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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

'Glaring public health crisis': Water firms dumped sewage for over 43,000 hours during July and August

Policy

'Glaring public health crisis': Water firms dumped sewage for over 43,000 hours during July and August

Sewage pumped into England's bathing waters for more than 2,000 hours over the summer, Surfers Against Sewage finds

clock 03 September 2026 • 5 min read
'Without action, these could be the good years': A quarter of UK food imports come from regions most exposed to El Niño impacts

Climate change

'Without action, these could be the good years': A quarter of UK food imports come from regions most exposed to El Niño impacts

Imports of commodities such as rice, coffee, and cocoa mean up to £17bn is at risk from 'Super El Niño' climate impacts

clock 03 September 2026 • 6 min read
Study: 'Lengthy' heat pump planning process has cost UK households £8m since 2015

Technology

Study: 'Lengthy' heat pump planning process has cost UK households £8m since 2015

Nesta calls for revamp of planning rules for installing heat pumps after analysis finds more than 80 per cent of applications end up being approved

clock 02 September 2026 • 4 min read
UN: World now all but certain to 'overshoot' critical 1.5C global warming threshold

Climate change

UN: World now all but certain to 'overshoot' critical 1.5C global warming threshold

UNEP sets out 'best-case' scenario of 1.8C for global average temperature rise, but maintains world can still limit, adapt to, and eventually reduce warming to or below 1.5C threshold in future

clock 02 September 2026 • 8 min read
Fossil-based fibres drive up fashion industry emissions for second consecutive year

Supply chain

Fossil-based fibres drive up fashion industry emissions for second consecutive year

Fashion industry's carbon emissions rose by 6.3 per cent in 2024 on the back of rising demand for oil-based textiles, Apparel Impact Institute finds

clock 01 September 2026 • 4 min read
Mothers Rise Up urges Prime Minister to better protect children from deadly heatwaves

Risk

Mothers Rise Up urges Prime Minister to better protect children from deadly heatwaves

Campaign group delivers open letter signed by almost 30,000 people to Prime Minister Andy Burnham

clock 01 September 2026 • 5 min read
Nattergal's Archie Struthers: 'I've never really thought of myself as working in sustainability'

Biodiversity

Nattergal's Archie Struthers: 'I've never really thought of myself as working in sustainability'

Nattergal's CEO explains what makes him a 'natural agent of change', and how his background in asset management has helped him build a leading nature restoration business

clock 01 September 2026 • 9 min read
How Brothers Make is using 'small-scale recycling' to tackle waste from one of the UK's fastest-growing sports

Recycling

How Brothers Make is using 'small-scale recycling' to tackle waste from one of the UK's fastest-growing sports

Matt and Jonny Browning of Brothers Make discuss how they are reworking plastic from broken pickleballs and single-use pens

clock 31 August 2026 • 8 min read
Global Briefing: Africa on track for record year of solar installations

Climate change

Global Briefing: Africa on track for record year of solar installations

Africa set for solar installation record, experts warn climate change is destabilising mountain regions, and Spain proposes clean energy rule for data centres

clock 28 August 2026 • 11 min read
Offshore wind training and work placement schemes secure Scottish government funding

Skills

Offshore wind training and work placement schemes secure Scottish government funding

Three projects to support students, those returning to work, and career changers seeking employment in the offshore wind sector share latest funding award

clock 28 August 2026 • 4 min read