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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Supply chain

Is the UK on track to meet its sustainable palm oil targets?

Defra says UK sourced 72-93 per cent of palm oil from sustainable sources last year, as ZSL expands tool to help investors navigate market

clock 18 November 2015 •

Investment

Barclays to double £1bn green bond target

Latest green investment commitment comes after S&P predicts Paris Summit will have major implications for investors

clock 18 November 2015 •

Policy

Amber Rudd to tout gas and nuclear as key to keeping lights on through coal phase out

Energy and Climate Change Secretary to deliver much-anticipated policy 'reset' speech, as reports suggest coal plants to be phased out by 2025

clock 18 November 2015 •

Policy

EU eases rules governing Green Investment Bank lending

Statement confirms GIB will have more freedom to invest in solar projects, smart grids and other energy infrastructure initiatives

clock 17 November 2015 •

Wind

Nearly half of British offshore wind farms 'locally sourced'

New reports highlight growing contribution of wind power industry to UK and EU economies

clock 17 November 2015 •

Biofuel

Football star Mathieu Flamini reveals secret biofuel investments

Arsenal midfielder set up GF Biochemicals seven years ago to focus on mass producing levulinic acid

clock 17 November 2015 •

Policy

G20 raises climate concerns in Turkey ahead of crunch Paris talks

President Obama, Justin Trudeau, David Cameron, and Nerendra Modi all call for fresh efforts to tackle climate change during two day summit

clock 16 November 2015 •

Technology

Boris Johnson to push London's clean tech 'Silicon Valley' at Paris summit

Mayor of London expected to unveil roadmap for creating Europe's largest clean tech cluster in the capital

clock 16 November 2015 •

Investment

Greencoat seeks to raise £50m for latest wind farm investment

Investor to place around 46 million shares as Moody's assigns first rating for offshore wind farm bond issuance

clock 12 November 2015 •

Energy

How Dutch greenhouses are helping bring more renewables onto the grid

Eneco set to become first utility to deploy Autogrid's virtual power plant

clock 12 November 2015 •
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