fashion giants urged to decrease clothing production as part of their sustainability plans
  • Major UK pension funds among latest investors to join global net-zero commitment
  • World’s biggest food companies accused of failing on climate action, human rights protections
  • UK Government must do more to support women into green jobs, PwC warns
  • Cosmetics giants team up to create environmental scorecards for product labelling
  • Report: 9 in 10 European businesses not properly preparing for climate risks
  • UK urged to set end-date for gas-fired electricity as wholesale energy prices skyrocket
  • Investment consultants advising $10trn of assets launch new net-zero initiative
  • 86 new businesses sign Amazon’s climate pledge, as BT and Moody’s shift net-zero deadlines forward
  • Business giants launch new SDG campaign to raise awareness on ‘World’s To-Do List’
  • Bio-based Crocs and Illinois’ zero-carbon bill: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • edie’s publisher targets B Corp status with Seismic partnership
  • Five ways businesses can champion climate adaptation and nature-based solutions
  • Recyclable wind turbines and solar-powered bus stations: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A COP26 Focus Week special
  • UK supply chain survey reveals major lack of transparency on sustainability
  • Cisco targets net-zero by 2040, Illumina by 2050
  • $1.6trn investor coalition pushes chemicals sector on net-zero
  • Nomad Foods joins Race to Zero with pledge to cut supply chain emissions
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 1)
  • 26 voices on COP26: What we want from the climate summit (part 2)
  • Low-carbon business: PwC and Silentnight announce science-based targets as Howden makes net-zero pledge
  • COP26 Primer reports: edie completes series with Adaptation & Resilience focus
  • Plastic pollution: WWF urges action to prevent societal costs hitting $7trn by 2040
  • ‘New territory for us’: How BMW is embedding circular economy principles to accelerate the low-carbon transition
  • Big-name businesses boost nature targets at global conservation congress
  • #GameZero: Sky and Tottenham team up to deliver net-zero carbon football match
  • Hundreds of health journals unite in call for urgent climate action
  • Europe’s biggest banks failing to end coal financing despite net-zero climate pledges, report finds
  • London’s new ‘bike library’ and a milestone for US renewables: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Wincanton’s Steve Tainton on low-carbon transport and the evolving ESG debate
  • Global green bond market set to break records, surpassing $500bn in 2021
  • Holcim Group targets net-positive nature impact, unveils new water targets
  • Accountants and investors call for new global sustainability disclosures body to be based in London
  • Don’t neglect climate justice in net-zero transition, Co-op urges other businesses
  • Shell campaign promoting carbon offsetting is greenwashing, Dutch advertising watchdog rules
  • Coca-Cola Europacific Partners achieves carbon-neutral certification for two factories
  • AT&T pledges to help other businesses reduce emissions by a billion tonnes
  • Mars targets ‘water balance’ at manufacturing plants facing water stress
  • CDL and MCL Land secure $847m green loan package to build 1,000+ sustainable homes
  • Hydrogen fire engines and India’s newest solar farms: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the Co-op’s 10-point climate action plan
  • Major fashion brands accused of failing to phase out fossil fuels, despite net-zero pledges
  • UK’s proposed anti-deforestation laws leave millions of hectares of rainforest at risk, WWF argues
  • Report: 55% of commercial property firms recorded increased demand for ‘green’ buildings amid Covid-19
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet water management champions Barchester Healthcare & Demeter Water Solutions
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet water management champions Barchester Healthcare & Demeter Water Solutions
  • Fashion, finance and fossil fuels creating ‘critical’ water risks, CDP warns
  • #SustyTalk: Business Fights Poverty’s Zahid Torres-Rahman on climate justice amid Covid-19
  • Lidl to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this autumn
  • Tesco adds flexible plastic recycling points to all large UK stores
  • Thai Union surpasses sustainable sourcing goals
  • Oxford University’s eco-halls and an offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Climate laggards to be banned from booking Glasgow’s public venues for COP26
  • Lawyers press for investigation into lack of climate disclosure from Just Eat and Carnival
  • London’s University College Hospitals declare ‘climate and health emergency’, set net-zero target
  • US food giants including Costco and JBS accused of failing to tackle Scope 3 emissions
  • Facebook targets ‘water positivity’ by 2030
  • New online hub to help UK’s independent retailers become more sustainable
  • UK governments urged to ‘climate-proof’ fishing sector
  • Tesco to subsidise more sustainable livestock feed for dairy farmers
  • COP26 Action Tracker: Nations urged to respond to IPCC report as Cambo oilfield row rolls on
  • Maltesers ditches black plastic liners from boxes
  • HelloFresh UK certifies as a B-Corp
  • Google owner outlines how it is spending proceeds from world’s largest corporate sustainability bond
  • Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm and the Solent’s oyster restoration: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Glenmorangie marks ‘milestone’ on oyster reef restoration scheme in Scotland
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Yann-Gael Rio on scaling regenerative agriculture
  • Samsung promises plastic-free mobile packaging by 2025
  • Blue hydrogen could produce more emissions than burning natural gas, academic study finds
  • #SustyTalk: Stop Ecocide International’s Jojo Mehta on protecting nature using law
  • Report: Just 12 businesses account for more than half of UK’s packaging litter
  • RSK Group signs for £1bn sustainability-linked loan
  • Just one in ten UK SMEs measuring their carbon emissions, survey finds
  • ‘The package currently on the table is perilously inadequate’: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
  • Sky Kids’ climate show and record renewable energy investment: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on net-zero buildings, bars and beverages
  • #SustyTalk: Purina’s Jeff Hamilton on alternative proteins and regenerative agriculture
  • Pets at Home launches packaging recycling scheme as Wilko extends face mask collections
  • New beauty industry coalition to accelerate sector’s net-zero transition
  • Facebook accused of failing to tackle misleading climate claims from fossil fuel majors
  • Amazon moves to reduce product waste after accusations of destroying unused goods
  • Princes targets carbon-neutral operations by 2030, using ‘minimal’ offsetting
  • Deloitte to provide climate education scheme to all employees globally
  • Fashion giants collaborate for blockchain-powered supply chain transparency trials
  • ‘World’s densest’ network of air quality sensors to be installed in Camden
  • UK’s last coal-fired power plant to close in September 2024
  • No air-freighted food on the menu for COP26, in bid to cut emissions
  • COP26 Action Tracker: G20 members clash on coal as credibility of corporate net-zero targets questioned
  • Report: UK could create 450,000 jobs through circular economy transition
  • How can we accelerate the circular economy transition? Here are 5 top tips
  • Selfridges unveils circular economy offerings for weddings as SEEN launches beauty packaging recycling
  • UK’s largest pub company and WSH join Zero Carbon Forum
  • Investors seek accountability over corporate net-zero commitments
  • Orkney’s tidal turbine and Ferrero’s paper packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Batteries made from trees and blockchain to tackle deforestation: The best green innovations of July 2021
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Earth Overshoot Day webinar
  • Carbon offsetting: New ‘integrity initiative’ launched to tackle greenwashing
  • Lloyd’s outlines plans to increase green investments but stops short of full Paris Agreement alignment
  • Co-op to host reverse vending machines at music festivals, turning recycled plastic bottles into uniforms
  • Scottish Widows ‘reboots’ £250m environment fund to screen against fossil fuels
  • Dixons Carphone and Dassault Systèmes unveil new science-based climate targets
  • ‘An industry in transition’: Sustainable investments now account for one-third of global market
  • Terra Carta Design Lab: Prince of Wales’ latest climate initiative to support students
  • Cranswick to halve emissions by 2030 under new 1.5C science-based targets
  • Japan’s new renewables targets and Leeds’ Climate Innovation District: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we change food systems for the better?
  • Report: Oil and gas companies set to eat up 80% of global carbon budget
  • Liz Truss’s advisers urge UK to reject ‘green protectionism’ in international trade deals
  • Shell to appeal court ruling compelling it to set more ambitious climate targets
  • Net-zero pubs and bars scheme to help UK sector accelerate climate action amid Covid-19 recovery
  • UK food and drink sector to halve emissions by 2030, under updated WRAP targets
  • Prysmian Group eyes net-zero emissions between 2035 and 2040
  • Theresa May named as new Aldersgate Group chair
  • El Salvador’s first wind farm and seagrass-restoring gin: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Kingfisher’s Caroline Laurie on business, biodiversity and green finance
  • Net-zero investment portfolios promised by 14 major UK pension funds
  • Unilever announced as latest COP26 Principal Partner
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
  • Aviva’s Steve Waygood: Now is the time for finance firms to become climate macro-stewards
  • Green Jobs Taskforce urges UK Government to close funding and skills gaps
  • Business reiterate Brazil boycott as nation urged to set deforestation-linked bonds
  • Could making ESG more ‘financially relevant’ combat greenwashing?
  • Survey: 3 in 4 manufacturing executives don’t understand their company’s carbon footprint
  • Insurance giants team up for net-zero alliance, but are urged to stop supporting fossil fuels
  • University of Sussex targets net-zero emissions by 2035
  • Canada’s diesel ban and the UK’s new biodiversity metric: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Staffordshire University’s One Planet Pledge
  • #SustyTalk: Alpkit CEO David Hanney on B-Corp certification
  • Co-op set to expand flexible plastic recycling scheme to 1,500 stores this month
  • Carbon offsetting: Global governance body to be formed this year
  • ‘World’s largest’ sustainability-linked bond issue from Enel three times oversubscribed
  • How are UK businesses approaching the net-zero transition? Find out with edie’s new Barometer
  • Salesforce signs on as latest Principal Partner for COP26
  • Race to Zero: Retailers forge new climate-focused collaboration
  • Investors call on banking giants to step up on climate and biodiversity commitments
  • Most fashion brands ‘failing to disclose supply chain emissions’, despite net-zero pledge
  • #SustyTalk: Green Angel Syndicate CEO Nick Lyth on maximising the sustainable investment opportunity
  • Analysis: Two-thirds of UK finance firms have climate targets, but most are failing to shift investments
  • Report: UK green jobs set to be better-paid than roles in high-carbon industries
  • Current nature targets ‘not enough’: WWF calls for UK to cut global environmental footprint by 75%
  • Nissan’s Gigafactory and REN’s plastic-free samples: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Spotlight on green finance, ESG and the TCFD
  • #SustyTalk: Ashden’s Harriet Lamb on scaling international climate finance
  • Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 19% in 2020 amid pandemic parcel boom
  • Investors worth €3.6trn collaborate to promote just transition to net-zero
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the green finance opportunities of 2021
  • Report: 60% of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwashing
  • Your time to shine: edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards are back with a bang for 2022
  • New net-zero networks launched for lawyers and professional institutions
  • Report: UK telecoms giants leading sector’s global net-zero transition
  • Five top tips for adopting TCFD-aligned climate risk reporting for your organisation
  • Green campaigners slam Bristol Airport’s new carbon-neutral and net-zero targets
  • Food giants to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this year
  • Every Action Counts: New business alliance to encourage one billion consumers to support sustainability causes
  • Tasmania’s 200% renewables goal and Toast Ale’s B-Corp recertification: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Canon’s Andy Tomkins on preventing e-waste and creating a circular economy for plastics
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s masterclass on TCFD implementation for business
  • Target pledges to reach net-zero and become a ‘circular’ business by 2040
  • edie launches new business guide on TCFD recommendations
  • Net-zero, Brexit and Covid-19: Businesses say now is perfect time to ‘green’ UK’s financial system
  • Amazon accused of wasting and destroying mountains of unsold products in the UK
  • Natural capital accounting standard launched by BSI
  • Aviva and WWF push UK to mandate climate transition plans for financial sector
  • Aldi’s plastic-free tea and a £61.5bn net-zero pension pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Johnson Matthey targets net-zero by 2040
  • CLOSING TODAY: Take edie’s net-zero carbon business survey (10 minutes)
  • UK-Australia trade deal branded ‘catastrophic’ for environment and animal welfare
  • Tyson Foods sets global net-zero target for 2050
  • G7 calls on climate and Colgate’s circular toothbrush: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Airlines accused of lobbying against stronger EU climate policy
  • Green finance tools and net-zero sector coalitions: CEOs present climate initiatives to world leaders at G7
  • WRAP: 2020 was record year for food redistribution by UK firms
  • Be bolder with climate policies, 70 CEOs and investors worth $41trn tell world leaders
  • HP and JBS issue sustainability-linked bonds to drive towards net-zero
  • Net-zero and COP26: Achieving Mission Possible
  • UK Government launches new taskforce to tackle greenwashing in finance sector
  • World Oceans Day: UK Government to ban damaging fishing in new marine protected areas
  • Beer giant Corona achieves ‘net-zero plastic footprint’
  • Bank of England’s ‘fiendishly complicated’ climate stress tests launched for financial sector
  • Waitrose and Aldi to use ocean-bound plastics for packaging on dozens of products
  • Unilever announces first €1bn Climate & Nature Fund project
  • Report: Half of UK fashion giants failing to support supply chain workers’ rights
  • Ballygowan targets 100% recycled plastic packaging as Lucozade adds on-bottle recycling labels
  • Norway’s ‘eco-school’ and Spain’s new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • JP Morgan, Citi and BlackRock all confirmed for edie’s Sustainable Investment Conference 2021
  • The Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside Childbase Partnership’s 2030 roadmap
  • #SustyTalk: Zoetis’ Jeannette Ferran Astorga on aligning business strategies with the SDGs
  • Ferrero targets nature net-gain and ‘fully transparent’ supply chain under new palm oil strategy
  • KFC to train all 28,000 UK staff to tackle litter
  • Kingfisher enters £550m sustainability and community-linked loan
  • Kingspan signs for €700m sustainability-linked loan
  • Report: UK lagging behind other G7 nations on green finance and jobs
  • Amazon could be forced to disclose its plastic footprint
  • Banking giants team up to accelerate net-zero transition for steel industry
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Can we deliver a green recovery for retail?
