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How ready is the UK for the ZEV mandate?
…Ministers in recent weeks. Sky reported that some prominent MPs, including Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, are pushing back on the mandate. Some manufacturers and media publications are also opposing the…
Government reportedly planning parliamentary vote on ZEV mandate amid green policy flux
…of production target shortfall. Earlier this month, Sky reported that some prominent MPs, including Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, have been engaged in efforts to resist the implementation of the mandate,…
Nine in 10 ESG professionals believe reporting and data boost competitiveness
…“It’s no secret ESG is receiving heightened attention in boardrooms or that increasingly complex frameworks, standards and regulations are presenting new challenges in ESG reporting,” London Business School’s professor of…
Hydrogen levy on British homes officially axed
…green (renewable) and blue (natural gas with carbon capture) hydrogen projects – but questions remained about the funding of additional capacity. Energy and Net-Zero Secretary Grant Shapps’ team had originally…
Environmental professionals warn of burnout due to high workloads and low pay
…general secretary Sue Ferns said: “The insights provided by our expert members are invaluable to understanding what is happening on the front line of the fight to tackle the climate…
High Court to hold fresh hearing on whether UK’s net-zero plans are unlawful
…their case in full. New Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Clair Coutinho will also be invited to appear. The hearing concerns a package of policy measures announced in March 2023,…
G20 failing to implement nature-related disclosure policies for corporates
…Last month, a group of former heads of state and diplomats, including Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and Former UNFCCC secretary Christiana Figueres penned an open letter to environment…
Avoidable and botched: Green groups react to offshore wind omission in CfD auctions
…in offshore wind with all the economic benefits this would bring. The new Secretary of State, Clare Coutinho needs to get a grip on her failing department – and quickly.”…
G20 nations agree to treble renewable energy capacity, but water down fossil fuel pledges
…just as they and other fossil fuel exporters advocated carbon capture as an alternative to renewables at COP27. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has spoken strongly against this kind of rhetoric….
Kimberly-Clark opens new onshore wind farm to power UK manufacturing sites
…Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition. The 50 MW 12-turbine Cumberhead facility will supply Kimberly-Clark with approximately 160,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy every year. This will…
BMW firms up £600m investment to keep electric Mini production in the UK
…stated that the funding should support the uptake of “hundreds” of zero-emission buses. It is smaller than the first tranche of £270m. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said: “We have already…
Global climate briefing: Sunak snubs UN meetings as California moves to mandate corporate climate disclosures
…a decade that the British PM missed the meetings. Sunak is sending his deputy, Oliver Dowden, in his place. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has, reportedly, warned Sunak that the UK…
Great British Insulation Scheme: Government earmarks £1bn to improve home energy efficiency
…best fit for their property. It is hoped that the Great British Insulation Scheme will reach more than 300,000 homes. Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho said the Scheme…
Report: SDGs can be delivered, but not until 2050
…Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call for rigorous strategic analysis and foresight in policymaking. It includes insights from leading scientists, economists, and modelers, offering proven approaches to implement the SDGs effectively and…
Lords block Government plan to weaken water pollution rules for housebuilders
…Margaret Thatcher. He was then Environment Secretary under John Major for four years. Until earlier this year, he had chaired the Government’s independent climate advisory body, the Climate Change Committee….
Ikea and Unilever named as best-performing companies on climate advocacy
…and Nature Solutions’s chief executive and chair of UN Secretary-General’s High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments and former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna said: “As we…
Ikea’s green steel deal and Carlsberg’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
…energy price crisis. It is hoped that the scheme will reach more than 300,000 homes by March 2026. Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho said the Scheme “will help…
Sustainability Uncovered Podcast episode 11: Global Goals special (part 2) – local clean air action and global energy transitions
…her advice on cutting through the noise of the current culture wars around London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). And next, she speaks with Dr Angela Wilkinson, chief executive and secretary-general…
Accounting bodies urge UK Government to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
…take up a leadership role. It also calls on the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Claire Coutinho to help scale up climate finance internationally. Just…
Appeal granted in legal challenge to Sizewell C nuclear power plant
…project by then-Energy-Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng against the advice of the Examining Authority (EA). Part of the reason for the EA’s advice was that the plans for the plant did not…
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