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‘Over-tourism’ crisis and fuel emissions dog cruise industry

Eric Marx, (Jan 22, 2019)

Eric Marx reports on how cruise operators are working to defuse their biggest sustainability challenges

CSR Cheat Sheet: Business ramps up climate action despite ‘weak’ COP24

Oliver Balch, (Jan 3, 2019)

Katowice’s compromise rulebook criticised for ‘gaping holes’; WBCSD highlights progress by private sector on climate issues; and investor coalition urges governments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies in Oliver Balch’s sustainability roundup

The year when climate change became the new frontier for human rights

Lise Kingo, (Dec 18, 2018)

Lise Kingo of the UN Global Compact says the task for 2019 is to build a low-carbon future that works for everyone

COP24 falters on how carbon pricing can help deliver on Paris pact

Dirk Forrister, (Dec 17, 2018)

Dirk Forrister of IETA expects another banner year for carbon pricing and hopes that delegates who will meet in Chile in 2019 will break the deadlock over how countries can meet their climate goals through market mechanisms

'Tragedy of the horizon' still holding back action on climate change, Carney says

Terry Slavin, (Nov 26, 2018)

Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney told the annual Accounting For Sustainability meeting that it is too early to make TCFD disclosure mandatory, though he accused insurers of 'cognitive dissonance' on climate risk. Terry Slavin reports

SDG12: ‘If UK retailers are to create a better world, they have to address consumption'

Hayley Baines-Buffery, (Nov 14, 2018)

Hayley Baines-Buffery of Bioregional explains why the British Retail Consortium’s Better Retail, Better World initiative won’t bring the systems-level change required

The disruptors: How Jeremy Oppenheim is leading the charge for systems change

Oliver Balch, (Nov 14, 2018)

Oliver Balch talks to the former McKinsey executive and co-founder of Systemiq about his big tent approach to building coalitions to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges

CSR Cheat Sheet: Reality check for the planet amid tide of bad news

Oliver Balch, (Nov 9, 2018)

Chances of limiting global warming to below 2C ‘almost zero’; companies make large-scale pledges on plastic waste; resolving the disconnect between corporate and consumer views of transparency

‘Moving to renewable energy is the biggest health intervention we can make’

Michael Levitin, (Oct 30, 2018)

Michael Levitin reports on how the US healthcare industry is tackling its own emissions and helping cities become more resilient to climate change

Growing concerns: the companies innovating to cool the planet

Angeli Mehta, (Oct 29, 2018)

Angeli Mehta profiles Land Life, TerViva, and Komaza, three startups that are finding growth opportunities in planting the trees scientists say are urgently needed to combat climate change

'The science is clear about climate change. Now everyone has to step up'

Mark Watts, (Oct 9, 2018)

Mark Watts of C40 Cities says this week’s IPCC report showing the danger of temperature rises exceeding 1.5°C offers an opportunity to transform cities into places that are both less polluted and more equitable

‘We need everyone in the tech industry to sign up to 100% renewables’

Terry Slavin, (Sep 27, 2018)

The Global Climate Action Summit in California saw 21 tech firms, led by Salesforce, pledge to work with Christiana Figueres' Mission2020 group to urgently decrease their emissions and clean up the cloud. Terry Slavin reports

Analysis: America Inc goes all in for climate action at Jerry Brown’s summit

Terry Slavin, (Sep 26, 2018)

CEOs from the biggest US companies were at the glitzy Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco pledging 'bigger and better' action to cut their CO2 emissions. Terry Slavin asks whether it marked a turning point for Wall Street

Taking the heat out of the digital revolution

Mike Scott, (Sep 24, 2018)

With $20bn a year being spent on new data storage, the IT sector’s ballooning carbon footprint is of growing concern. Mike Scott looks at the firms leading the way on greener data centres

America shows how to tackle climate change from the bottom up

Michael Levitin, (Sep 20, 2018)

Michael Levitin reports on last week’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, where ambitious climate action by mayors and state governors was in the spotlight

How solar provider Fenix gave all its Ugandan employees a place in the sun

Lyndsay Handler, (Sep 7, 2018)

Fenix International’s Lyndsay Handler relates how the ENGIE-owned solar energy company overcame barriers to introduce an employee share ownership scheme

China ramps up search for solutions to meet urbanization challenges

Mark Hillsdon, (Aug 22, 2018)

Faced with ballooning congestion and pollution, China has been testing new technologies for transport and buildings in its eco-cities. Mark Hillsdon reports

Creating a hydrogen economy in Aberdeen

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 22, 2018)

The EU-funded £19m hydrogen bus project is part of a wider strategy to diversify the Scottish city's economy from oil and gas. Angeli Mehta reports

Hydrogen hits the road in bid to speed energy transition

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 22, 2018)

Angeli Mehta reports on the Hydrogen Council’s ambitious roadmap to power 15 million cars and 500,000 trucks by 2030

Bumps in the UK's road to zero emission vehicles

Giles Crosse, (Aug 22, 2018)

Giles Crosse looks at how slow roll-out of charging points could put the brakes on Britain's plan to decarbonize transport by 2040

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