businesses

Called Ellipse, the ‘carbon intelligence’ platform enables businesses to track their emissions in real time, design decarbonisation strategies, chart their progress and optimise sustainability investments

It found almost 64% of businesses – of more than 1,000 surveyed – say they don’t see net zero targets as a ‘high priority’ and one in five don’t fully understand the term ‘net zero’

The government is calling on more companies to ‘step up, follow suit and pledge to join the fight against climate change’

A year-long pilot project has been launched in Southwark and businesses that sign up will agree a target to reducing their buildings’ energy consumption by 10% within the first year

Latest research has found four in 10 websites appeared to be making claims that were ‘exaggerated, false or deceptive’ and could potentially qualify as unfair commercial practices, breaking consumer law

In addition, more businesses can benefit from the scheme as the eligibility criteria has been changed to include small businesses with 50 or less employees

Projects must include the use of data-driven precision approaches and contribute towards the 2040 net zero agriculture emissions target

Citizens Advice says these firms are not protected in the same way as ordinary consumers and risk being needlessly disconnected, aggressively pursued for debts and mis-sold contracts

Farmers can apply for grants between £500 and £25,000 to cover repair costs through the Farming Recovery Fund

They are offering a new package of both an EV and vehicle-to-grid charging, with the aim of reducing the total cost of ownership for businesses