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Short-termism and seeking silver bullets: Why businesses still aren’t preparing for environmental risks
Businesses are struggling to tackle short-term pressures like the cost-of-living crisis while building in resilience against rapidly crystallising environmental risks, Forum for the Future is warning. But it believes that…
The Business Guide to Net-Zero Heating
The ongoing cost-of-living-crisis and the massive increases in energy costs over the last few years have placed heating and energy well at the forefront of political, social and corporate discussions….
The state of corporate climate finance in 2023: Nine key facts and stats
Our 2023 Business Leadership Survey, which was taken by 225 sustainability and energy professionals. Most work in-house at large businesses in the UK or Europe. In partnership with Lloyds Bank,…
Is the cost crisis really hampering green business spending?
The ESI tracks corporate sentiment and tangible progress on sustainability from quarter to quarter. Sustainability has taken precedence as the primary focus for most companies, with 73% of global respondents…
Britain’s new packaging EPR scheme delayed by a year
The reformed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme was meant to launch in October 2024, having first been promised in late 2018. Now, it will not launch until October 2025. Under…
Survey: Four in ten British businesses believe sustainability is profitable
The survey, conducted by SAP, found that 31% of businesses have already seen a “strong” positive impact on revenue and profits through improving their sustainability credentials. And more than half…
‘A mixed bag on net-zero’: How did the green economy react to the Autumn Statement?
In an Autumn Statement centered around what the Chancellor described as the UK’s “largest business tax cut” in modern history, there were only fleeting mentions of the green economy. Just…
Why the Autumn Statement was a major missed opportunity for energy efficiency
Shortly after being chosen as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Chancellor, Hunt promised £6bn of new funding for energy efficiency, to be allocated from 2025 onwards. This was intended to spur…
Report: Global climate crisis threatens UK food security
This is according to ECIU’s ‘Climate impacts on UK food imports’ study, which is based on the Government trade data. According to the study, five food products collectively amount to…
British businesses struggling to find right solutions to cut energy costs, survey finds
This is according to a new survey of 750 UK organisations, conducted by PwC in November and December 2023. The respondents included businesses from both the private and public sectors,…
Ørsted scales back renewable energy targets, prepares to trim jobs
Ørsted had been planning to operate 50GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 but has scaled back its forecast to 35-38GW. As a result, the company expects a reduction in…
Budget 2024: Chancellor extends North Sea oil and gas windfall tax, confirms ESG rating regulations
Hunt set out what he called “a Budget for long-term growth” in Parliament today (6 March), detailing a string of cuts and freezes to taxes including a 2p reduction in…
EV chargers and ethical pensions: What green perks should businesses offer to staff?
Conducted by The Electric Car Scheme last month, the survey asked 1,084 people whether they would value perks that serve both to improve their lifestyles and to reduce their environmental…
UK SMEs to receive free support on engaging with energy suppliers
The government has announced that the remit of the Energy Ombudsman is being extended to cover 99% of all businesses in Great Britain. Currently, domestic energy customers and companies with…
By the side of Tideway
Tideway is on a mission to improve London’s sewage system and reduce pollution in the River Thames. With sustainability central to this project, it was important to finance it sustainably…
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