Ecotricity has backtracked on its initial plans to ask customers to pay £5 for 20 minute charging blocks for electric vehicles and will now offer 30 minute windows for £6 instead.
Ecotricity is to begin charging electric vehicle owners for use of its Electric Highway, the rapid charging network that has been free for the last five years.
Businesses with solar rooftop installations are being warned to expect an increase in business rates taxes of up to eight times the current levels as of April 2017 following a re-evaluation of how these assets are valued.
Nissan has successfully breached its target for global emissions from corporate activities after seeing CO2 levels fall by almost a quarter since 2005.
Business leaders and sustainability professionals have unanimously welcomed this morning’s confirmation that the government has set the fifth carbon budget at the recommended level.
Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at IKEA, has called on the government to introduce “clear policy signals” which he said could unlock “tremendous amounts of decarbonisation”.