  • #SustyTalk: Exploring coral reef restoration with marine biologist Dr Tim Gordon
  • Climate activists appointed to ExxonMobil board as Chevron shareholders back stronger emissions goals
  • Green Finance Institute chair Sir Roger Gifford passes away
  • ‘Concerning for shareholders’: World’s biggest insurers failing to tackle ESG risks
  • More than a single moment in time: Virgin Media’s approach to sustainability reporting
  • Survey: 9 in 10 investors do not trust corporate ESG claims
  • Kew Gardens eyes net-positive climate impact by 2030
  • WWF: UK banks and investors financing projects with double nation’s climate impact
  • #SustyTalk: Seizing the biodiversity and nature opportunities of 2021
  • ‘Be clear and upfront’: CMA urges UK businesses to avoid greenwashing
  • CBI: UK’s green recovery could generate £700bn economic boost by 2030
  • Starbucks’ community solar power and a UK biodiversity boost: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Boohoo links executive pay to ESG targets after supply chain scandal
  • Fighting food waste: Co-op and Hubbub partner to launch 100 new community fridges
  • ‘Engage your suppliers and competitors’: COP26 architect urges business collaboration ahead of crucial climate summit
  • Survey: Sustainability prioritised by less than one-third of UK bank boardrooms
  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with Natural England’s Tony Juniper – Environment Bill and nature-based solutions
  • Ikea and BrewDog among backers of new green pensions commitment
  • Aldi launches in-store recycling scheme for problem plastics
  • Beyond retail: Banks and fossil fuel giants urged to face role in plastic pollution crisis
  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with Sky’s Fiona Ball – communication and collaboration for climate action
  • Nando’s on track to reach carbon neutrality this year
  • ‘Care for creation’: Fossil fuel divestment promised by dozens of major faith institutions
  • UK water sector outlines £2.8bn green recovery plan
  • Net-zero villages and Royal Mail delivery drones: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Digital dashboards and B-Corp reports: Why evian is disclosing more sustainability information online
  • Baby food brand HiPP Organic pledges to plant 50,000 trees
  • Lidl unveils carbon-neutral cheddar cheese
  • From Barclays to Unilever: 14 major firms commit to purpose-led businesses
  • ‘Future generations are relying on us’: Businesses urge leaders to prioritise climate and nature at G7 Summit
  • Taylor Wimpey targets nature net-gain under new sustainability strategy
  • Amazon launches inaugural sustainability bond, priced at $1bn
  • #SustyTalk​: Counting down to COP26 with O2’s Tracey Herald
  • PlayBack: Mattel launches toy recycling scheme
  • #SustyTalk​: Counting down to COP26 with green finance expert Sir Roger Gifford
  • Available to watch on demand: The ENGAGE reporting and communications sessions
  • #SustyTalk​: Electrolux’s Vanessa Butani on embedding sustainability in business
  • Made.com launches giving platform for used homewares in circular economy push
  • Carlsberg and Corona tackle water and plastic waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Engaging key stakeholders during Covid-19 and beyond
  • #SustyTalk: Edie Lush on making the SDGs resonate with individuals
  • Unilever’s net-zero transition plan backed by more than 99% of shareholders
  • #SustyTalk​: Dentsu’s Anna Lungley on engaging consumers with sustainability
  • Barclays shareholders reject resolution on fossil fuel phase-out
  • edie launches free sustainability communications and reporting handbooks
  • #SustyTalk​: Nivea’s Sophie Rock on avoiding purpose-washing
  • The Body Shop owner raises $1bn for first sustainability bond
  • Unilever, Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive join AB InBev’s sustainability accelerator
  • ‘World’s largest’ coral reef restoration project backed by Mars Petcare
  • From Aldi to Waitrose: UK food giants threaten to boycott Brazilian suppliers over deforestation
  • Green Alliance: Nature jobs would benefit UK regions hit hardest by unemployment
  • Arla unveils new measures to help farmers self-generate renewable energy
  • Engagement Week 2021: edie kicks off bumper week of sustainability reporting and communications content
  • #SustyTalk​: GM’s Al Hildreth on the evolution of corporate water stewardship
  • Greece goes coal-free as Moto installs EV chargers: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Fast-food giants beef up climate commitments following investor pressure
  • Chanel partners with CISL for sustainability skills and innovation schemes
  • Investors worth £10trn outline policy vision for sustainable finance in net-zero transition
  • ‘One Decade to Act’: Multiplex Europe plots course to net-zero
  • Report: What are the business opportunities of COP26?
  • CDP: Three-quarters of finance giants not disclosing climate impacts of portfolios
  • AECOM to become a net-zero business by 2030
  • Six top tips for developing a leading business biodiversity strategy
  • Climate risk and security risk: UK-backed natural gas project on hold after Islamic State attacks
  • BEIS mulling fashion adjudicator to tackle human rights abuses
  • Penguin Random House targets climate-neutral value chain by 2030
  • Arla completes ‘big data’ Scope 3 emissions footprint on road to net-zero
  • Hydrogen-fuelled steel manufacturing and China’s greenest office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Textiles 2030: Fashion giants pledge to halve climate impacts
  • Sustainable Business Covered Podcast: Marking Fashion Revolution Week 2021
  • Klarna to show consumers the carbon footprint of their shopping
  • #SustyTalk: Interviewing VF Corp’s Marianella Cervi for Fashion Revolution Week
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s biodiversity webinar featuring Kering and Unilever
  • Ikea Foundation to spend €1bn on climate programs within five years
  • Shampoo bars and sustainable shoes: Rounding up the big Earth Day product announcements
  • From Burger King to Whitbread: Business giants mark Earth Day with new climate targets
  • More than one-third of large companies putting a price on carbon internally, CDP finds
  • Mark Carney to chair ‘Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero’ ahead of COP26
  • Climate Pledge: Amazon’s net-zero initiative passes 100 corporate signatories
  • Toyota to review industry associations as part of carbon-neutral target for 2050
  • Regenerative and circular net-zero transition: Inside Mulberry’s new sustainability strategy
  • Ditch fossil fuel finance, $11trn investor coalition tells big banks
  • Net-zero whisky production and a new hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • JP Morgan Chase pledges $2.5trn to climate and sustainability this decade
  • Patagonia launches campaign urging Brits to support community renewable energy
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Abigail Smith, Linbrooke Services Ltd
  • Coldplay, ClientEarth and children’s media: Pop culture giants strive to boost environmental engagement
  • Two-thirds of Brits sceptical of sustainability-related business communications
  • New coalition to help UK SMEs align with net-zero amid Covid-19 recovery
  • CISL calls for standardised climate disclosure framework for investors
  • Report: Net-zero targets from corporates becoming more ‘genuine’
  • #SustyTalk​​: Kerry Group’s Juan Aguiriano on systems change for sustainable food
  • Engagement Week 2021: edie gears up for week of sustainability reporting and engagement content
  • Bank of America commits $1trn to global sustainability initiatives
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Charlotte Pumford, Vivobarefoot
  • Uber’s EVs and Hubbub’s network of food waste heroes: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Report: 6 in 10 plastic packaging companies have no environmental policies
  • UK’s largest used books business targets carbon neutrality by 2022
  • Consumer goods giants plot course to deforestation-free supply chains
  • #SustyTalk: Talking purpose-led business for B-Corps Month
  • Microwave boilers and autonomous EVs: The best green innovations of March 2021
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Stephanie Palmer, Wienerberger UK
  • Reckitt partners with WWF, pledging £10m donation
  • Sustainable sets and nature-based investments: Inside Netflix’s new net-zero strategy
  • One-third of the UK’s biggest businesses signed up to ‘Race to Zero’ ahead of COP26
  • ‘Sky Zero Footprint Fund’: Broadcaster launches £2m sustainable media prize
  • Countdown to COP26: edie launches bumper virtual event ahead of climate talks
  • UK hosting 30,000 fewer green jobs than in 2014, official figures show
  • Bombay Sapphire set to meet sustainably sourced ingredients target four years early
  • Dozens of big-name investors including BlackRock join Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
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  • Northern Gas Networks launches green bond to support hydrogen transition
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  • New edie report launched to help businesses create sustainable offices post-lockdown
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  • World Water Day: Prince Charles launches climate finance drive as businesses boost stewardship efforts
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  • Recycled materials and CCS: Aluminium industry plots pathways to net-zero
  • Dixons Carphone plots path to net-zero supply chain emissions
  • Circular economy models reduce costs and boost sales for major fashion brands
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  • What does sustainable business leadership look like in 2021? edie publishes results of flagship survey
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  • Now available on demand: edie’s 45-minute masterclass on energy efficiency
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  • P&G brand Ariel targets completely decarbonised laundry value chain by 2030
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Thom Rawson, Sustainable Football
  • Tesco to roll out UK-wide flexible plastic recycling scheme
  • New report details how businesses can help deliver clean water and sanitation post-Covid-19
  • ‘Climate conflict’: 4 in 5 UK bank directors have connections to high-emitting corporates
  • Unilever Beauty & Personal Care targets 1.5 million hectares of nature conservation by 2030
  • #SustyTalk​: Spotlight on the World Cement Association’s gender focus network
  • Morrisons to source exclusively from net-zero British farms by 2030
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  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Choosing to challenge for International Women’s Day 2021
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  • Boohoo could lose right to export to US over forced labour claims
  • Henkel targets climate positivity as Nokia unveils 1.5C science-based targets
  • New report details how businesses can help deliver sustainable cities and communities post-Covid-19
  • Mastercard issues $600m sustainability bond to help finance net-zero transition
  • FedEx commits to carbon-neutral global operations by 2040
  • Budget 2021: Sunak confirms Net-Zero Innovation Fund, announces freeports to spur green investment
  • New Citi boss unveils net-zero financed emissions vision
  • P&G launches refillable shampoo bottles in the UK
  • WRAP: Two-thirds of Brits don’t see link between food waste and climate change
  • ‘Tech Zero taskforce’: UK tech firms to inform Government’s net-zero approach
  • Aviva Investors targets net-zero by 2040
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  • Survey: Circular economy businesses outperform those that take, make and dispose
  • The Net Zero Business Podcast: Inside Ella’s Kitchen’s climate action plans
  • Government urged to block Leeds Bradford Airport expansion on climate grounds
  • Sainsbury’s confirmed as principal partner for COP26
  • 600 business giants form new network on climate resilience and adaptation
  • BrewDog announces B Corp certification
  • #SustyTalk: Virgin Media’s Katie Buchanan on net-zero targets and social sustainability
  • Virgin Media targets net-zero carbon operations for 2025
  • Michelin unveils plans to ditch unsustainable tyre materials
  • As Trinity College Cambridge divests, UK council pensions still hold £10bn in fossil fuels
  • Green skills gap ‘could derail net-zero’, major UK construction firms tell Government
  • Sainsbury’s rolls out flexible plastic take-back and recycling scheme
  • H&M Group issues €500m sustainability bond
  • Carlsberg’s recycled bottles and Lidl’s EV chargers: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • AB InBev announces $10.1bn sustainability-linked loan
  • eBay: Shoppers increasingly looking for ‘eco’ and ‘sustainable’ homewares during lockdown
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  • Ford vows to only sell electric vehicles in Europe from 2030
  • Big businesses failing to protect human rights amid Covid-19, study reveals
  • Thai Union launches its first sustainability-linked loan package, priced at $400m
  • BlackRock presses energy companies to set ‘rigorous’ emissions targets
  • Purpose-led products: Ocado launches a dedicated aisle for B-Corp brands
  • #SustyTalk​: National Grid’s Duncan Burt on COP26 preparations
  • ‘Journey to Tomorrow’: IHG outlines plans for green recovery from Covid-19
  • Nestlé and Mondelēz among chocolate giants facing child slavery lawsuit over supply chain practices
  • Jaguar to switch to fully electric vehicle portfolio by 2025
  • Report: Real estate sector’s inaction on climate change could increase costs by $2.5trn
  • Leeds and London to host new green finance research hubs
  • Goldman Sachs issues first sustainability bond, priced at $800m
  • P&G reduces plastics and record UK wind bids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we accelerate action on nature and biodiversity in 2021?
