For five of the nine startups, the funding represents an initial corporate transaction

Returnable cup system is expected to eliminate around 620,000 single-use coffee cups a year across both sites

As world leaders prepare to travel to New York, Ed King assesses the critical issues governments need to wrestle with ahead of a series of critical summits and elections this autumn

With Climate Week NYC on the horizon, regional and city climate events are reclaiming some of the spotlight taken up by annual UN Climate Summits COPs, offering a chance to set the conversation and break new ground, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

Firm unveils Traceable Renewable Supply service to help combat greenwashing and support increasingly stringent data disclosure requirements

Hubbub CEO Alex Robinson sets out his seven-point-plan to help companies avoid greenwashing

Even today too few political figures are making the strong case for ambitious decarbonisation policies and green investment in terms of improved social and wellbeing outcomes, argues Sizzle's Trewin Restorick

The sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls should be integrated into all national climate plans, writes UNFPA's Lydia Zigomo

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

Decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles in the UK is happening at a glacial pace, writes Transport & Environment's Ralph Palmer