Corporate COP28 demands and net zero pioneers: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

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

Businesses worth $1tr call on governments to pursue 'full phase-out of unabated fossil fuels'

Leading firms urge world leaders to strike deal at COP28 Climate Summit to rapidly phase down coal, oil, and gas production.

- by Cecilia Keating (@cecilia_keating)

 

Net Zero Pioneers: 50 top UK green innovators revealed ahead of Net Zero Festival 2023

BusinessGreen launches exclusive Net Zero Pioneers report detailing 50 of the UK's most cutting-edge organisations leading the charge to a greener, nature-friendly future.

- BusinessGreen staff

 

COP28: Over 100 blue chip CEOs urge world leaders for 'transformative' climate policies

Business leaders across technology, pharmaceuticals, finance, manufacturing, food and engineering set out demands for upcoming UN Climate Summit in letter organised by World Economic Forum.

- by Cecilia Keating (@cecilia_keating)

 

COP28: Food firms and green groups call for action to tackle food system emissions

Open letter signed by 70 groups and individuals calls for food systems transformation to be put higher on the agenda at the upcoming Dubai Summit.

- by Cecilia Keating (@cecilia_keating)

 

'We have to be realistic': Government dismisses CCC's concerns over UK's net zero progress

Government insists UK can meet all its climate targets, but rejects recommendations 'that force families to make costly and burdensome changes to their lifestyles'.

- by Michael Holder (@michaelholder

 

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