  • Environmental organisations launch employment scheme for UK’s BAME youth
  • Bank of America targets net-zero financed emissions and supply chains by 2050
  • HP unveils sustainability ‘changemaker’ and ‘catalyst’ schemes
  • ‘Be more ambitious’: MPs press Government to beef up air quality policies before lockdown lifts
  • Shell reaches peak oil and emissions as it plots net-zero pathway
  • Coca-Cola to trial 2,000 paper-based drinks bottles in Europe
  • Cumbria County Council puts plans for controversial coal mine on hold
  • Sustainability Leaders Forum: Five top tips for turning climate ambition into action
  • Fast fashion: Polyester production has doubled since 2000, with huge climate implications
  • Green pensions: Scottish Widows charts pathway to net-zero financed emissions
  • Amazon’s new ‘green’ HQ and Denmark’s wind energy island: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Business giants’ climate disclosure ‘clearly inadequate’, lawyers warn
  • Jump: Sustainability engagement schemes prevent 4,200 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020
  • Firmenich targets ‘carbon-positive’ operations by 2030
  • Government support needed to ‘mainstream’ green jobs, say IEMA and CISL leads
  • Biodiversity loss: Agriculture ‘threatening 86% of at-risk species’, says major UN-backed report
  • Whitbread issues green bonds totalling £550m
  • UK’s Net-Zero Business Champion: We must spark conversations outside our usual circles
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Winners revealed at glittering virtual ceremony
  • WATCH: Dame Polly Courtice’s inspiring Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech
  • How can businesses become climate advocates? Here are 8 top tips
  • Beyond net-zero targets: What role can businesses play in solving the climate emergency?
  • Tom Rivett-Carnac: In the face of the climate emergency, we must all be stubborn optimists
  • BAFTA assembles UK’s biggest news broadcasters for climate coalition
  • Kering’s fund for nature and a new green hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Last chance to register: COP26 business champion Andrew Griffith to deliver keynote at the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • #SustyTalk​: The WBA’s Dan Neale on delivering social transformation
  • Packaging giant Mondi targets 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable products by 2025
  • Greenwash: 40% of websites ‘misleading’ consumers on environmental credentials
  • Survey: UK banks could lose millions of customers unless they get tougher on climate
  • Ikea surpasses renewable energy generation milestone after installing 920,000 solar panels
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet social sustainability champions Honeywell Hometown Solutions
  • Sustainable fashion: Depop targets climate neutrality by the end of the year
  • Premier Inn to install EV chargers at 300 hotels
  • World’s biggest tech firms ‘dedicate just 4% of lobbying efforts to climate change’
  • edie’s next online masterclass to focus on industrial energy efficiency
  • 5 top tips for choosing onsite technologies on the road to net-zero
  • Prince Charles: Sustainable business leadership alone won’t combat climate change
  • #SustyTalk: Anglian Water’s Andy Brown on collaboration for a just transition to net-zero
  • One week left to book your place at edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards
  • EY targets carbon negativity for 2021
  • Report: 2 in 3 banks have no commitments to stop financing deforestation
  • Companies with science-based targets planning $25.9bn climate mitigation investments
  • Waitrose Unpacked: Supermarket unveils next steps for plastic-busting refill scheme
  • Legal & General plots course to net-zero real estate across £21bn UK portfolio
  • In numbers: How prepared are UK businesses for the net-zero transition?
  • Boeing planning to debut 100% biofuel planes by 2030
  • Ikea’s forest protection and Dove’s refillable deodorant: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Oxford approves UK’s first local air quality targets
  • Nissan to expand EV battery manufacturing at Sunderland plant
  • Kate Wylie to step down as Mars’ global sustainability lead for new role at Chanel
  • UK Government faces fresh accusations of backtracking on post-Brexit environment pledges
  • Exeter to play host to UK’s first national circular economy ‘hub’
  • Tesco’s first sustainability-linked bond more than six times oversubscribed
  • ‘A game-changing opportunity to fight climate change’: WEF pushes businesses on supply chain decarbonisation
  • Developed nations accused of over-reporting climate adaptation finance by billions
  • Unilever sets supply chain living wage aim and €2bn diversity commitment
  • Pandemic aside, humanity’s biggest threats are climate and biodiversity-related, WEF warns
  • Trade Bill: UK Government votes to allow food imports with lower environmental standards
  • Kwasi Kwarteng admits ‘tension’ between UK’s new coal mine and climate ambitions
  • #SustyTalk: BNP Paribas’ Mark Lewis on market shifts for the net-zero transition
  • EU lawmakers raise concerns about UK ‘regression’ on pesticides
  • IEA: Oil and gas sector must ‘lock in’ methane emissions reductions seen amid Covid-19 lockdowns
  • Sustainability Skills Seminars: edie introduces educational final day to Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Orchard Street targets net-zero across £4bn portfolio of buildings
  • Aldi’s plastic-free packaging and Portugal’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • edie launches series of mini reports to help businesses spark an energy revolution
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the University of Exeter’s climate emergency plans
  • NGOs call for heightened standards on corporate sustainability reporting
  • UK water sector joins UN’s ‘Race to Zero’ ahead of COP26
  • PepsiCo targets net-zero by 2040
  • #SustyTalk: Suntory Beverage & Food’s Michelle Norman on net-zero, plastics and the green recovery
  • Mace achieves net-zero operations and developments
  • Report: Major asset managers still voting against tougher climate measures
  • Protect at least a third of British seas to unlock £50bn boost, WWF urges
  • LEON debuts ‘carbon-neutral’ burgers and fries
  • TSB and Aviva Investors plot pathway to net-zero carbon
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Marta Perricone, Unilever
  • Government to limit UK business exposure to Xinjiang human rights issues
  • #SustyTalk: How can the built environment deliver a green recovery?
  • Governments urged to redirect $1trn of ‘planet-wrecking’ subsidies to nature conservation and restoration
  • Apple links executive pay to performance against ESG targets
  • Prince Charles launches ‘earth charter’ for businesses tackling nature and climate crises
  • Geothermal electricity from Cornwall and TerraCycle tackles medicine packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Coca-Cola’s Therese Noorlander talks supply chain engagement on climate and plastics
  • Green beauty: Garnier to launch digital sustainability labelling
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Meet the finalists in our new report
  • Cumbria coal mine: Government won’t block UK’s first deep coal mine in three decades
  • Banks ‘have provided $1.7trn of unconditional support to plastic polluters since 2015’
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Amy Oroko, Matthew Algie
  • Veganuary: Asda unveils plant-based ‘butcher’ as campaign gets record 440,000 sign-ups
  • New Years Honours 2021: The sustainability champions on the Queen’s list
  • 21 New Year’s resolutions for sustainability professionals in 2021 and beyond
  • #SustyTalk: London Waste and Recycling Board’s Wayne Hubbard on the circular economy during Covid-19
  • Tesco removes one billion pieces of plastic packaging
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  • Zero Carbon Forum: UK’s biggest restaurants team up to plot pathway to net-zero
  • Dewley Hill: Newcastle City Council blocks controversial coal mine
  • Five top tips for making 2021 your organisation’s ‘super year’ for sustainability
  • Banks pressured to divest from fossil fuels and deforesters ahead of COP26
  • Plastic-free festive food and re-planted trees: How are businesses working to make Christmas more sustainable?
  • ECIU founder Richard Black steps down as director
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The Christmas 2020 special episode
  • In numbers: What is the environmental impact of Christmas?
  • #SustyTalk: BELU Water’s Natalie Campbell on purpose-led business
  • UK’s oil and gas sector outlines net-zero vision, but remains reluctant to downsize
  • Lloyds of London finally agrees to divest from coal
  • Survey: Three-quarters of UK businesses turning to sustainability to bounce back from Covid-19
  • Zalando completes brand assessments as part of environmental disclosure drive
  • Kingfisher partners with Rainforest Alliance on ‘forest positive’ commitment
  • #SustyTalk: P&G’s Frantz Beznik on water stewardship and green innovations
  • Science-based targets and renewable energy investments: Credit Suisse and Nest unveil first steps towards net-zero
  • Ferrero unveils fresh commitments to sustainable packaging ahead of Christmas
  • Jaguar Land Rover invests in blockchain for sustainable materials sourcing
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: In the Green Room with EN+ Group’s Lord Barker
  • M&S to relaunch Plan A sustainability strategy
  • An ‘undisputed urgency to act’: Green economy reacts to the Energy White Paper
  • Unilever to let shareholders vote on new climate targets
  • #SustyTalk: Epson’s Daniel Quelch on employee engagement and climate expectations
  • Just Eat, Co-Op and Bensons for Beds launch new EV schemes in time for festive deliveries
  • Available to watch on demand: Webinar on making 2021 the ‘super year’ for corporate sustainability
  • Think Zero: Grosvenor plots pathway to net-zero by 2030
  • Amazon reveals plans for 26 new large-scale renewable energy projects
  • Starbucks outlines next steps on renewable energy and regenerative agriculture
  • 13 big businesses including Unilever and Microsoft join Amazon’s Climate Pledge
  • Gap targets 100% sustainably sourced cotton by 2025
  • Canary Wharf Group targets net-zero by 2030
  • McDonald’s to finance three major new renewable energy projects in the US
  • New report details how businesses can help achieve SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
  • WRAP: UK’s biggest businesses have cut unnecessary plastic packaging by 40%
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet waste management champions Marston’s and UKWSL
  • #SustyTalk: PepsiCo’s Jim Andrew on green bonds and inclusive business
  • Energy giants team up to halve green hydrogen costs by 2026
  • The Vatican convenes business giants in bid to promote purpose-led capitalism
  • Natural History Museum targets carbon neutrality by 2035
  • Glencore sets 2050 net-zero target, but won’t divest from coal
  • Coca-Cola’s largest European bottler targets net-zero by 2040
  • Whitbread’s food waste fight and offshore wind boosts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Accelerating climate action: edie publishes Net-Zero November round-up report
  • Uniper targets carbon neutrality by 2050, outlines coal-free vision
  • M&S expands plastic-free refill offering as UK lockdown lifts
  • Legal & General to halve emissions of £81bn pension portfolio by 2030
  • Huggies launches biodegradable baby wipes in step towards plastic-free goal
  • KFC to install electric vehicle chargers at hundreds of UK restaurants
  • Transport giants including Uber sign on to Amazon’s 2040 net-zero vision
  • Nestle outlines roadmap to net-zero by 2050, backed with more than £2bn of investment
  • BlackRock debuts software that assesses climate risk for investors
  • Green Finance Institute: UK’s new National Investment Bank must go beyond energy
  • PepsiCo targets 100% recycled plastic bottles in Europe
  • The Climate Group unites business giants in push for net-zero steel
  • Tree-planting drones and textile recycling: The best green innovations of November 2020
  • Net-Zero Navigators Podcast: Meet Iberostar’s Dr Megan Morikawa
  • What does the green recovery mean for Black Friday?
