Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Johnson was most convincing, as is so often the case, when he departed from policy detail and provided a hymn to the UK's "world-leading" clean technologies and innovations. A pledge to plant trees will not be enough to meet our climate change commitments.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "The UK's path to ending our contribution to climate change will be paved with well-paid jobs, billions in investment and thriving green industries - powering our green industrial revolution across the country. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction to the stategy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Tomas Otterström, KPMG’s partner and head of responsible investment and sustainability services in Finland and Sweden, climate change, biodiversity and diversity/inclusion issues appear to be this year’s top proxy issues globally. In the U.S.,

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Things are picking up in a very large way," says Robin Rix, chief policy and markets officer at Verra, a standard-setter that certifies offsetting projects. For all his enthusiasm, Rix is quick to emphasise that "offsetting is not the primary solution" to the climate crisis.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

But big questions remain over how the UK will meet hugely ambitious new targets, after government signalled it will not sign off on all the CCC's policy recommendations. The target emphasises the importance of the 2020s as a decade of delivery on our climate ambitions, and urgent action is needed now to make this a reality," she said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

BusinessGreen rounds up the top green headlines from government's latest slew of fiscal and policy announcements. In total, it is expected to lop off around £4bn from the UK's overseas aid funding, some of which would have gone towards helping tackle climate change abroad. Global Britain retreats. per cent of GDP to 0.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

However, while last week we saw the PM's 10-point green plan, today there was very little from the Chancellor on net-zero and climate change. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.". John Alker, Director of Policy and Places at UKGBC, said. "We

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The government's commitment to a green recovery is a big step forward, but impatience is growing as green businesses continue to wait for key policies and spending decisions that have been in the pipeline for months. Over the years these green sections have tended to get longer and the rhetoric in support of climate action more committed.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

And will the much-trumpeted new strategy have the desired catalysing impact on the UK's covid-stricken economy and faltering net zero transition, or will it amount to yet more Johnsonian spin over substance, big on planet-saving rhetorical flourishes but low on bankable policy detail?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Tomas Otterström, KPMG’s partner and head of responsible investment and sustainability services in Finland and Sweden, climate change, biodiversity and diversity/inclusion issues appear to be this year’s top proxy issues globally. In the U.S.,

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Meanwhile, Britain will still no doubt perform dismally in the Eurovision Song Contest in May, and the global ecological and climate crisis escalates by the day. Plus ça change. These are going to shape and influence policy over the next 15 years, and its right that we spend the time on getting it right," he argues.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Martin Baxter, chief policy advisor at environmental professionals body IEMA, said: "While IEMA welcomes the significant commitments announced in Budget 2020, questions remain over whether this reflects the urgency of tackling the climate and environmental emergency. The increase in spending on flood defence is much needed.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

The white paper reiterates the government's plans to strengthen environmental standards for new homes and hints that it could pull forward the 2025 target date for introducing the new Future Homes Standard, which will require new homes to be "zero carbon ready".

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