A new report assessing the climate performance of 274 of the world’s highest-emitting publicly-listed companies finds that almost half (46 per cent) do not adequately consider climate risk in operational decision-making and a quarter (25 per cent) do not report their own emissions at all, undermining a key recommendation of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

Nordea Liv & Pension Sweden has swapped out €2.1bn of traditional investments and into low-carbon footprint investments in a major shift of investment strategy.

Engenie is planning to double the current number of rapid charge points in the UK by 2024, funded by a £35m investment commitment from Cube Infrastructure Fund II.

The first government bond index to adjust index weights based on each country’s preparedness and resilience to climate change risk has been launched by FTSE Russell.

As the last VW Beetle rolls off the line in Mexico, another legend is entering a new phase the Mini, first produced in 1959, is meeting its sixtieth year by going all electric.

A new independent institute that will make it easier for people to invest their money to benefit communities has been launched. The Impact Investing Institute will encourage savers to choose ISAs, pensions and savings products that can produce an additional social or environmental benefit.

The National Trust has tightened its stance on divestment, and whereas it had previously required that no investment be made directly in companies which derived more than 10 per cent of their turnover from the extraction of thermal coal or oil from oil sands.

This year’s energy auction, designed to encourage more renewable energy, may well see offshore wind at wholesale rates and a real shift to renewables making up the bulk of the UK’s energy supply.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will build its new range of electrified cars in the UK, safeguarding thousands of jobs, with the new fully electric XJ slated as the first product.

Boutique environmental finance firm Sustainable Investment Management (SIM) plans to issue $1bn in green bonds over the next four years related to the sustainable production of soy and corn.

Greene King, in partnership with The Prince’s Trust, has now recorded helping over 300 young people across the UK kick-start their careers, with the help of training, work experience and employment.

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is achievable, but not all scenarios can achieve it, according to the National Grid Electricity System Operator's Future Energy Scenarios report.

E.ON is to provide all of its residential customers across Britain with a 100 per cent renewable electricity supply at no extra cost.

Swedish energy group Vattenfall and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK innovation and research centre, is giving innovators in the offshore wind supply chain the opportunity to test and demonstrate technologies in real-world conditions at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), off Aberdeen in a new £1.5m joint programme.

The Government is to invest £37m into electric charging infrastructure, dividing the investment between twelve projects including wireless charging technologies - charging without the need to plug in a cable.

Centrica, Mitie and SSE have joined the Climate Group’s global EV100 initiative for electric vehicles (EVs).

The Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay is now into its second year of energy production, and the associated community fund has reached the 100th local project being awarded a grant, with total grants now just short of £1m.

Rays of Sunshine, a charity supporting children with serious or life-limiting illnesses, has been partnered by mutual provider Foresters Friendly Society as their annual charity.

The UK new car market declined for the fourth consecutive month, with alternatively fuelled vehicles sales falling for the first time in 26 months.

Street Elite, a scheme run by charity The Change Foundation and funded by the Berkeley Foundation, targets unemployed young women in the borough, giving them 12 weeks of personal training and mentoring, followed by group activities designed to build confidence and prepare them for the world of work.

VW Group is to group its environmental measures under the banner goTOzero, with Oliver Blume, member of the group board of management responsible for environmental protection, saying: "Our efforts to improve environmental protection cover the entire product cycle, from development, production and operation to the subsequent recycling of our vehicles and administration. We also involve our suppliers. Only together can we achieve our goals".

The Department for Transport has put forward the idea for public consultation that all new-build homes need to be fitted with an electric car chargepoint. If this results in law, England will be the first country to introduce mandatory chargepoints in new housing.

A Select Committee report, 21st Report - Energy efficiency: building towards net-zero warns that a major upgrade of the energy performance of the UK’s entire building stock will be a needed pillar of any credible strategy to reach net zero emissions.

Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London are all to see protests over climate change organised by Extinction Rebellion as the group attempts to sway public opinion behind a faster decarbonisation in the UK.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is backing the ‘all-in’ deposit scheme, one of the two currently proposed by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), estimating that it could create £2bn for the economy over ten years. This is compared to just £250m that would be generated by the alternative ‘on-the-go’ system.

There is a classic management line: ‘what gets measured gets done’, which is, of course, a wry way of saying be careful about what you want to measure. The latest appears to be that if you ask for boxes to be ticked, you will get boxes ticked – but you might not really achieve what was intended.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has stated that in order to fulfil its promise to reduce emissions to net-zero by 2050, the Government must act decisively within the next 18 months.

Happy belated birthday, just a year since GDPR came into force, the ICO has issued its biggest fine to British Airways (BA) for a data breach relating to 500,000 customers.

OPRL’s steering group are reviewing labelling rules to take account of sortation processes and the likelihood of reprocessing with the aim of creating labels to reflect the whole recycling process.

The Government has published its Green Finance Strategy for the financial sector with the objectives of aligning private sector financial flows with clean, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth, supported by government action, and the strengthening of the competitiveness of the UK financial sector.