  • CDP: Food giants are greenwashing, not addressing their climate impact
  • Survey: Just 1 in 10 businesses have backed up net-zero ambitions with science-based targets
  • Government ‘must hold businesses like Apple and Amazon to account over e-waste’
  • BEIS, Lego Group and Anglian Water confirmed among latest wave of speakers for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A Net-Zero November special
  • Half of Ikea meals to be plant-based by 2025
  • Carlsberg turns to thermal solar tech to meet water stewardship ambitions
  • Capgemini: Half of big businesses are using AI to cut their climate impacts
  • Report: Carmakers including Tesla and Honda ‘driving in the slow lane’ towards climate goals
  • Diageo targets net-zero operations by 2030
  • Dame Polly Courtice to step down as CISL director after three decades
  • Jaguar’s ‘smart city’ tests and Arsenal’s climate commitment: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet Dentsu International’s chief sustainability officer Anna Lungley
  • SSE unveils ‘just transition’ strategy to benefit communities during net-zero transition
  • Green New Deal: London launches £10m job-creation scheme for low-carbon sectors
  • UK’s advertising sector charts course to net-zero by 2030
  • edie scoops another prestigious award for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Amali Bunter, Lidl GB
  • Report: Just 3 in 10 European businesses are properly disclosing their climate impact
  • Henkel targets net-zero by 2040 under Amazon’s Climate Pledge
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet employee engagement champions Barry Callebaut
  • Disclose climate risks or face divestment, investors warn Europe’s largest companies
  • Half of corporates unable to prove they are protecting human rights, report reveals
  • Utilities and banks: UK unveils first round of corporate COP26 sponsors
  • European Investment Bank unveils £1trn green investment plan through 2030
  • Defra doubles £40m green recovery fund for nature after huge demand
  • Tesco targets net-zero by 2035, accelerating climate plan
  • McDonald’s plant-based burger and Scotland’s green hydrogen: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet Velux’s vice-president for sustainability, Ingrid Reumert
  • #SustyTalk: Global Returns Project’s Yan Swiderski on the next generation of climate finance
  • Majority of local authorities have declared climate emergencies
  • City to Sea: 8 in 10 food-to-go giants failing to tackle single-use plastic
  • Unilever on the circular economy and the net-positive debate: What happened on Day Three of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • Green Jobs Taskforce: Government vows to create two million jobs in low-carbon and nature sectors
  • Report: Only 1% of global climate finance helps water-stressed communities
  • Lord Deben: ‘Climate change is the symptom, not the disease’
  • Net-Zero Live 2020: Register for today’s Net-Zero Resources sessions
  • Bim Afolami MP’s speech and energy efficiency post-Covid-19: What happened on Day Two of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • CDP: Companies worth half of global market cap are now disclosing environmental data
  • Iberostar targets carbon neutrality by 2030, eyes nature-based insetting
  • Environment Bill: UK businesses to be banned from sourcing through deforesters overseas
  • 8 in 10 meat and dairy suppliers failing to act on climate change, investors claim
  • Lord Deben’s speech and just transition debates: What happened on Day One of Net-Zero Live 2020?
  • WRAP: Lockdown has made Brits more aware of fashion’s environmental impact
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms UK’s first sovereign green bond, mandatory TCFD disclosures
  • KPMG sets 2030 net-zero target
  • Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies lagging on environmental and social sustainability
  • Plant-based pet food and Quatar’s green neighbourhood: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Navigators podcast: Meet LSE’s head of sustainability Charles Joly
  • Half of UK businesses ‘have not prepared for climate risks’, survey finds
  • University of Strathclyde students and staff complete 15,000 sustainable behaviour change activities
  • Beyond100: Bentley targets carbon-neutrality by 2030 and ‘climate positivity’ in the long-term
  • WRAP: UK food sector ‘needs to pick up the pace’ on waste
  • MPs mull stricter legal climate requirements for pension funds
  • Boris Johnson urged to prevent e-waste mountain in Brexit planning
  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Refillable packaging still accounts for just 2% of the market
  • Survey: Greenwashing ‘is the biggest challenge to sustainable investment’
  • Google launches phones and thermostats with recycled plastics
  • Net-Zero Live 2020 preview: 8 things not to be missed at next week’s virtual event
  • The Estée Lauder Companies reaches net-zero operational emissions, 100% renewable electricity
  • Natural Capital Committee: Environment Bill updates must stop businesses destroying nature
  • Gillette to halve virgin plastic use and emissions by 2030
  • 6 in 10 UK SMEs believe net-zero and the green recovery is good for business
  • Nando’s plant-based chicken and £1bn for renewable microgrids: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero November: edie’s bumper month of content and events kicks off this week
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  • #SustyTalk: Mastercard’s Kristina Kloberdanz on collaborating and communicating for sustainability
  • L’Oreal unveils ‘world’s first’ plastic bottles made from captured carbon
  • TCFD gains 500 global supporters amid Covid-19, but full alignment remains rare
  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet the Co-op’s Cathryn Higgs
  • Primark commits to deliver net-zero value chain by 2050
  • P&G and Electrolux among corporate members of major new water security alliance
  • What makes a Sustainability Leaders Awards winner? Our 2021 judges reveal their top tips for success
  • ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’: Amazon opens virtual aisle for more sustainable products
  • Investors ask most-emitting companies to prove their climate lobbying is Paris-Agreement-aligned
  • Towards net-zero: Are we really the smartest of monkeys?
  • WBCSD launches net-zero criteria for new and existing business members
  • ‘From barley to bar’: AB InBev pilots blockchain to boost transparency and traceability
  • #SustyTalk: Quorn CEO Marco Bertacca on plant-based diets and carbon labelling
  • HP extends cartridge recycling scheme to 68 countries
  • Huge wind-powered boats and a boon for solar in the US: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Burger King teams up with TerraCycle for reusable packaging pilot
  • New scheme to help UK’s schools align with net-zero
  • Moncler commits to carbon neutrality and 100% renewable electricity
  • P&G to launch refillable shampoo bottles in 2021
  • The Estée Lauder Companies turns to blockchain to boost supply chain traceability
  • Just 3 in 10 UK banks have a net-zero target, PwC claims
  • Dentsu International sets 2030 net-zero target
  • Nestle outlines plans to bring UK’s first commercial scale chemical plastic recycling plant online
  • Priceless Planet: Banks and airlines join coalition planting 100 million trees
  • Iceland trials plastic-free bread and potato packaging as Subway debuts cardboard salad boxes
  • LSE to become carbon-neutral for this academic year
  • Bacardi to launch biodegradable spirits bottles by 2023
  • edie launches new explains guide to setting science-based climate targets
  • Investors worth $8.5trn call for mandatory climate risk reporting for big businesses
  • UK ‘among best nations globally’ for SDG alignment
  • Unilever’s former chief sustainability officer to chair plant-based plastic venture
  • Asda opens ‘sustainability store’ with refill stations and plastic-free groceries
  • #SustyTalk: Cranswick’s Jim Brisby on food waste prevention during Covid-19
  • Report: Green recovery would cut global emissions by 7% and create millions of jobs
  • John Lewis Partnership brings net-zero target forward to 2035
  • Fighting food waste and engaging one billion people on climate change: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Survey: One in five British investors turning to impact investment amid Covid-19
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring Nespresso’s plans for carbon-neutrality and catching up with Inspired Energy
  • Report: 6 in 10 fashion giants see sustainability as ‘key priority’ amid Covid-19
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Rebecca Lovelady on purpose-led business
  • How sustainable is the new iPhone 12?
  • It’s a shoe-in: Adidas unveils recyclable trainers as UGG reveals new climate and materials commitments
  • Governments urged to reform food systems as part of Covid-19 green recovery efforts
  • ‘Together We Can’: edie unveils first wave of speakers for flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum 2021
  • PepsiCo funnels millions into recycled plastics, solar power and low-emission vehicles
  • SDG Spotlight report: How can businesses promote green industry, innovation and infrastructure?
