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Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone

Intelligence editor

Stuart Stone is editor of BusinessGreen Intelligence. He has led the platform's output since it launched in March 2023 by writing case studies, interviews and trend reports designed to help sustainable business leaders in their work. He has also provided news and analysis for the site since joining BusinessGreen in January 2023.

Stuart is particularly interested in green start-ups, culture and behaviour change, nature, the role of clean tech and circular innovation in day-to-day living, and the uphill battle to make sport more sustainable.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen, Stuart spent almost four years covering the hospitality and drinks sector at “pub trade bible” The Morning Advertiser, where he was a head category judge at the Great British Pub Awards on multiple occasions.

He also enjoyed a brief spell covering innovation and technology in the water and energy sectors at Utility Week, has freelanced for British GQ and Telegraph Sport, and written matchday blogs for UEFA’s Champions League, Europa League and international fixtures. Before training as a journalist Stuart spent four years working in commercial media at Men’s Fitness and The Telegraph Media Group’s branded content team.

Stuart studied journalism at City University, a BA in modern history and politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is certified Carbon Literate by The Carbon Literacy Project.

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Articles by Stuart Stone

'Startling act of climate hypocrisy': Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead

Energy

'Startling act of climate hypocrisy': Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead

Climate campaigners brand new fossil fuelled plant a 'catastrophic failure' from Scottish Government, but developers maintain pioneering project offers major boost to UK's clean energy system

clock 28 October 2026 • 5 min read
Government green lights UK's joint largest solar farm

Solar

Government green lights UK's joint largest solar farm

Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park development to become the UK’s largest solar farm to incorporate sheep grazing

clock 28 October 2026 • 4 min read
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Increase in heat pump grants drove 24 per cent rise in monthly installations

Policy

Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Increase in heat pump grants drove 24 per cent rise in monthly installations

Targeted grants have yielded 'tangible results', pre-Budget study finds, as campaigners urge Chancellor not to cut funding for popular scheme

clock 28 October 2026 • 4 min read
'Disaster Divide': UK's richest 0.1 per cent emit 46 times more CO2 than poorest half of population

Climate change

'Disaster Divide': UK's richest 0.1 per cent emit 46 times more CO2 than poorest half of population

The UK's 'ultra rich; emit more CO2 in just under a year than someone in the poorest half of the population has emitted over the last three decades, Oxfam study claims

clock 27 October 2026 • 4 min read
Mandarin Oriental's Kandé Camara: 'Developing a strategy can be a long and sometimes lonely process'

Management

Mandarin Oriental's Kandé Camara: 'Developing a strategy can be a long and sometimes lonely process'

Kandé Camara sheds light on Mandarin Oriental's new sustainability platform, and how setbacks arise when well-intentioned initiatives are too idealistic to implement

clock 27 October 2026 • 8 min read
What can growing and recycling food in space teach agrifood systems about waste?

Technology

What can growing and recycling food in space teach agrifood systems about waste?

Kirk Siderman-Wolter, founder of Darlington-based Take Root Bio, explains how the company is learning from astronauts to convert dairy waste into energy back on Earth

clock 26 October 2026 • 8 min read
How a weakened ZEV Mandate would risk 'slamming the brakes' on the EV transition

Automotive

How a weakened ZEV Mandate would risk 'slamming the brakes' on the EV transition

Campaign groups stress 'profound disappointment' at proposals to water down EV sales targets, as government prepares to close controversial ZEV Mandate consultation

clock 22 October 2026 • 10 min read
Study: Almost all firms setting sustainability targets - but fewer than half explain poor performance

Management

Study: Almost all firms setting sustainability targets - but fewer than half explain poor performance

While sustainability strategies, materiality assessments, reporting, and targets have ‘matured considerably’, they’re not yet shaping business decisions, WBCSD claims

clock 22 October 2026 • 4 min read
Study: Meat and chocolate heavy diets hit harder by 'climateflation'

Climate change

Study: Meat and chocolate heavy diets hit harder by 'climateflation'

Diets aligned with the NHS’ Eatwell Guide deliver ‘double dividend’ of greater protection from climate driven price shocks and better health, ECIU study finds

clock 22 October 2026 • 5 min read
B Lab names Peter Williams as first global CEO in movement's 20-year history

Management

B Lab names Peter Williams as first global CEO in movement's 20-year history

Former World Bank, Gates Foundation, and European Union advisor appointed to lead global standards setter

clock 21 October 2026 • 3 min read