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”.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has claimed that the UK’s vote to leave the European Union will not affect the country’s commitment to clean energy, and revealed the government’s response to the fifth carbon budget will be published as scheduled tomorrow morning.
Private sector businesses could achieve 60% of the cuts in global emissions pledged at last year’s COP21 summit in Paris, a new report issued by We Mean Business has claimed.
Renewable energy utility Good Energy is aiming to land more large business customers as part of an expansion of its supply business, the company announced today.
Initial trials of Good Energy and Open Utility’s peer to peer energy trading service Piclo have concluded that the system could “bring renewable tariffs to life” and ultimately reduce business energy costs.
A growing number of big businesses now understand the benefits of going renewable and are even sharing their experiences with competitors, The Climate Group chief executive Mark Kenber has said.