  • Ikea unveils national buy-back scheme for used furniture in drive to become ‘fully circular’
  • 2021 will be ‘a critical window’ for creating a sustainable future, major report warns
  • Tesco links £2.5bn loan to key emissions, energy and food waste targets
  • Agriculture Bill: Outrage as bid to protect environmental and food safety standards rejected
  • 6 top tips for optimising your energy data on the road to net-zero
  • Burberry and IBM collaborate on blockchain initiative to boost fashion supply chain traceability
  • New initiative to help investors funnel $10bn into climate solutions annually
  • Birmingham’s hydrogen buses and Levi’s circular economy store: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Signify’s Joao Pola on business leadership for net-zero
  • H&M brings ‘garment-to-garment’ recycling machines in-store
  • HSBC sets net-zero target, plans $750bn of low-carbon investment by 2030
  • Facebook accused of failing to tackle climate misinformation, despite crackdown on fake news
  • Mars achieves deforestation-free supply chain for palm oil
  • BNEF: Green bond issuance broke records in September 2020
  • Unilever CEO: Climate change and Covid-19 mean capitalism must change
  • #SustyTalk: Multiplex’s Joshua Davies on a green recovery for construction
  • Total to increase annual renewables investments to $3bn by 2030
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Tech & innovation

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  • EV revolution: UK vehicle manufacturers Tevva and Munro celebrate expansion milestones
  • Tesla to provide solar and energy storage tech for more sustainable bitcoin mining
  • UK’s energy storage pipeline doubles within a year, surpassing 32GW
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  • Mars Wrigley plans for its first fossil-fuel-free factory from this summer
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  • Government doubles budget for supporting energy-intensive businesses through price crisis and net-zero
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  • Pinterest bans false and misleading climate-related content
  • Digital transformation will drive a more sustainable, industrial future
  • UK Government set to double 2030 hydrogen power target to 10GW
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  • SustyTalk Live: Enapter’s Vaitea Cowan and Costain’s Lara Young on the clean tech revolution
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  • Carbon removal markets must grow exponentially by 2030 to keep 1.5C alive, report warns
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  • Hisense pledges to mitigate and remove more than twice the emissions it generates
  • Ford separates EV business in drive to ‘go all in’ on electric mobility
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  • Asda rolls out plastic-free free food protection technology in bid to cut food waste
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  • EV infrastructure: Government under mounting pressure to upgrade vehicle charging network
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  • UK’s first hydrogen-only bin lorry unveiled in Aberdeen
  • Auto industry presses UK Government to set charging point installation targets
  • ITV: ‘Climate needs to be important in all kinds of modern TV’
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  • Quorn turns to green hydrogen to decarbonise manufacturing
  • ‘Carbon Call’: 20 major players including Microsoft team up to improve emissions accounting
  • Virgin Atlantic signs new sustainable aviation fuel deal
  • Bacardi to slash emissions footprint with CHP plant
  • EU funds new blockchain supply chain tracking scheme for EV battery components
  • Report: Transition to EVs to result in extra 200TWh of electricity demand by 2030
  • Ships set to switch from diesel generators to electricity at UK ports
  • #SustyTalk: Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows on keeping the sustainable business momentum post-COP26
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • BlackRock outlines plans to help clients invest in line with net-zero
  • JLR signs for £625m loan to support EV transition
  • Veganuary 2022: Recapping the plant-based campaign’s most successful year yet
  • SMS brings 50MW energy storage project online in Cambridgeshire
  • HSBC pledges $100m to Bill Gates’ clean energy innovation fund
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Podcast special: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai – A window into the future of our planet (Part 1)
  • Cornish lithium extraction and Arrival’s e-bus: The best green innovations of January 2022
  • General Motors confirms $6.6bn investment in EV manufacturing
  • Ineos seeks tenders for ‘world-scale, low-carbon hydrogen plant’ at Grangemouth
  • Report: Hydrogen blending for home heating would push energy prices higher
  • The UK is emerging as a global cleantech investment hub, PwC claims
  • Iberia and Cepsa form partnership on sustainable aviation fuels
  • Six wind farms for Poland and a fleet of e-buses for London: The sustainability success stories of the week
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  • Government funnels £100m into Britishvolt’s battery Gigafactory
  • VIDEO – UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo on closing the SDG action gap in 2022
  • Fashion giants back trials of low-carbon, low-water textile processing
  • Report: Food firms leading plant-based transition face lower climate risks
  • VIDEO: Expo 2020 Dubai: Youth climate leader Nisreen Elsaim on prioritising the SDGs in 2022
  • VIDEO – How Expo 2020 Dubai is redefining sustainable mega-events
  • Report: Carbon mandates can kickstart digital net-zero energy sector
  • ScotWind: Leasing round sees offshore wind farms totalling 24.8GW selected
  • Businesses back protest rights as green hydrogen plant planned for Netherlands: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans given the go-ahead
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  • Flexible energy tech in homes could cut UK’s peak electricity demand by 10% by 2030, study finds
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  • Chrysler to launch full electric vehicle portfolio by 2028
  • Sony unveils plans to launch EV company this year
  • IEA: Global SUV sales rebounding post-lockdown, offsetting EV gains
  • From rewilding to renewable energy: Seven UK green policy stories to follow in 2022
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  • Adidas and Allbirds’ low-carbon shoes and two new solar farms for the UK: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Test your sustainability news knowledge with edie’s Big Fat Quiz of the year for 2021
  • Stripe takes carbon removal investment commitment to $15m as LGT signs deal with ClimeWorks
  • COP26 commitments, the Cambo row and an ‘Earth Charter’ for business: The sustainability stories of 2021
  • Meet the pioneering organisations shortlisted for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022
  • Multiplex’s social strategy and Spain’s clean energy package: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Cadent and Equinor plot hydrogen town in Lincolnshire
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  • Recap on Net-Zero November 2021 with edie’s new summary report
  • EU unveils sweeping package of low-carbon legislation for gas, buildings and transport
  • Report: Cleantech investments up threefold year-on-year, but funding still lacking for renewables and food sector
  • Hydrogen for heavy industry and autonomous transport ‘pods’: The best green innovations of 2021
  • AstraZeneca to support UK biomethane and CCS project in drive to decarbonise heat
  • Europe’s largest battery storage system planned for Teesside
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  • World’s largest brewer targets net-zero value chain by 2040
  • Boston Consulting Group and Square Inc turn to Climeworks for carbon capture
  • Rapid EV charging ‘forecourts’ to open in Norwich and at Gatwick airport in 2022
  • UK Government opens £64m funding competition for carbon capture innovations
  • British Airways inks multi-year sustainable aviation fuel supply contract
  • Egypt’s newest wind farm and AstraZeneca’s work to cut waste: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Nissan given green light on 20MW solar farm expansion at Sunderland plant
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  • KP Snacks to scale regenerative farming, Morrisons turns to insect-based chicken feed
  • BT Group aims to go fully circular by 2030
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  • National Grid: Post-COP26, net-zero ambitions must urgently be turned into action
  • UK Government set to extend deadlines for non-domestic renewable heat scheme
  • Nissan promises £13.2bn of investment in EV revolution this decade
  • BP plans 500MW green hydrogen plant in UK
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  • Vodafone to trial phone masts with inbuilt wind turbines
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  • Scottish distilleries receive £11.3m Government funding pot for hydrogen and biogas
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s online Net-Zero Carbon Inspiration Sessions
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Shortlist of finalists revealed
  • Carbon Innovation Fund: Co-op to allocate £3m to projects creating low-carbon food systems
  • Cranfield University to install energy storage units using second-life EV batteries
  • John Lewis Partnership launches £1m fund for circular economy innovations
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  • Net-Zero November: Keep up the momentum post-COP26 with edie’s bumper month of content and events
  • Landsec outlines £135m net-zero investment plans as Sir Robert McAlpine announces next decarbonisation steps
  • BNEF: Global battery storage capacity to grow 20 times over by 2030
  • Major green hydrogen facility planned for West Sussex
  • ‘Few quick wins or cheap fixes’: NIC begins plotting delivery of net-zero UK energy systems
  • COP26 Covered Podcast final episode: The COP26 legacy for business, Glasgow & future generations
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  • The second week of COP26: The 10 biggest stories
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  • #SustyTalk: Signify UK&I CEO Stephen Rouatt on decarbonising the built environment
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  • 9 things you need to know from Transport Day at COP26
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  • COP26: Nations to develop aviation emissions targets, airlines use joint purchasing power to scale alternative fuels
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  • María Mendiluce on keeping 1.5C alive and achieving global carbon market deal at COP26
  • Businesses pledge to expand green hydrogen supply and demand at COP26
  • Science and Innovation Day at COP26: Nations forge new collaborations on climate resilience, health, low-carbon materials
  • COP26: 23 nations commit to cleantech ‘missions’ on buildings, heavy industries, fuels, carbon capture
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 10: Spotlight on adaptation, food waste and ‘climate fatalism’
  • VIDEO: Paul Polman on moving from ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘action, action, action’ in COP26 week 2
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 8: Nature Day reflections, carbon-negative countries and net-positive brands
  • COP26: Nations collectively agree to sustainable food systems policies and pledge to accelerate green agriculture innovation
  • VIDEO: UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping on moving from ‘Pledge’ to ‘Plan’ on net-zero at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 7: Youth climate marches and the role of sustainability leaders
  • Long Duration Energy Storage Council: Companies join forces, targeting $3trn of investment in sector by 2040
  • VIDEO: Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on corporate climate action and achieving a just transition at COP26
  • COP26 Covered podcast episode 6: Net-zero transitions, resilient cities and Pokemon protests
  • First Movers Coalition: Corporates in high-emitting sectors convene to drive demand for cleantech
  • VIDEO: #SustyTalk: Seizing the clean energy opportunities of 2021
  • Centrica CEO: UK Government is right to mandate net-zero transition plans from businesses
  • 7 things you need to know from Day Two of the COP26 World Leaders Summit
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 4: Business action plans, Scope 3 conundrums and a climate finance movie night
  • VIDEO: Nico Rosberg on the EV transition and sporting role models at COP26
  • VIDEO: Johan Rockström on avoiding ‘disaster path’ for climate change at COP26
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 3: Chaotic queues, consumer engagement and a youth climate ferry
  • JCB signs multi-billion-pound green hydrogen deal
  • COP26 Covered Podcast episode 2: All aboard the Climate Train to Glasgow
  • Algae-based plastics and energy from tomatoes: The best green innovations of October 2021
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  • Recipe box brand Gousto trials edible, plastic-free packaging
  • Daimler and BP partner on UK hydrogen refuelling network
  • edie at COP26: Stay informed with live and exclusive coverage from Glasgow
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  • BMW inks deal for fossil-free steel manufactured using hydrogen and renewables
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  • Four key inclusions in the Heat and Buildings Strategy
  • Bill Gates forms partnership with UK Government to mobilise £400m green innovation fund
  • Budweiser to deliver carbon-neutral brewery through green hydrogen deal
  • Heat and Buildings Strategy: £450m grant scheme launched to help homes switch gas boilers for heat pumps
  • Green hydrogen investment boon: RES and Octopus pledge £3bn in UK, Ineos €2bn in EU
  • From green hydrogen to coral reef restoration: Winners of the Earthshot Prize announced
  • Net-Zero November: edie to bolster COP26 coverage with bumper month of content and events
  • Biden’s offshore wind plans and France’s plastic packaging ban: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • National Grid expands use of innovative tech unlocking more capacity for renewables
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  • Steel and aviation sectors plot pathway to net-zero by 2050
  • Jaguar Land Rover launches blockchain trials to source low-carbon leather
  • Concrete commitment: Cement industry sets 2030 climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050
  • Green hydrogen facility planned for oil terminal in Orkney
  • IATA signals support for global net-zero aviation sector by 2050, with strategy reliant on SAF
  • Orkney flexibility trials deliver 24,000 peer-to-peer trades
  • Rolls-Royce to sell only electric cars from 2030
  • Ford’s $11bn EV investment and net-zero hotels: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Coral-conserving bacteria and carbon capture tech: The best green innovations of September 2021
  • EVs: UK Government floats £950m infrastructure investment and charger mandates for car park operators
  • Costa Coffee trials blockchain-enabled reusable cup loan scheme
  • Ford confirms $11.4bn investment in electric vehicles
  • Hermes orders 168 electric vans for UK fleet
  • Everything you may have missed: The sustainability success stories of Climate Week NYC 2021
  • £12bn for offshore wind and £1bn for hydrogen: Flurry of low-carbon tech investments for UK
  • $6.6trn investor coalition calls for massive investment in carbon removal solutions
  • Cosmetics giants team up to create environmental scorecards for product labelling
