Net zero

The BBC’s first director of sustainability, and 2023 UKGBA Sustainability Leader of the Year, discusses the corporation's three green pillars, the role of businesses in nature restoration, and facing up to 'terrifying' scientific warnings

Fresh research shows world's largest companies plan to boost year-on-year spending to cut their CO2 by over a fifth on average

Research finds increased focus on short-term factors crucial to meet net zero emissions

CfD auction delivers just 3.7GW of new capacity as offshore wind developers refuse to bid, sparking warnings UK is now badly off track to meet its clean energy goals

A failure to inform and engage the public with the climate crisis could result in a 'vocal and unrepresentative minority of the population' undermining net zero goals, according to a major new report

Survey of more than 1,500 'energy decision makers' warns soaring energy bills is having an adverse effect on corporate sustainability investments, despite their potential to curb bills

Major new analysis from Boston Consulting Group predicts a green energy system can solve the 'trilemma', but a massive scaling up in wind, solar, and grid storage capacity is urgently required through to 2030

Ken Murphy calls for stable and ambitious decarbonisation policies, as he confirms Tesco is to expand low carbon fertiliser trial

Rather than 'greenhushing', now is the time for firms to be even bolder in their support for the net zero economy, Forum for the Future's chief executive Sally Uren tells BusinessGreen

It's been a busy summer for the green economy, but the government's triangulation is continuing to wilfully damage the UK's investment climate