Businesses with solar rooftop installations are being warned to expect an increase in business rates taxes of up to eight times the current levels as of April 2017 following a re-evaluation of how these assets are valued.

Nissan has successfully breached its target for global emissions from corporate activities after seeing CO2 levels fall by almost a quarter since 2005.

Self-storage company Space Station has cut its energy costs by as much as 75% following a £550,000 investment in clean energy technologies.

Business leaders and sustainability professionals have unanimously welcomed this morning’s confirmation that the government has set the fifth carbon budget at the recommended level.

Mongoose Energy has recruited Climate Group chief executive Mark Kenber to lead its fledgling energy supply business.

Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at IKEA, has called on the government to introduce “clear policy signals” which he said could unlock “tremendous amounts of decarbonisation”.

Energy secretary Amber Rudd has claimed that the UK’s vote to leave the European Union will not affect the country’s commitment to clean energy, and revealed the government’s response to the fifth carbon budget will be published as scheduled tomorrow morning.

Private sector businesses could achieve 60% of the cuts in global emissions pledged at last year’s COP21 summit in Paris, a new report issued by We Mean Business has claimed.

Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, has said that businesses and governments must now have “more frank discussions” on climate issues if environmental targets are to be met.