  • Plans unveiled for UK’s largest low-carbon heat network, to be based in London
  • Budweiser teams with EN+ Group in aim to produce its lowest carbon footprint for beer cans
  • Mobility platforms commit to zero-emissions manifesto for 2035
  • EU plans certification scheme for carbon dioxide removals
  • edie’s publisher targets B Corp status with Seismic partnership
  • Recyclable wind turbines and solar-powered bus stations: The sustainability success stories of the week
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  • Hyundai promises a hydrogen version of all models by 2028, as Toyota ramps up EV investment
  • COP26 Primer reports: edie completes series with Adaptation & Resilience focus
  • Airlines could account for 20% of global emissions by 2050, report finds
  • #SustyTalk: Wincanton’s Steve Tainton on low-carbon transport and the evolving ESG debate
  • Vodafone plans 1,500 energy-efficient 5G radios after trials halve energy consumption
  • Carlsberg Group adds 20 new electric trucks to fleet
  • AT&T pledges to help other businesses reduce emissions by a billion tonnes
  • E10: Mandate for more sustainable petrol blend begins in the UK
  • Earthshot Prize: Royals choose big-name businesses to support climate and nature innovation fund
  • edie partners with Springwise to champion climate innovation
  • Hempcrete buildings and salt batteries: The best green innovations of August 2021
  • Ofgem pledges £450m for innovations to decarbonise energy networks
  • Hydrogen fire engines and India’s newest solar farms: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Milestones for hydrogen aircraft and glass production projects in the UK
  • Lambeth to host demonstration project to improve access to public EV charging
  • UK’s hopes of boosting hydrogen trade hobbled by Brexit
  • Bulldog Skincare launches packaging recycling scheme as ‘world’s first’ recyclable blister packs for medicine unveiled
  • Swiss Re turns to Climeworks’ direct air CO2 capture to meet net-zero goal
  • Maersk orders eight large container ships to run on ‘carbon-neutral’ e-methanol
  • Banking on electric: NatWest Group to install 600 EV chargers at UK sites
  • Lidl to trial traffic light ‘eco-labels’ this autumn
  • National Grid and SSE unveil plan to redirect waste heat to homes
  • Oxford University’s eco-halls and an offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Maersk inks deal for low-carbon shipping fuel as Virgin Atlantic confirms support for direct air CO2 capture
  • UK Government issues first ‘green transition loan’ for business
  • Royal Mail to trial innovative tyres that could boost EV range
  • Mode Global targets net-zero from cryptocurrency operations by 2030
  • Government funnels £91m into ultra-fast charging projects and extended-range EVs
  • Tesco to subsidise more sustainable livestock feed for dairy farmers
  • 5 ways the Hydrogen Strategy can help the UK’s net-zero ambition
  • Hydrogen buses, rapid response vehicles and forklift trucks bag share of £2.5m Government funding pot
  • ‘Key to triggering investment and buy-in’: Green economy reacts to UK’s Hydrogen Strategy
  • UK Hydrogen Strategy published, with Government targeting £4bn of private investment by 2030
  • #SustyTalk: Danone’s Yann-Gael Rio on scaling regenerative agriculture
  • Plans filed for green hydrogen production hub near Manchester
  • Heat pumps and energy efficiency: Mitie plots path to net-zero buildings by 2025
  • Dozens of businesses sign up for Tech Zero taskforce, taking membership past the 100 mark
  • Blue hydrogen could produce more emissions than burning natural gas, academic study finds
  • BP and ScottishPower report milestones for low-carbon hydrogen projects
  • Hermes expands CNG vehicle fleet to become ‘largest in the UK parcel sector’
  • Sky Kids’ climate show and record renewable energy investment: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: Purina’s Jeff Hamilton on alternative proteins and regenerative agriculture
  • Fashion giants collaborate for blockchain-powered supply chain transparency trials
  • ‘World’s densest’ network of air quality sensors to be installed in Camden
  • DHL Express orders 12 fully electric cargo planes
  • UK smashes annual grid flexibility record seven months into 2021
  • Orkney’s tidal turbine and Ferrero’s paper packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Batteries made from trees and blockchain to tackle deforestation: The best green innovations of July 2021
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Earth Overshoot Day webinar
  • EDF and Nissan launch V2G charging solution for business fleets
  • Glenfiddich to power delivery trucks with onsite biogas fuelling stations
  • UK Government exploring feasibility of ‘electric highways’ for zero-emission trucks
  • Dairy giants and UN to jointly plot global course to net-zero by 2050
  • UK’s plans to scale battery production ‘insufficient for net-zero transition’
  • UK Government mulls sustainable aviation fuel mandate as £15m pledged for waste-to-jet-fuel plants
  • Terra Carta Design Lab: Prince of Wales’ latest climate initiative to support students
  • Vodafone trials ‘UK’s first’ smart electricity substation on road to net-zero
  • Mercedes-Benz to go all-electric for vehicles by 2030
  • Japan’s new renewables targets and Leeds’ Climate Innovation District: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: How can we change food systems for the better?
  • Innovation Strategy: UK Government bets on nature-based climate solutions and CCUS
  • Waitrose teams with Shell to install EV charge points across UK stores
  • Onsite renewables and EVs: Anglian Water outlines net-zero routemap for 2030
  • UK urged to level-up regions through CCUS supply chains
  • #SustyTalk: Model and activist Arizona Muse on restoring soil and nature
  • EN+ Group turns to oxygen-producing method to decarbonise aluminium
  • 100MW battery ‘energy superhub’ set for the West Midlands
  • Liz Truss’s advisers urge UK to reject ‘green protectionism’ in international trade deals
  • National Grid could lose electricity system operator role under new BEIS and Ofgem plans
  • P&G’s Lenor to pilot 100,000 paper bottles in 2022
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  • ScottishPower and Shell bid to develop large-scale floating windfarms in UK
  • National Food Strategy presses UK Government to clarify environmental incentives for farmers post-Brexit
  • Taking place TODAY: edie’s Clean Energy & Transport Forum
  • Green Jobs Taskforce urges UK Government to close funding and skills gaps
  • Net-zero by 2045: Go-Ahead Group launches updated climate strategy
  • Transport Decarbonisation Plan: UK Government to ban new petrol and diesel truck sales by 2040
  • Unilever eyes optimised enzymes in bid for fossil-fuel-free laundry products
  • Vauxhall to only sell pure electric cars and vans from 2028
  • E-waste recycling boost ‘needed to enable transition to net-zero’
  • Survey: 3 in 4 manufacturing executives don’t understand their company’s carbon footprint
  • edie’s latest COP26 Primer report focuses on clean transport
  • Canada’s diesel ban and the UK’s new biodiversity metric: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • East Coast Cluster: Teesside and Humber gear up to host CCS technologies
  • Asos reduced emissions by 13% in 2020, despite pandemic parcel boom
  • UK’s carbon capture and storage market could create 50,000 jobs
  • KFC and Pilgrim’s target net-zero by 2040
  • How are UK businesses approaching the net-zero transition? Find out with edie’s new Barometer
  • Vauxhall’s Cheshire site to produce new electric vans as EV sales skyrocket in the UK
  • Hydrogen: Shell opens Europe’s largest electrolyser as Centrica eyes storage at Rough
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  • Net-zero energy transition: UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid outline £7.7bn investment plans
  • London Climate Action Week: How is the capital planning to reach net-zero?
  • Lab-grown salmon and seed-bombing ‘skyscrapers’: The best green innovations of June 2021
  • Rolls-Royce and Shell agree on new partnership on sustainable aviation fuels
  • 50 new EV ‘supercharging’ hubs planned for UK
  • Nissan unveils plans for £1bn electric vehicle hub and battery gigafactory in Sunderland
  • Your time to shine: edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards are back with a bang for 2022
  • Report: UK telecoms giants leading sector’s global net-zero transition
  • Equinor plans 1.8GW of low-carbon hydrogen production in UK, tripling previous target
  • Construction firm Henry Boot targets net-zero by 2030
  • CrowdFlex: Energy giants launch study on domestic energy flexibility
  • Renault acquires stake in battery developer Verkor as Gigafactory vision takes shape
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  • FMCG giants unveil world’s first plastic bottles recycled using enzymes
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  • England’s first hydrogen double-decker buses hit the road in London
  • UK aviation sector sets interim climate goals on road to net-zero by 2050, but won’t cap growth
  • General Motors to funnel $35bn into EVs by 2025
  • Johnson Matthey targets net-zero by 2040
  • Electric aircraft and alternative fuels: Rolls-Royce plots path to net-zero by 2050
  • Businesses call on UK Government to deliver ‘world-leading’ hydrogen sector
  • CLOSING TODAY: Take edie’s net-zero carbon business survey (10 minutes)
  • Europe’s biggest carmakers ‘not on track’ for EV transition
  • JLR to begin first hydrogen car tests this year
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  • Carbon-sequestering kelp: Sussex councils team up for major natural capital project
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  • Drax announces ambition to host world’s largest negative emissions project
  • Domino’s introduces electric mopeds into delivery fleet
  • Work underway to create ‘UK’s biggest electric bus charging station’ in Glasgow
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  • ‘World’s largest’ V2G trial finds that EV drivers could cut £725 off electricity bills
  • Heathrow Airport adds sustainable aviation fuels to decarbonise flights
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  • Plans unveiled for UK’s second plastic-to-hydrogen recycling plant
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  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Can we deliver a green recovery for retail?
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  • Unilever forges fungi partnership to scale up plant-based protein
  • Green Finance Institute chair Sir Roger Gifford passes away
  • Global hydrogen investment to grow 25-fold by 2040, Bloomberg predicts
  • UK’s ultra-rapid EV charging stock to triple with new £300m funding package
  • CBI: UK’s green recovery could generate £700bn economic boost by 2030
  • Cathay Pacific sets global net-zero target for 2050
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  • IEA: World must stop petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 for net-zero transition
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  • #SustyTalk: Countdown to COP26 with The Climate Group’s Sandra Roling
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  • Road to net-zero: UK business giants team up to accelerate investment in low-carbon transport
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  • Crypto Climate Accord aims for 100% renewables and net-zero digital currency by 2040
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  • edie launches new business guide on net-zero carbon heating
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  • Countdown to COP26: edie launches bumper virtual event ahead of climate talks
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  • Northern Gas Networks launches green bond to support hydrogen transition
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  • IRENA: Existing solutions can spur progress to net-zero
  • What does sustainable business leadership look like in 2021? edie publishes results of flagship survey
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  • Now available on demand: edie’s 45-minute masterclass on energy efficiency
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  • FedEx commits to carbon-neutral global operations by 2040
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  • Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak ‘set to unveil green savings bonds and net-zero innovation programmes’
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  • EV100: Businesses doubled electric vehicle roll-outs in 2020
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  • UK Power Networks funnels £80m into net-zero projects
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  • Sainsbury’s outlines science-based targets to slash emissions on the path to net-zero
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Winners revealed at glittering virtual ceremony
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  • Ocado trials electric vehicles for rapid deliveries
  • Report: UK needs to install five times as many EV charging points to meet climate goals
  • Seaweed animal feed and solar panels made from waste fruit: The best green innovations of January 2021
  • BAFTA assembles UK’s biggest news broadcasters for climate coalition
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  • Microsoft turns to Climeworks to deliver carbon capture techology
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  • What makes a sustainability leader? Meet social sustainability champions Honeywell Hometown Solutions
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  • Mission Possible Partnership: Hundreds of transport and industrial businesses form climate coalition
  • edie’s next online masterclass to focus on industrial energy efficiency
  • 5 top tips for choosing onsite technologies on the road to net-zero
  • Jaguar Land Rover targets emissions reductions through faster, lighter electric vehicles
  • Prince Charles: Sustainable business leadership alone won’t combat climate change
  • #SustyTalk: Anglian Water’s Andy Brown on collaboration for a just transition to net-zero
  • Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report
  • Legal & General plots course to net-zero real estate across £21bn UK portfolio
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  • Oxford approves UK’s first local air quality targets
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  • Kate Wylie to step down as Mars’ global sustainability lead for new role at Chanel
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  • Now available on demand: edie’s free webinar exploring onsite net-zero technologies
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  • ‘A game-changing opportunity to fight climate change’: WEF pushes businesses on supply chain decarbonisation
  • Pandemic aside, humanity’s biggest threats are climate and biodiversity-related, WEF warns
  • Report: UK could recycle three times as much plastic by 2030
  • #SustyTalk: BNP Paribas’ Mark Lewis on market shifts for the net-zero transition
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  • edie launches series of mini reports to help businesses spark an energy revolution
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  • UK water sector joins UN’s ‘Race to Zero’ ahead of COP26
  • PepsiCo targets net-zero by 2040
  • Mace achieves net-zero operations and developments
  • Inside the world’s first fully commercial carbon capture and utilisation plant
  • McKinsey: Global fossil fuel demand will peak in 2027
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: Marta Perricone, Unilever
  • In numbers: How Covid-19 has impacted renewable energy workers
  • #SustyTalk: How can the built environment deliver a green recovery?
