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Octopus Energy's Zero Bills tariff promises customers in newly built homes no energy bills for ten years, but do the numbers add up so developers, energy companies, consumers, and the environment can all emerge as winners?

Primal co-founder and CEO David Even explains how the company is working to replace single-use hotel slippers with circular cork alternatives

If we aren't explicit about how cause leads to effect, we lose the urgency for action and create an open goal for peddlers of misinformation and whataboutism, writes Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson

High street bakery chain's CEO Roisin Currie speaks to BusinessGreen about how the firm has adapted both its product line and Greggs Pledge for an 'ever-changing and more complex world'

Plus Amazon deforestation plunges to lowest level since 2013, Google inks 15-year solar PPA, and Malaysia's new 10-year energy efficiency plan, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world the week

Millions of pounds in corporate profit generated by UK live events every summer could fund frontline nature restoration, argues Shambala Festival co-founder Chris Johnson

Wood Mackenzie report identifies 'electric shock' scenario which could jump start global EV markets through perfect storm of geopolitical drivers and technological advancements

More than half of renters and outright owners would favour using a mortgage to fund shading, cooling, insulation, ventilation and solar panels to better protect their homes against extreme weather, fresh research has found

Report warns lack of clarity on costs, timelines, and logistics for connecting factories to the power grid and is causing some firms to abandon electrification plans and remain reliant on fossil gas

UK could face £25.6bn hit each year by 2030 if heatwaves keep intensifying at rates seen over the last decade, think tank Verdant claims