World’s richest nations should honour $100bn climate financing pledge October 26, 2022 The world's wealthiest nations should deliver on their pledge to provide $100bn per year of climate financing, argued Wärtsila.
Plans for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court September 13, 2024 The decision to grant planning permission for what would have been the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years at Whitehaven in Cumbria has been quashed by a High Court judge. The Government first granted permission for the new coal mine in December 2022. Then-levelling up secretary Michael Gove greenlit the Whitehaven mine, in line [...]
BP and Shell ready for share price bump as analysts predict super-sized profits April 30, 2023 Oil giant BP is expected to report its second-highest first-quarter profit in more than a decade next week, despite a dip from last year’s massive spike. Analysts expect the company to report that underlying replacement cost profit – the way the company prefers to measure its earnings – reached 4.27 billion dollars (£3.4 billion) in [...]
‘We’re all terrified of being accused of greenwashing’, Standard Chartered boss tells Davos January 19, 2023 Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters demanded clear rules on climate financing at a Davos meeting as potential lenders are “terrified of being accused of greenwashing”. Winters agreed with panellists that there needed to be much more action on financing climate change initiatives. However, he warned there needed to be standards on “what’s a good project [...]
Britain and US should form energy partnership like Aukus, US senator says during UK tour October 13, 2023 Duckworth said the US is in desperate need of transformers to upgrade its electricity grid, but is struggling because much of what it needs is produced in China
The Notebook: UK businesses must realign profit with purpose June 17, 2024 Simon Milton, founder of Pulse, takes the notebook pen to talk about the urgent need to rebalance the pursuit of profit with purpose.
Court date set for climate activists’ legal challenge over new coal mine May 31, 2023 Climate activists are set for a courtroom showdown with the government over a newly-approved coal mine in West Cumbria.
Cambridge University reportedly looking to drop Barclays for ‘greener’ bank December 17, 2023 Cambridge University is reportedly considering ending its more than 200-year relationship with Barclays due to the bank's financing of fossil fuels.
7 fascinating Earth Day 2024 events to book in London April 18, 2024 Earth Day takes place on 22 April. Here are 7 fascinating events to book
Explainer: Does it matter if Sunak waters down green targets? September 20, 2023 Sunak's delayed targets broadly bring Britain in line with other major economies.