  • Bruichladdich distillery explores hydrogen heating
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  • Geothermal electricity from Cornwall and TerraCycle tackles medicine packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Green beauty: Garnier to launch digital sustainability labelling
  • ExxonMobil discloses emissions of oil and gas product use for the first time
  • Vehicle-to-Grid rollout could deliver £880m in annual savings
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Meet the finalists in our new report
  • Report: More farmland must be converted to forests and meadows if UK is to reach net-zero
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  • Government commits £200m innovation fund to tackle Covid-19 and climate crisis
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  • Veganuary: Asda unveils plant-based ‘butcher’ as campaign gets record 440,000 sign-ups
  • Horizon scanning: Eight green innovations set to shake-up sustainability in 2021
  • Funding allocated to six projects aiming to develop world’s first net-zero industrial cluster
  • New Years Honours 2021: The sustainability champions on the Queen’s list
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  • Five EU countries object to bloc’s latest hydrogen ‘manifesto’
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  • Ministers urged to cut VAT on batteries for homes after Brexit
  • Five top tips for making 2021 your organisation’s ‘super year’ for sustainability
  • ECIU founder Richard Black steps down as director
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  • IBM to launch new data platform to map plastics waste
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  • Ferrero unveils fresh commitments to sustainable packaging ahead of Christmas
  • Jaguar Land Rover invests in blockchain for sustainable materials sourcing
  • ExxonMobil’s new climate targets slammed by investors and green groups
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  • Just Eat, Co-Op and Bensons for Beds launch new EV schemes in time for festive deliveries
  • Think Zero: Grosvenor plots pathway to net-zero by 2030
  • Canary Wharf Group targets net-zero by 2030
  • Heat Strategy: Government urged to spend £65bn on energy-efficient homes by 2035
  • New report details how businesses can help achieve SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
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  • Sixth Carbon Budget: UK will need to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 to meet net-zero
  • #SustyTalk: PepsiCo’s Jim Andrew on green bonds and inclusive business
  • Energy giants team up to halve green hydrogen costs by 2026
  • Walkers turns to beer-based carbon capture for low-carbon potatoes
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  • Glencore sets 2050 net-zero target, but won’t divest from coal
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  • Accelerating climate action: edie publishes Net-Zero November round-up report
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  • Local authorities ‘need more government support to deliver net-zero visions’
  • KFC to install electric vehicle chargers at hundreds of UK restaurants
  • Nestle outlines roadmap to net-zero by 2050, backed with more than £2bn of investment
  • Green recovery: UK urged to accelerate ‘just’ transition from North Sea oil and gas
  • BlackRock debuts software that assesses climate risk for investors
  • Report: Global CCS capacity surged in 2020, despite Covid-19
  • Green Finance Institute: UK’s new National Investment Bank must go beyond energy
  • edie launches new business guide to carbon capture, utilisation and storage
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  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A Net-Zero November special
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  • Half of Ikea meals to be plant-based by 2025
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  • Report: Renewables and flexible energy could cut £660m off UK’s net-zero transition
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  • Net-Zero Live 2020: Register for today’s Net-Zero Resources sessions
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  • Net-Zero November: edie’s bumper month of content and events kicks off this week
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  • L’Oreal unveils ‘world’s first’ plastic bottles made from captured carbon
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  • #SustyTalk: Quorn CEO Marco Bertacca on plant-based diets and carbon labelling
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  • Bacardi to launch biodegradable spirits bottles by 2023
  • edie launches new explains guide to setting science-based climate targets
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  • UK ‘among best nations globally’ for SDG alignment
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  • Report: Green recovery would cut global emissions by 7% and create millions of jobs
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  • Capgemini: EU must invest in high-impact climate technologies through green recovery funding
  • ‘Together We Can’: edie unveils first wave of speakers for flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum 2021
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  • 6 top tips for optimising your energy data on the road to net-zero
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  • #SustyTalk: Signify’s Joao Pola on business leadership for net-zero
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  • Earthshot Prize: Royals to spend £50m on climate and nature innovations by 2030
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s energy data masterclass
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  • #SustyTalk: Multiplex’s Joshua Davies on a green recovery for construction
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  • edie launches new explains guide to creating a circular economy for electronics
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  • Available to watch on demand: edie’s green recovery webinar sessions
  • Green recovery: ‘Retrofit revolution’ could create half a million UK jobs
  • Climate technology investments growing five times faster than average market rates
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  • Available on demand: edie’s Scope 3 emissions masterclass webinar featuring Pukka Herbs
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  • Coca-Cola’s plastic-free packs and V2G bus depots: The sustainability success stories of the week
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  • #SustyTalk: Capgemini’s James Robey on corporate climate action and COP26
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  • World’s largest network of AI-enabled residential batteries doubles in size
  • University of Hull targets carbon neutrality by 2027
  • Shell encourages UK Government to bring petrol and diesel car sale forward
  • Investment to decarbonise aviation must be ‘supercharged’ in Covid-19 recovery plans, MPs urge
  • Gas grid operators unveil plan for ‘backbone’ of Europe’s hydrogen infrastructure
  • Tesco’s EV charging milestone and an offshore wind boom: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Fresh government funding for animal feed made from captured CO2
  • 6 in 10 UK businesses cutting environment-related investment due to coronavirus, survey shows
  • Energy storage planning regulations eased in bid to spur net-zero transition
  • In the Loop: Tesco and TerraCycle pilot ‘zero-waste’ refill service in the UK
  • First zero-emission McDonald’s restaurant unveiled at Disney, Florida
  • EU hydrogen strategy: Bloc charts path towards 100% renewable hydrogen
  • Royal Mail’s electric vans and Kering’s biodiversity drive: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Amazon starts sourcing bio-jet fuel in drive to slash air cargo emissions
  • edie launches top tips guide for smart grids
  • Facebook to capture and donate wasted heat from Danish data centre
  • British Gas orders 1,000 all-electric vans
  • VW to remove petrol and diesel vehicle manufacturing lines from key factory
  • Tesla Megapacks to provide grid flexibility in Dorset
  • Green Recovery: Treasury unveils £3bn package spotlighting energy efficiency and reskilling
  • IEA: Most technologies needed to achieve net-zero aren’t yet mature
  • Spain’s coal phase-out and Danone’s carbon-neutral factory: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring smart grids with E.ON and Nottingham City Council
  • One Young World: Business giants invest £500k in SDG-aligned innovations
  • ‘Green Swan’ observatories and Europe’s biggest electric plane: The best green innovations of the month
  • Equinor to deliver world’s largest at-scale hydrogen from carbon capture plant in Hull
  • Lucozade Ribena Suntory targets net-zero value chain by 2050
  • CORSIA: UN agrees to airlines’ Covid-19 pleas on offsetting scheme
  • Seven key things to consider when implementing smart grids
  • ‘A false start’: Green groups express disappointment in Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ recovery package
  • McDonald’s to install EV chargers at all UK drive-thrus
  • Policy wishlist: What does the UK’s green economy want from the coronavirus recovery package?
  • EU carbon price to reach €32 by 2030, short of required price for UK’s net-zero target
  • edie launches new explains guide for smart grid technology
  • 1 in 10 jobs at risk without ‘green’ reskilling, Mayors warn Treasury
  • Ford’s net-zero target and renewable energy records: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Available to watch on-demand: edie’s smart grids masterclass focused on energy storage and demand-response
  • #SustyTalk: Ecover’s Tom Domen on nature restoration and the refill revolution
  • ‘We’re still walking when we should run’: Green economy leaders urge Ministers to implement latest CCC recommendations
  • ArcelorMittal Europe and Atos launch net-zero carbon roadmaps
  • CCC: Covid-19 recovery a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to spur net-zero transition
  • Hydrogen ‘could provide half of the UK’s net-zero energy demand’
  • SDGs: Just 39% of businesses think they are taking enough action, UN survey finds
  • Drax partners with Mitsubishi to scale up biomass carbon capture
  • EU recovery fund leaves €1.6trn investment gap towards climate targets, experts say
  • IEA: Electric vehicle sales will continue to rise despite Covid-19 crisis
  • Rapid EV charging points to be installed at 10 major UK shopping hubs
  • Tesla targets cobalt-free batteries in bid to minimise environmental impact
  • Tesla’s generation licence granted and Amazon’s climate pledge grows: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Is the UK on track for a green Brexit?
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Streaming and the environment
  • #SustyTalk: Farfetch’s Tom Berry on spurring circular economy models for fashion
  • Fashion footprint: Farfetch’s new tool to highlight the environmental impact of clothing
  • World’s biggest liquid air battery under construction in Greater Manchester
  • John Lewis Partnership to build bio-methane refuelling station at UK HQ
  • IEA unveils major new green Covid-19 recovery roadmap
  • SSE outlines £7bn green recovery package, sets science-based climate targets
  • Green number plates for electric vehicles set for UK rollout
  • UK’s offshore oil and gas industry vows to halve operational emissions by 2030
  • Spain underpins car sector bailout with green goals
  • Jet Zero Council: Government unveils new collaborative initiative to decarbonise aviation
  • Pandora’s recycled jewellery and net-zero tech: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • #SustyTalk: BT’s Gabrielle Giner on COP26 and sustainability networking in the ‘new normal’
  • World’s largest ICT companies failing to tackle human rights abuses in supply chains
  • Wales to play host to Gigafactory and marine energy hub
  • Carbon pricing, climate disclosure and COP26: Businesses outline key asks for Covid-19 recovery policy
  • Corporate clean energy sourcing must form part of green Covid-19 recovery, dozens of businesses tell policymakers
  • Major UK utilities exploring hydrogen fleets
  • Food and drink industry ‘unable to meet net-zero without policy support for renewables and hydrogen’
  • What role will hydrogen play in green Covid-19 recovery plans?
  • Google partners with WWF on digital data platform for sustainable fashion sourcing
  • Britain goes 60 days without coal-fired power generation
  • Gucci cuts negative environmental impacts by two-fifths
  • WWF: Major consumer goods giants only sourcing 8% recycled plastics
  • edie’s next online masterclass to focus on smart grids for business
  • Refinitiv unveils new SDG-aligned sustainability strategy, including 1.5C science-based targets
  • Race to Zero: What’s set to be included in the UK’s green Covid-19 recovery package?
