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| Green good intentions collide with savage spending cuts | Aug 2010 |
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Publication: ENDS report Author: Nicholas Schoon The Coalition's determination to be 'the greenest government ever' is being undermined by the spending cuts being made to address the public deficit. Of course, public spending alone was never going to solve the UK's environmental problems, but the cuts will harm the civil service's ability to deliver good policy. |
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| Cap on bills to clean up electricity bills | Dec 2009 |
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Author: Tim Webb Aim to help consumers and boost green investment. |
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| The Winds of Change | Dec 2009 |
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Author: Andrew Raingold The global recession has provided the perfect chance to restructure our economy around sustainable business. |
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| Call for more green notes | Nov 2009 |
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Author: Unkown A business coalition calls for a cash injection to speed up training for UK green jobs. |
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| Skills gap to scupper green goals | Nov 2009 |
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Author: Unkown A skills gap threatens to derail the transition to a low carbon economy. |
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| Businesses face £350 bn bill for climate change | Oct 2009 |
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Author: Tricia Holly Davis The costs of climate change will be less if businesses act now. |
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| Call for a green bank to fund low carbon sectors | Oct 2009 |
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Author: Unkown A state sponsored green bank financed through green bonds would stimulate the much needed flow of private captial into low carbon industries, says the Aldersgate Group |
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| CCS regulation: the potential to drive growth, jobs and competitive advantage | Oct 2009 |
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Author: Andrew Raingold Outlines the need for better regulation and stringent performance standards in the UK for coal fired power stations. |
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| £1.4bn package to create low-carbon economy is inadequate | Apr 2009 |
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Author: John Vidal, Terry Macalister and Juliette Jowit A £1.4bn package to reduce UK carbon emissions and create a low-carbon economy was criticised by environment and business groups as inadequate. |
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| Help for wind farms and strict carbon targets | Apr 2009 |
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Author: Robin Pagnamenta Faltering plans for Britain to become a leader in green energy received a boost with measures to aid investment in renewables and a binding target to reduce emissions. |
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| Carbon reporting rules threaten renewables | Mar 2009 |
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Author: Unknown Businesses are unlikely to develop on-site renewables if they cannot report the electricity generated as zero-carbon, the Aldersgate Group warned on Saturday. |
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| Warning over renewables as economic crisis leaves funding gap | Mar 2009 |
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Author: Terry Macalister and David Adam A group of more than 40 businesses has taken the unique step of writing collectively to Joan Ruddock, the energy and climate change minister, warning her of the threats to a host of projects unless something is done. |
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| MPs demand greener hue to stimulus | Mar 2009 |
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Author: Fiona Harvey The chancellor must devote a far larger slice of the economic stimulus spending to green measures, or risk the UK falling behind the US and Europe in the race to build the low-carbon economy of the future, a group of MPs and businesses has warned. |
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| Tighter rules reap reward | Feb 2009 |
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Author: Tom Idle Lobbying coalition the Aldersgate Group have realised another Green Foundations report which argues that environmental policy making will not bewail the floundering economy, but accelerate change for the better. |
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| Carbon disclosure should be mandatory | Nov 2008 |
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Author: James Murdoch The Chief Executive of News Corporation puts forward the case that the Climate Change Bill, in its final stages of its passage through Parliament, is an opportunity to commit to make carbon reporting mandatory by 2010 at the latest. |
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| Mandelson loses fight on CO2 law | Oct 2008 |
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Author: Jesse Loncraine Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has clashed with Ed Miliband, the Climate Change Secretary, over proposed legislation that will force big companies to detail all their carbon dioxide emissions. |
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| Peter Young's speech | Jun 2008 |
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Author: Peter Young Business Opportunities in a Low Carbon Future - How do we get the right regulatory framework in place for delivering the low carbon economy? |
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| Boris challenges carbon omission | Jun 2008 |
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Author: Mark Leftly London Mayor Boris Johnson, the telecoms group BT and 40 MPs have demanded that Gordon Brown introduces legislation to make big companies report their carbon emissions. |
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| Got to hear that Group | May 2008 |
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Author: Andrew Raingold The Aldersgate Group's Public Affairs Manager argues that a company's carbon output should be reported just as stringently as the financial accounts. |
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| UK Budget 2008: Darling's Hot Air Trick | Mar 2008 |
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Author: Peter Young The Aldersgate Group's Chairman argues that the Budget was another missed opportunity by the government to stimulate innovation and wealth creation through higher environmental standards. |
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| Anger after gov halts grant programme | Mar 2008 |
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Author: Ashley Seager The government has run into a storm of criticism after quietly closing its grant programme for solar energy last week, which campaigners said made a mockery of its commitment to build a low-carbon economy. |
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| Need for a common carbon reporting standard | Nov 2007 |
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Author: Adrian Wilkes An Aldersgate Group letter to the Prime Minister, supported by a diverse range of companies, organisations, 25 MPs and the Mayor of London, supporting the introduction of enabling powers in the Climate Change Bill to ensure that UK companies report clear and comparable information on their greenhouse gas emissions and other factors relating to climate change. |
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| Big business 'failing to tackle climate change' | Oct 2007 |
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Author: Alison Benjamin Alison Benjamin, acting environment editor, covers an open letter by the Aldersgate Group to Hilary Benn and John Hutton, and the need for a common carbon reporting standard. |
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| The big picture | Jan 2007 |
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Author: Adrian Wilkes Adrian Wilkes, Chairman of the Aldersgate Group, provides a background to the Group’s formation and a summary of Green Foundations |
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| Comment | Jun 2006 |
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Author: John Gummer John Gummer, Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997, writes on the importance of high environmental standards and the role of the Aldersgate Group in supporting Britain’s true commercial interests. |
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| Blue chips see the green light | Jun 2006 |
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Author: Larry Elliott Larry Elliott, economics editor, discusses the need for smarter environmental regulation and supports the Aldersgate Group’s case of disputing the traditional business argument against regulation and the beneficial economic impacts derived from environmental protection measures. |
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| Business seeks action on climate change | Jun 2006 |
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Author: no Author Business leaders from 14 top UK companies have met with Prime Minister Tony Blair to demand tougher action on climate change. Meanwhile, the Aldersgate Group, launched in June, is pressing the case for regulation to deliver eco-efficiency. |
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