net zero culture

'We may have to part ways': PR giant Edelman considers breaking ties with climate-laggard clients

Marketing

'We may have to part ways': PR giant Edelman considers breaking ties with climate-laggard clients

World's largest PR firm indicates it could ditch some clients in the future over climate concerns, but rejects calls to immediately halt work with fossil fuel companies

clock 11 January 2022 • 5 min read
Veganuary: Over 75 firms to encourage staff to take on plant-based eating challenge

Workplace

Veganuary: Over 75 firms to encourage staff to take on plant-based eating challenge

M&S, Volkswagen, Harrods, Superdrug and Sky among firms that have vowed to encourage staff to embrace more sustainable diets this January

clock 04 January 2022 • 4 min read
Net Zero Culture: Why is it so important to engage the public with net zero?

Marketing

Net Zero Culture: Why is it so important to engage the public with net zero?

VIDEO: Jamie Clarke, executive director of Climate Outreach, sets out the key lessons for engaging the public with net zero at BusinessGreen's Net Zero Culture summit

clock 30 December 2021 • 1 min read
Net Zero Culture: Building sustainability in the boardroom

Management

Net Zero Culture: Building sustainability in the boardroom

VIDEO: Hill+Knowlton Strategies' Tom Fern, and Melissa Paschall from Ceres discuss the rapidly changing world of boardroom sustainability

clock 29 December 2021 • 1 min read
Net Zero Culture: What can past social changes teach us about net zero?

Marketing

Net Zero Culture: What can past social changes teach us about net zero?

VIDEO: Science writer Alice Bell and Ogilvy's Rory Sutherland consider potential lessons from past instances of social upheavals for the net zero transition

clock 23 December 2021 • 1 min read
Net Zero Culture: Emmanuel Faber on embedding sustainability at the heart of business

Management

Net Zero Culture: Emmanuel Faber on embedding sustainability at the heart of business

VIDEO: Former Danone CEO chats to BusinessGreen's Michael Holder about how he drove sustainable thinking throughout French multinational's products, processes, and business culture

clock 22 December 2021 • 1 min read
'We care deeply, but we don't speak up': Why young people are afraid to talk about climate change - and what business can do about it

Work

'We care deeply, but we don't speak up': Why young people are afraid to talk about climate change - and what business can do about it

Report warns a lack of diversity among climate spokespeople and an unforgiving online environment is putting off young people from discussing climate change

clock 20 December 2021 • 6 min read
Music Climate Pact: Top record labels sign up to new net zero push

Management

Music Climate Pact: Top record labels sign up to new net zero push

Sony, Universal, and Warner among a host of top record labels to join wide-ranging decarbonisation initiative

clock 14 December 2021 • 3 min read
Study: Work lost to stifling temperatures could cost global economy $1.6tr

Climate change

Study: Work lost to stifling temperatures could cost global economy $1.6tr

Outdoor jobs such as agricultural or construction work could become impossible to perform safely on hot afternoons in many parts of the world, NASA-funded study warns

clock 14 December 2021 • 4 min read
'Massive challenge of translation': David Shukman warns complex language could hold back net zero transition

Marketing

'Massive challenge of translation': David Shukman warns complex language could hold back net zero transition

Opening session at BusinessGreen's Net Zero Culture summit sees former BBC science editor call on climate communicators to take care when 'translating' environmental concepts and terms for the wider public

clock 07 December 2021 • 3 min read