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The S in ESG, examining corporate social responsibility
  • NatWest’s carbon calculator and Wilko’s plastic pledge: The World Environment Day success stories
  • Cooling sector lagging behind on low-carbon innovation
  • BT launches innovation platform and UK electric fleet alliance
  • Adidas and Allbirds to develop sports shoes with ‘lowest recorded’ carbon footprint
  • West Sussex’s £31m ‘smart’ local energy system to progress during lockdown
  • Zero-carbon Humber cluster to rollout carbon capture and hydrogen production
  • Paul Polman: Why partnerships and purpose are critical to business survival
  • Achieving a green recovery: edie launches flagship Mission Possible 2020 report
  • Available to watch on-demand: All Three days of of online Net-Zero Week events
  • Planning application for UK’s first waste-to-jet fuel plant given green light
  • Vattenfall agrees to 8MW district heating scheme in Barnet
  • Jonathon Porritt: Corporate advocacy must be cornerstone of coronavirus recovery
  • Viridor signs agreement on UK plastics chemical recycling initiative
  • Christiana Figueres: Businesses must put net-zero at heart of green recovery
  • 2,500 by 2030: Government unveils rapid charging vision for England’s roads
  • Switching all UK cars to electric vehicles would slash emissions by 12%, researchers claim
  • edie launches free Decentralised Energy Toolkit for businesses
  • Severn Trent rolls out 350 electric vehicle charging point at UK facilities
  • Centrica and Lotus partner up on electric vehicle energy storage
  • Gravity-based energy storage project set for Edinburgh
  • #SustyTalk: AB InBev’s Ezgi Barcenas on sustainability innovation during lockdown
  • Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate, study says
  • Local energy trading market launched on Orkney islands
  • World GBC’s ‘Paris proof’ buildings and Abu Dhabi’s low-cost solar: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Engagement, Net-Zero & Mission Possible: edie gears up for bumper month of online content and events
  • Government-funded Vehicle-to-Grid project completes grid balancing trials
  • Hitachi pours millions into Gridserve’s electric forecourts project
  • Onshore wind and solar ‘cheapest’ form of energy for two-thirds of global population
  • Wrightbus unveils plans to produce 3,000 hydrogen buses for use across UK cities
  • Google’s green software and New York’s innovation drive: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Flexitricity and Devonshire food firm deliver first ‘virtual’ balancing mechanism trade
  • Oxford City Council adds electric vehicles to fleet as part of net-zero journey
  • #SustyTalk: Earth Day 2020 special with Mike Barry, PwC, Virgin Media & Business Growth Hub
  • First funding phase approved for Humber net-zero industrial cluster
  • Honda expands European electric vehicle battery recycling initiative
  • #SustyTalk: BT & Landsec directors on achieving a sustainable recovery from Covid-19
  • BlackRock’s SDG fund and HP’s ocean-plastic drive: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Keeping sustainability going through the Covid-19 lockdown
  • #SustyTalk: Colas Rail’s Claudia Dommett-Nöhren on how coronavirus is driving social sustainability
  • #SustyTalk: Kier Group’s Jo Gilroy on communicating sustainability through and beyond Covid-19
  • Net-zero: Is the UK’s gas grid ready to go green?
  • Planetary Computer: Microsoft launches data-driven platform to accelerate global biodiversity efforts
  • #SustyTalk: General Motors’ Dane Parker on the impacts of coronavirus on manufacturing and electric vehicles
  • Tesla to unveil 400-mile range Model 3 as production ramps up in China
  • Minecraft’s energy module and compostable coffee pods for the NHS: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Scientists report huge upswing in efficiency for enzyme-based plastic recycling solution
  • #SustyTalk: Interface’s Jon Khoo on the links between coronavirus, climate change and plastics
  • Lockdown reading: 8 of the best book recommendations for sustainability and energy professionals
  • Company car tax rates for electric vehicles slashed to spur market uptake
  • Barclays’ net-zero target and a battery storage boon: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Prioritise Small-scale technology to deliver affordable net-zero transition, researchers claim
  • Carbon pricing, flexibility and scaling-up hydrogen: UK energy sector unveils net-zero innovation plans
  • UPS integrates AI software at Camden depot to optimise clean EV charging
  • One year on: How has the solar feed-in-tariff closure impacted renewables in the UK?
  • BNEF: Green hydrogen could slash energy, transport and industry emissions by one-third
  • BYD to offer electric vehicle components to auto rivals
  • REA and UK EVSE merge to deliver unified voice on electric vehicle infrastructure
  • EU leaders back ‘green transition’ in coronavirus recovery plan
  • Green freebies for coronavirus heroes and California’s clean energy boost: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Government presses forward with plan to align ‘every single mode of transport’ with net-zero
  • The Net-Zero Business Podcast: A deeper dive into Mitie’s 2025 net-zero strategy
  • SMEs and households to benefit from energy efficiency clean technology trials
  • Coronavirus: Seven key considerations for energy professionals
  • Nine top tips for developing and delivering a net-zero strategy
  • Energy storage boom stalls in Europe
  • Coronavirus: Tesla pauses EV production at two key sites as BYD pivots manufacturing
  • EU exploring cost-benefit of 55% emissions cut by 2030
  • Support for coronavirus-hit charities and biomethane trucks: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • UK’s carbon footprint 21% below peak levels, latest Government figures show
  • Sustainable Business Covered podcast: A circular economy road trip
  • Green Deal facing delays due to coronavirus, EU admits
  • Coronavirus: Carmakers including Nissan pause EV manufacturing
  • Samsonite, Neste, make fresh carbon-neutral commitments
  • Total launches France’s largest energy storage project as new global battery company emerges
  • JLL: Green offices more likely to bring in rent premium, less likely to sit empty
  • Triodos Bank joins Tesco in funding Pod Point’s EV charging rollout
  • UN tightens carbon offsetting rules for aviation sector
  • New digital tool launched by Government to simplify SECR reporting
  • edie’s Net-Zero Live 2020 suspended to 10-11 November 2020
  • ‘A mixed picture’: Key green economy figures react to the Budget’s environmental provisions
  • Lucozade Ribena Suntory gets go-ahead for edible seaweed sachets in gym vending machines
  • UN head: Global action on climate crisis ‘way off track’
  • Aldi boss: We’ll delist brands that don’t act on plastics packaging
  • UK’s net-zero target possible with ‘unprecedented’ low-carbon innovation
  • Zero-waste is the new black: How SMEs are disrupting fashion’s waste crisis
  • Ground broken at UK’s first rapid-charging EV forecourt
  • General Motors unveils $20bn electric vehicle transition plan
  • Budget: Green groups urge £33bn annual investment to meet UK’s net-zero target
  • UK companies to invest £12bn in switch to electric vehicles
  • ‘Formula One Fridges’ delivering carbon savings for Sainsbury’s
  • Virtual power plant trial in Yorkshire hailed a success
  • O2 targets net-zero network and operations by 2025
  • Report: Existing climate solutions, not innovations, crucial to meeting net-zero
  • M&S expands refill scheme amid growing customer appetite for plastic-free groceries
  • National Express vows to deliver zero-emission bus and coach fleets
  • Shell proposes ‘Europe’s largest’ green hydrogen project
  • Solar planes and IBM’s seawater batteries: The best green innovations of February 2020
  • Oil and gas giants sign up to Teesside net-zero carbon capture project
  • Heathrow court case and Mary Robinson’s net-zero speech: The top 10 sustainability stories of February 2020
  • Gloucestershire police force adds 75 EVs to its fleet
  • Science-based pathway for net-zero emissions established for telecoms sector
  • Oxford and Kent to host 50MW grid-scale battery storage arrays
  • Peterborough unveils plans for UK’s largest low-carbon ‘smart-city’ regeneration project
  • Energy companies trial ‘heat-as-a-service’ to drive demand for low-carbon solutions
  • Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2020: We unveil the next generation of sustainability leaders
  • CDP: Europe’s biggest corporates must double green investments to reach net-zero
  • Global brewers team up to provide 100,000 people with clean water access
  • Lidl to use ‘ocean-bound’ plastics in seafood packaging
  • SSE’s electric vans and Scotland’s ‘greenest’ football team: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Cheltenham retirement complex to slash emissions with ground source heat pumps
  • Cemex targets net-zero concrete by 2050
  • Biggest battery in Europe set to land on British shores

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  • As Ryanair and British Airways post alternative fuel updates, UK Government launches delivery group on hydrogen and electric aviation
  • Solar panels that work at night and the UK’s largest net-zero office: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Businesses talk big on ESG issues but aren’t investing accordingly, survey reveals
  • EV revolution: UK vehicle manufacturers Tevva and Munro celebrate expansion milestones
  • London’s net-zero office and Milan’s zero-emission vehicle pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • UK set to introduce Zero Emission Vehicle mandate for car manufacturers in 2024
  • UK electric vehicle sales soar, despite slump in automotive market
  • Seven top tips for adding EVs to your fleet on the road to net-zero
  • IPCC climate mitigation report: Four key ways businesses can respond to the latest climate science
  • ‘Bus back better’: £7bn package unveiled to encourage Brits outside of London to use buses
  • Supplier climate mentoring schemes and Tesco’s 1,000th EV charger: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Jaguar Land Rover sets 2030 carbon goals as part of net-zero pathway
  • Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022: Winners revealed at dazzling ceremony
  • UK Government allocates funding for more than 900 electric and hydrogen buses
  • Recycled coins from e-waste and fully-electric HGVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Amazon launches five fully-electric HGVs in the UK
  • Is the new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy ambitious enough?
  • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy: UK Government pledges £1.6bn for public chargers
  • edie launches new business guide on integrating EVs into fleets
  • Ryanair outlines ‘carbon-neutral’ by 2050 plans that rely heavily on alternative fuels
  • Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak announces VAT relief for home energy efficiency retrofits
  • Electric fleets: Sainsbury’s invests in smart charging as DHL orders 270 electric vans
  • Tesla opens €5bn Gigafactory in Germany, following delays due to forest protests
  • DHL inks deals for enough sustainable aviation fuel for 12,000 long-haul flights
  • Ford’s accelerated EV plans and a green hydrogen hub: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • The Net Zero Business podcast: Talking EVs with Evri and E.ON UK
  • After creating separate EV business, Ford accelerates electric mobility plans in Europe
  • UK’s plug-in van and truck grant schemes extended amid fuel price hikes
  • As it happened: Our live blog from the Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Environmental groups celebrate as Leeds Bradford Airport withdraws expansion plans
  • Uber to fund 700 EV charging point installations across London
  • Germany’s green energy goal and factories on stilts: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • London to explore Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion in 2023
  • ‘Incremental change is out of runway’: Sally Uren’s top tips for driving systems change
  • Ford separates EV business in drive to ‘go all in’ on electric mobility
  • Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone launches after Covid-19 delays
  • Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
  • Lower Thames Crossing: Critics call greenwashing as National Highways outlines carbon reduction plan
  • Solar-powered cement manufacturing and stackable homes: The best green innovations of February 2022
  • NYC’s energy skills funding and IBM’s renewables accelerator: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Lily Cole completes star-studded speaker line-up for Sustainability Leaders Forum
  • Satellite supply chain tracking in Thailand and ultra-rapid EV chargers in Wales: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • EV infrastructure: Government under mounting pressure to upgrade vehicle charging network
  • UK’s first hydrogen-only bin lorry unveiled in Aberdeen
  • A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Campaigners call greenwashing as Heathrow updates sustainability strategy
  • EU funds new blockchain supply chain tracking scheme for EV battery components
  • Ships set to switch from diesel generators to electricity at UK ports
  • Greater Manchester delays launch of Clean Air Zone
  • $896m raised for solar power as headhunters sign climate pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • Motorists should ‘pay by the mile’ to cover future fuel tax shortfall, MPs recommend
  • Glasgow Airport to build major new onsite solar array
  • Podcast special (Part 2) – Climate innovators, sustainable legacies and smart city planning
  • ‘Completely unjustifiable’: Environmental groups slam UK Government for approving Bristol Airport expansion
  • Ediston to roll out rapid EV charging across UK retail estates
  • JLR signs for £625m loan to support EV transition
  • Vehicle leasing firm Zenith raises £475m for first green bond
  • A world record for clean energy investment and a new electric ferry: The sustainability success stories of the week
  • General Motors confirms $6.6bn investment in EV manufacturing
  • Bentley ringfences £2.5bn to develop EVs in UK
  • EVzero: UK businesses team up on electric vehicle chargepoint initiative
  • Iberia and Cepsa form partnership on sustainable aviation fuels
  • Government funnels £100m into Britishvolt’s battery Gigafactory
  • Coventry battery Gigafactory plans given the go-ahead
  • HS2 pledges to use only zero-carbon electricity, but environmental groups call greenwashing
  • Go-Ahead forges ahead with plans to launch hydrogen buses in the UK this summer
  • Sony unveils plans to launch EV company this year
  • IEA: Global SUV sales rebounding post-lockdown, offsetting EV gains

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