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Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff was a journalist at BusinessGreen until January 2020.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen in June 2015, Madeleine spent three years as an assistant editor at innovation consultancy Stylus. She has a Masters in journalism from City University London and a first class honours degree in English Literature from Durham University.

In September 2018 she was named 'Business Sustainability Journalist 2018', at the Press Gazette Specialist Media Awards. 

 

Articles by Madeleine Cuff

Management

Promising to go net zero is easy, but here's how to deliver it

Joao Pola, UK & Ireland CEO of Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, reveals the secrets to successfully implementing a net zero goal

clock 29 July 2019 • 5 min read

Energy

RedT's flow battery set to become first to help balance UK grid

Flow batteries use chemicals suspended in water tanks to store power, and do not degrade as quickly as lithium ion alternatives

clock 29 July 2019 • 2 min read

Politics

Fracking wipes out any chance of UK hitting net zero target, Labour warns

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calls on the government to ban fracking 'once and for all'

clock 29 July 2019 • 3 min read

Politics

Green Tories Zac Goldsmith and Simon Clarke join ministerial line-up

Clarke will serve as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Goldsmith will work across Defra and DFID as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

clock 29 July 2019 • 4 min read

Investment

European Investment Bank plots ban on fossil fuel lending

Draft strategy suggests end to funding projects reliant on fossil fuels by 2020 in bid to place bank at the leading edge of the low-carbon transition

clock 29 July 2019 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Is Ireland's farming industry sowing the seeds for green growth?

The Irish food board believes its 'Origin Green' programme will help Irish farmers to become world leaders in sustainability - but is it driving radical enough change?

clock 29 July 2019 • 8 min read

Wind

Offshore wind needs a highly skilled and more diverse workforce

Everyone has a role to play in the green power revolution, argues RenewableUK's Celia Anderson

clock 29 July 2019 • 4 min read

Management

Reports: Unilever could cull brands with no sustainable 'purpose'

New CEO Alan Jope hints at plans to step up Unilever's sustainability drive with promise to ensure every one of its brands has a purpose - or potentially face the chop

clock 26 July 2019 • 1 min read

Management

Global briefing: Brazil losing three football pitches of rainforest a minute

BusinessGreen brings you all the green news from around the world this week

clock 26 July 2019 • 5 min read

Technology

We must stop 'offshoring' our waste

We must create market infrastructure for dealing with our own waste, argues WRAP's Peter Maddox

clock 26 July 2019 • 4 min read