Emissions

Carbon Accounting

Hot topic: It takes more than clean power to reach renewables targets

Cargill, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark, Mars and P&G throw their weight behind an effort to take stock of thermal loads

clock 22 September 2017 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

DS Smith shrink-wraps CO2 emissions, boosts sourcing standards

Packaging giant cuts relative emissions by 6.7 per cent in 2016/7 and now sources 85 per cent of packaging fibre from FSC-certified sites

clock 07 September 2017 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Mars: To avert dangerous warming, we must untangle the supply chain web

Kate Wylie, Mars' global head of sustainability, talks to BusinessGreen about the food giant's new $1bn plan to help fix "broken" supply chains

clock 06 September 2017 • 6 min read

Shipping

Cruise ships urged to deliver sea change in air pollution efforts

Annual cruise ship rankings compiled by green NGO NABU show little improvement in emissions or cleaner fuel use across the global industry over the past year

clock 05 September 2017 • 8 min read

Climate change

Report: Just 100 companies responsible for 70 per cent of emissions since 1988

New study uncovers the powerful role of fossil fuel producers in driving climate change over the last 28 years, as pressure grows on the so-called 'Carbon Majors' to clean up their act

clock 09 July 2017 • 5 min read

Policy

Mapped: How high are emissions in your neighbourhood?

An interactive guide to emissions across the UK

clock 02 July 2017 • 2 min read

Automotive

Red light for emissions: Lorry drivers in line for roadside checks

New inspection regime will target lorry drivers and operators attempting to cheat vehicle emissions standards

clock 26 June 2017 • 1 min read

Transport

EU transport emissions ticked up in 2015

Latest figures from European Environment Agency show rise in transport emissions for the first time since 2010

clock 01 June 2017 • 2 min read

Politics

Obama on climate action

Former US President Barack Obama appeared in Milan yesterday to talk climate change and agriculture - Here's what you need to know

clock 10 May 2017 • 7 min read

Policy

Tory MPs and green groups urge government to retain ambitious tree planting goals

Campaign led by Conservative think tank Bright Blue claims government is far off meeting its 2015 target of planting 11 million trees by 2020

clock 02 May 2017 • 3 min read