Net zero

Study: Clean energy remains a key untapped regional investment opportunity

Investment

Study: Clean energy remains a key untapped regional investment opportunity

Mayoral Strategic Authorities collectively identify almost £80bn of investment opportunities across infrastructure, housing, and clean energy

clock 31 July 2026 • 4 min read
Study: Industry-specific net zero blueprints a 'scientific and practical necessity'

Carbon Accounting

Study: Industry-specific net zero blueprints a 'scientific and practical necessity'

New paper backs sector specific net zero blueprints that combine existing frameworks, are grounded in climate science, and aligned with planetary boundaries

clock 30 July 2026 • 3 min read
'Clear opportunity': How to cut UK electricity bills, while decarbonising the energy system

Policy

'Clear opportunity': How to cut UK electricity bills, while decarbonising the energy system

A new report from the UK Energy Research Centre argues it is possible to reduce domestic electricity bills, but Ministers will have to navigate significant trade-offs to do so

clock 29 July 2026 • 10 min read
'A wake up call': Britons' diets have already exceeded sustainability thresholds for the year

Risk

'A wake up call': Britons' diets have already exceeded sustainability thresholds for the year

New analysis from Lidl GB shows Britain will reach its 'Planetary Health Diet Overshoot Day' on Saturday 25th July

clock 24 July 2026 • 3 min read
North star: Will this time be different?

Politics

North star: Will this time be different?

Andy Burnham's Cabinet appointments and cuts to VAT on electricity bills suggest a commitment to net zero will remain, but can he marry new fossil fuel projects with continued decarbonisation?

clock 21 July 2026 • 6 min read
Sustainable cooling, 30x30 plans, and the Tories' net zero purge

Climate change

Sustainable cooling, 30x30 plans, and the Tories' net zero purge

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing – July part two

clock 17 July 2026 • 2 min read
Business leaders urge policymakers to restore consensus on climate action

Politics

Business leaders urge policymakers to restore consensus on climate action

Corporate Leaders Group UK and Aldersgate Group back statement urging leaders from across the political spectrum to accelerate investment in a 'resilient, low carbon, nature-positive economic future'

clock 15 July 2026 • 6 min read
'How far their party has fallen': Kemi Badenoch slammed over vow to purge would be Tory MPs who back net zero targets

Politics

'How far their party has fallen': Kemi Badenoch slammed over vow to purge would be Tory MPs who back net zero targets

Tory leader attacks colleagues who support the UK's climate goals, as she vows to recruit 'serious businesspeople, engineers, electricians, builders, teachers' to stand at the next election

clock 10 July 2026 • 7 min read
Heatwave impacts, change at Number 10, and reflections on London Climate Action Week

Policy

Heatwave impacts, change at Number 10, and reflections on London Climate Action Week

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: July part one

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Royal Mail delivers 31 per cent reduction in emissions

Management

Royal Mail delivers 31 per cent reduction in emissions

Delivery giant reveals how electric vehicle fleet and energy efficiency improvements across its estate have moved it a major step towards goal of net zero emissions by 2040

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read