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Juliet Davenport, founder and chief executive of Good Energy, scooped the top award at the inaugural People & The Environment Achievement Business (PEAB) Awards 2012.
Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.
Directors at one of the UK's leading renewable energy installers AVC Energy are refusing to comment on claims its entire workforce has been placed on notice of redundancy.
A new partnership that aims to ensure the UK has a fully trained workforce to meet ambitious Government targets to insulate Britain’s homes and businesses has officially launched.
Plumbers are almost wholly unprepared for the "drastic change" to the way the UK's homes are heated as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions, leading engineers said on Thursday, meaning householders could need to turn to architects and engineers at a potential cost of over £20,000 per house.
As business optimism in the general economy falls, GreenWise asks business leaders, NGOs and academics what are the opportunities and challenges for green business in 2012?
The Carbon Trust has launched a new online interactive tool to get individual employees to save energy and cut waste in the workplace.
Dorset-based small wind and hydro turbine manufacturer Ampair is creating eight new jobs on the back of strong growth in its export business in 2011.
GreenWise is encouraging individuals and firms to nominate the innovators in green business practice as it announces it is sponsoring one of the 14 categories in the inaugural People and Environment Achievement Business (PEAB) Awards.
Utility giant Carillion Energy Services has confirmed 4,500 jobs are under threat following the Government's decision to bring forward a cut in the subsidy for solar PV under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.
The Government has fleshed out in a new report how it aims to address the growing green skills shortage facing the UK economy, acknowledging that the current 'demand-led’ skills system may be inadequate.
Companies in the wind and marine sectors are planning to create "hundreds of new jobs" over the next year and half, but in return are calling for the right support from Government and reform of the planning system.
Sainsbury’s will launch a £1 billion sustainability plan today, in which it pledges to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020.
The number of people employed in the solar industry has soared to 25,000 since the launch of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT), according to figures released today by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
A new £1.2 million training network has been established to address the growing skills shortages in the renewable energy industry.