It would be senseless to delay a tax supported by greenies and the steel industry November 16, 2023 Implausible though it sounds, businesses in Britain are clamouring for a new tax this Autumn Statement. Even more unlikely, both heavy industry and environmentalists are aligned in wanting it. That’s right, the unsexily-titled carbon border adjustment mechanism (which parades around the punchy acronym CBAM) has managed a feat few thought possible: the union of greenies [...]
Why investors are sounding the alarm on Sunak’s climate U-turn September 21, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s move to ditch a host of key climate policies will have a chilling effect on the flow of cash into the country as the US presses ahead with sweeping green subsidies, top investors have warned.
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To ESG or not to ESG, why bother? January 11, 2023 | Sponsored There’s no denying the bombshell declaration of $9.5bn of “socially conscious funds” from ESG investments being tied up in Russian oil companies has come as a predictable shock. Or when ESG ratings company Truvalue Labs gave Sam Bank-Friedman’s FTX crypto enterprise a higher score on ‘leadership and governance’ than Exxon/Mobil. Being neither environmentally nor socially responsible, [...]