Green recovery

Enhanced climate target for 2030 can put the UK on track to meet its climate ambitions, help deliver a green recovery, and will encourage investment in net zero transition, groups tell government

Ipsos MORI poll reveals overwhelming business support for a green recovery and widespread expectation changes to working patterns will become embedded

The UK could reach a 60 per cent renewable power system by 2025 were it to shift Covid-19 energy sector recovery funds from fossil fuels to green power, report concludes

Trade body's members underscore commitment to climate action and job creation

Although crucial to net zero, uptake of digital technologies is being hamstrung by policy shortfalls, underinvestment, and skills shortages, Green Alliance warns

Analysis published by We Mean Business coalition recommends policymakers reject traditional stimulus programmes that focus on VAT reductions and boosting household spending in favour of targeted support for green technologies and solutions

UK should take immediate steps to boost green innovation and production capabilities in anticipation of growing demand for more environmentally responsible technologies, academics advise

VIDEO: Former Unilever CEO offers his characteristically sage wisdom on corporate sustainability in the wake of Covid-19 in a wide-ranging interview with Gavin Esler

Aldersgate Group urges government to address low carbon skills deficit as a 'national priority' or risk seeing net zero transition derailed

Business leaders, investors and policymakers have a narrow 6-18 month window to set a path to net zero or a breakdown of the planet's biosphere, according to Forum to the Future