Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges in the 10-point plan: 1. However, investors will also be hoping that the imminent Energy White Paper accelerates the timetable for the clean power contract auctions that will determine the pace of new development.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Prime Minister will use his Conservative Party conference speech tomorrow to trail a hotly-anticipated 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" - full details of which are set to be unveiled later this year - as well as announcing a major package of support for offshore wind.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

Electricity supplier has urged government to establish stricter decarbonisation policies that can put UK on track to meeting climate goals. In a white paper published this morning, E.ON We must not forget this is a marathon, a 30-year ambition," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges in the 10-point plan: 1. However, investors will also be hoping that the imminent Energy White Paper accelerates the timetable for the clean power contract auctions that will determine the pace of new development.

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Hydrogen Government Electric vehicle Investment 74

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

However, the firm said it would still "keep the lines of communication open with government" regarding future options at both sites, raising the prospect that the plans could be revived if the government's long awaited Energy White Paper helps address the financing challenges that continue to dog proposals for new nuclear projects in the UK.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to get on with fast-tracking the UK's push towards net zero emissions, amid rising frustration from business over the absence of detailed decarbonisation plans and ongoing delays to key green policy measures.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

As the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat incentive comes to an end, there is no comparable scheme to replace it, leaving a huge gap in heat decarbonisation policy gap, explains REA chief executive Dr Nina Skorupska. At the end of last year, the Energy White Paper was released. To be frank, I find this absolutely astonishing.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The government has been accused of coming up short with its much-vaunted green recovery plan, as further details on its £12bn low carbon investment package were released yesterday that suggested the new measures would only deliver around half of the CO2 cuts required to hit UK climate targets over the coming decade.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new analysis highlights the increasing availability of low cost capital for net zero technology and infrastructure, but calls for a clearer policy framework to attract it. As a result, it urges the government to development a framework to make them more attractive to such sources of low cost capital.

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The speech was inevitably overshadowed by the news Leicester has already been forced back into lockdown and undermined by the realisation the trailed £5bn package amounted to little more than a compendium of previously announced programmes that are an order of magnitude smaller than the template supposedly provided by FDR's New Deal.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

That's going to change fundamentally the context for climate policy, and everything else I suspect. Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Additionally, companies must establish clear expectations ahead of time regarding hours worked, pay rates, safety regulations and other policies so that interns feel supported throughout their time with the organization. This could include highlighting opportunities for career development or offering competitive compensation packages.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, business groups are also stepping up calls for Chancellor to deliver a wide-ranging green stimulus package.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

The nuclear sector has become the latest industry to wade into the debate about the government's imminent green recovery package, arguing that it has a critical role to play in delivering on the UK's net zero emission target. The intervention comes at a critical time for the UK's nuclear industry. Amazing how often this is trotted out.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

We work to eliminate greenhouse pollution and speed the just transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The position will require extensive policy and administrative advocacy, legal and policy research, litigation (as applicable), strategic campaign planning, coalition-building, and media outreach. Travel required.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

We work to eliminate greenhouse pollution and speed the just transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The position will require extensive policy and administrative advocacy, legal and policy research, litigation (as applicable), strategic campaign planning, coalition-building, and media outreach. Travel required.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. Of course, it will depend from house to house, with some requiring more fabric and energy efficiency improvements," Hewett explains.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. But the use of natural gas in homes needs to be nearly completely phased out in order to reach the country's statutory 2050 net zero emissions target. per cent from 2018, UKERC said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The investments, policies, and priorities that should flow from that target will reshape the UK economy for the better. And such emissions pledges will send clear policy and investment signals that businesses around the world are already responding to. A 68 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030 is a genuinely world-leading target.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It is not every day that you find that the UK's biggest business group, most influential trade union bosses, seasoned policy experts, and protestors blocking motorway junctions are in broad agreement. It made for damning reading.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum'. Chancellor Rishi Sunak today used his Summer Economic Update to Parliament to reiterate the government's commitment to a "green recovery" and confirm plans for a £3bn energy efficiency programme.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today sought to beef up its net zero transition plans in the face of the escalating coronavirus crisis, unveiling a raft of new green spending plans and policy moves designed to deliver on the government's promise "to be the first in history to leave our natural environment in a better state than we found it".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

He confirmed the government would increase the UK's 2030 offshore wind target to 40GW, up from the previous 30GW, as part of an ambition for every home in Britain to be powered by wind energy by the end of the decade. Ambition is important but it's useless without a proper plan and package of proposals to deliver it," he said. "To

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

These goals included developments to reduce business greenhouse gas emissions, increase workplace diversity, invest in sustainable energy, and provide transparent financial practices. SDG 3 – good health and well-being : Provide a health benefits package to employees that exceed the national cross-industry benchmark.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Leading green departments, including the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, Department for Transport, and Defra are all expected to see an increase in their core budgets for next year. The expanded deficit is set to enable a 3.8

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. s exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and social and economic hardship – all of which have led to or are pushing for new policies. Energy Use and Carbon Emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It is expected to include a raft of new funding and policy proposals designed to accelerate progress in a host of areas, such as clean energy deployment, energy efficiency upgrades, hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage development, and the switch to electric vehicles.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

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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. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from across the green economy: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Chair, Darren Jones, said: "The announcement of a national investment bank announcement is welcome. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The government had hoped to announce the plans this week but delayed the move to focus on tackling rising Covid cases, the paper reported, citing sources from within the energy and transport industries. BP's biggest rival, Shell, has also called a 2030 ban "the right policy".

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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. But they also suggest a growing willingness from ministers to harness the nuts and bolts of governance to tilt the playing field a little in favour of green policies and projects. Global Britain retreats.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 25, 2022

foreign policy for decades. Now, imagine that we are trying to get a massive package of legislation passed that sets the groundwork for a domestic lithium supply chain. A large block of legislators generally resists efforts to subsidize green energy. OLEC, if you will. to ensure that these industries developed here.

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