The Green Investment Bank (GIB) is (was/will be – delete as appropriate!) a mechanism devised by George Osborne, the Chancellor, whilst in opposition, to stimulate private sector investment in the low carbon economy.
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The findings of an extensive survey conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) were published last month; they raise a very important question.
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COP15, or the UN Climate Conference, which has been taking place in Copenhagen this week and last has turned into a, not surprisingly, muddled affair.
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Recent reports are highlighting the growing involvement of the trade union movement in driving a greener economy. In a reversal of traditional allegiances, the union movement is growing more vocal in holding the government to account for the promised delivery of green jobs in the economy.
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With the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference about to kick off in Copenhagen for the next two weeks (7-18 Dec), it was bound to happen wasn’t it? An allegedly underreported item by the BBC has become a little bigger after viewer complaints (a lá the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand ‘scandal’).
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Last week saw the great and the good (well, their lower level ‘mini-me’s’, anyway) gathering in Barcelona in a pre-Copenhagen summit.
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On the issue of Cemex and the River Avon.
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Reform, a right-leaning think tank, has published a report arguing that the billions spent on subsidising the green agenda would be better spent on the UK’s basic infrastructure.
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It’s been an interesting week as far as testing the teeth of the Companies Act 2006, who’s pulling the strings of both Gordon Brown and the judiciary in this country and if the government’s rhetoric around CSR, carbon reduction and climate change is anything more than just that – rhetoric.
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Earlier this month, the government published new advice on how businesses should measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions; there is a guide for large businesses, especially appropriate with the latest ‘clarification’ of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRCEES), and one for small businesses who will not (for the time being, at least) fall under the scheme but who may want guidance on how to effectively measure their emissions.
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