Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Green Procurement Policy. A green procurement or green purchasing policy (GPP) is put in place to guide businesses when acquiring materials, supplies and services and selecting such products based on their impact on the environment and human health. Many institutional GPPs are built upon larger federal policies.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. A draft document obtained by Bloomberg and Euractiv lays out a series of planned policies.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The government’s action plan for guiding the UK through the worsening energy crisis lacks energy efficiency and demand policies, report warns. If we are to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, we must reduce energy demand and ensure that net zero is at the heart of all public policy decision-making," she said. "We

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2024

The government’s proposed package of energy market reforms are wide-ranging and broadly sensible, if worryingly incomplete - so why all the focus on controversial new gas power plants? That appears to be the main message the government wants taken from today's unveiling of the biggest set of energy market reforms in over a decade.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That's why we’ve tapped Elemental Excelerator ’s expertise and experience to unravel the complexities of accessing non-dilutive government funding (in the US). We’ll walk you through the essential steps to prep your climate tech startup for the competitive government grant process.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Professor Peter Taylor and Alice Garvey from the University of Leeds set out the challenges and policy requirements for decarbonising heavy industry which they included in a recent report commissioned by the CCC.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

Governments have committed to the target of doubling energy efficiency progress globally by the end of this decade. We know the policies that are required and the technologies that are essential and now it’s an action agenda.” “We know the policies that are required and the technologies that are essential and now it’s an action agenda.”

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Covid-19 recovery packages unveiled by nations around the world are failing to deliver the levels of sustainable investment needed to cap global temperature increases at safe levels, IEA warns. It has also called on all nations to ramp up investment and policies that can deliver global climate goals and prevent runaway climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Influential group of institutions urge governments to 'insert the DNA of a green economy into all recovery efforts'. We need to build a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable economic model that prioritises green and low-carbon policies.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The government said the new plan would deliver a planning system for large infrastructure projects that is "better, faster, greener, fairer, and more resilient", following widespread complaints from industry that planning delays are hampering efforts to deliver critical low carbon infrastructure and acting as a drag on the UK's economic performance.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced a package of fiscal measures aimed at tackling the energy price crisis and boosting the economy. In the package, Kwarteng provided an extra £1bn for energy efficiency over three years, in addition to a disappointing reiteration of £2.1bn already pledged.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

Conservative in-fighting may be once again reaching one of its periodic crescendos, but there is another perennial occurrence evident in Westminster today: pleas for the government to do more to tackle the UK's appalling levels of energy waste. The government's Energy Security Strategy commits to fresh targets on the supply side.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The reforms bring in a more convenient and practical system, said the government, which prevents councils from being hit with extra complexity, while making sure all local authorities collect the required recyclable waste streams. There is still an urgent need for waste reforms, policy visibility, and investment.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. But it's not enough to release these strategies into the ether and hope that's enough.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. However, the picture is more encouraging once the findings are measured in the context of the growth of the economy. per cent and 13.4

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The government's Green Homes Grant scheme opens for applications today, but demand from homeowners expected to outstrip 600,000 vouchers available. Find out how today's package will help reduce emissions and cut energy bills: [link]. The Green Homes Grant scheme is now LIVE and is part of our plan to build back better.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Period of national mourning has overshadowed government’s sweeping new energy support package, but experts remain convinced more targeted long-term plan is needed. The government's new energy strategy appears to rest on four pillars.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Policies aiming to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis promise better long-term economic and societal outcomes for the UK than either a business-as-usual strategy or alternative plans for tackling soaring inflation, a fresh analysis published today has concluded.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The government is reportedly considering another U-turn that could see it extend the current freeze on energy prices for business and other non-domestic customers beyond the scheduled end of the Energy Bill Relief scheme in March. The company said the scheme had delivered £2.8m

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

The government has today announced it is to cut payments through the Plug-in Car Grant scheme from £3,000 to £2,500, arguing the move will allow the popular scheme to support more motorists in making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). We will continue to review the grant as the market grows.".

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Data published by the government yesterday shows in the six months since the green home upgrade programme was launched last September, households have lodged 123,500 vouchers applications, yet just under 28,300 vouchers have been issued to date. Reports have also suggested that Ministers are considering an early close to the scheme.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

A string of policy reforms, tax tweaks, and grant schemes designed to support the green economy have come into effect in the UK this month, all of which could play a sizeable role in accelerating the development of a greener economy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Chancellor unveils measures to address costs of gas supply crisis as businesses demand more ambition and funding for energy efficiency and renewables. The new package of measures was announced as Ofgem this morning confirmed the energy price cap would rise from April, taking average household bills to almost £2,000 a year from April.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

MPs from across the political divide have called on the government to harness its Covid-19 recovery plans to accelerate the transition to net zero, today setting out a 10-point programme of policy recommendations "the government needs to urgently adopt to get the UK on track".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The government has today unveiled plans for a new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will effectively extend the energy price freeze provided to households to all UK businesses, charities, and the public sector. New measures to cap energy bills for businesses and public sector this winter, but scheme only confirmed for initial six months.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Most significant piece of energy legislation in a decade' set to be overshadowed by latest wave of resignations from Johnson government. Announcing the Bill, Kwarteng hailed the sweeping package of new policy measures as "the biggest reform of our energy system in a decade". "To

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Gavin Watson writes Innovation, coupled with robust policy frameworks and access to long-term sustainable financing, present the perfect conditions for the next generation of renewable energy sources to emerge and flourish. That is not to say that the hydrogen market hasn’t started to mature.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sweeping energy support package set to be announced later today, as campaigners urge government to prioritise energy efficiency measures and renewables projects. The government said the move should ensure average household bills rise to around £2,500, rather than the £3,600 that had been expected from October 1st.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

The government has today confirmed it is to introduce green number plates from this autumn, in a bid to help drive demand for electric vehicles (EVs) as part of the UK's economic recovery plan. Meanwhile, speculation is mounting over the extent to which the government's imminent stimulus package will support the green transport sector.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The global gas supply shortage has driven a more than 500 per cent surge in prices this year, which, coupled with inadequate hedging strategies and the restrictions imposed by the government's energy price cap, has seen a wave of energy suppliers filing for bankruptcy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

WWF and Institute of Development Standards (IDS) urge government to introduce measures to stop sustainable farming practices being undermined by environmentally damaging imports The government has today been urged to introduce 'core environmental standards' that would apply to all UK food imports and underpin all post-Brexit trading agreements.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The government should urgently invest £11.7bn in rolling out home insulation measures over the next three years in order to tackle fuel poverty, cut emissions, and boost Britain's energy security, a group of MPs have told the Chancellor ahead of his expected 'mini-Budget' announcement on Friday.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The government is set to launch a public information campaign to encourage people to save energy, following months of pleas from activists and business groups for Ministers to do more to encourage energy-saving measures. Government modelling suggests basic energy saving measures could cut average annual energy bills by £420.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He announced new policies to increase grants for heat pumps, ramp up spending on green research and skills, and tackle grid connection delays for clean energy projects. He testily rejected accusations his new plans amounted to a 'watering down' of the government's commitment to reaching net zero.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

As well as investing directly in shovel-ready green projects, policies mooted in the report include raising taxes on fossil fuels, phasing out new petrol and diesel car sales by 2032, and adding 'green strings' such as green product development goals and climate risk assessment requirements to any company bailouts. Make this a green recovery.

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