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Take our 2023 Sustainable Business Leadership Survey to benchmark your climate action
Business leaders and sustainability and net-zero professionals are being called upon to take a new survey compiled by edie’s content team, which explores the biggest drivers, challenges and opportunities facing corporate sustainability and climate action in 2023. Read more
Report: Growing UK’s net-zero economy is a £70bn levelling up opportunity
The UK’s green economy contributed £71bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) last year, and, by expanding related sectors, even greater benefits could be unlocked, including in regions most in need of levelling up.
Net-Zero: How can businesses take advantage of the economic opportunity of the 21st century?
Initially, it may have seemed like the net-zero agenda could be off to a shaky start this year, certainly on the UK policy front, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to give the climate crisis a mention in his top five priorities for 2023. However, it wasn’t long before Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore’s Mission Zero Independent Review of Net-Zero report – which labelled net-zero as the “economic opportunity of the 21st century” – hit the headlines to remind government ministers, businesses and our wider society of the value and urgent need to scale up on climate action.
The Government has unveiled a roadmap to improving nature across the UK, with new commitments to be introduced to upgrade wastewater treatment works, restore wildlife and promote “nature-friendly” farming practices.