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- Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores Thu, 17 Oct 24, 4:00pmSupermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in Kent
- Morrisons trials raising temperature of its freezers to save energy and money Fri, 2 Aug 24, 4:00pmTen stores will raise freezer temperatures by 3C to -15C amid pressure for move away from long-held industry standard
- Romancing the 60s on London’s Goodge Street | Brief letters Tue, 29 Aug 23, 1:14amDonovan’s Sunny Goodge Street | Seeds for success | Ethical savings | Wilko workers
- Shops should try a closed-door policy to save energy | Letters Tue, 20 Dec 22, 5:34amMaggie Johnston wonders why doors are kept open while heaters blast away. Rev Dr John Caperon has faith in his trusty draught excluder
- Sales boost for B&Q and Screwfix owner amid rush for energy-saving products Thu, 24 Nov 22, 7:52pmKingfisher says sales of loft insulation roll more than double while smart thermostats rose by nearly a third
- Kwarteng’s latest ‘we’re listening’ messaging fails to reduce credibility gap | Nils Pratley Tue, 11 Oct 22, 5:40amWorryingly, gilt yields are rising again and another potential cliff-edge moment comes on Friday
- France orders air-conditioned shops to save energy by shutting doors Mon, 25 Jul 22, 5:06pmMinister says open doors lead to 20% more consumption as restrictions on illuminated signs also announced
- Unfinished business: policies that could fail under UK’s ‘lame-duck’ government Sat, 9 Jul 22, 1:10amMuch needed decisions on energy to retail taxes look likely to stall amid political chaos
- Cars, clothes, carrots … why buy them when you can subscribe? Sun, 30 Jan 22, 3:00amPay-monthly models are catching on across a wide range of businesses – including food and even home insulation
- From flying taxis to painless vaccines: seven businesses to watch this year Sun, 2 Jan 22, 3:00amOur business writers pick their contenders for the headlines in 2022, from startups to venerable high street favourites
- Half of clothes sold by online fashion brands ‘made from virgin plastic’ Fri, 11 Jun 21, 4:00pmFast-fashion boom fuelling rise in use of synthetic fibres made from fossil fuels, study shows
- Ikea to invest £3.4bn in renewable energy by 2030 Thu, 22 Apr 21, 3:10amSwedish retailer is set to build wind and solar farms, and make first steps into energy storage
- Coles shuns coal: supermarket giant vows to source all its electricity from renewables by 2025 Fri, 19 Mar 21, 12:01pmAustralian climate campaigners hail decision: ‘An announcement like this changes the national story’
- Future shock: how will Covid change the course of business? Sun, 27 Dec 20, 3:00amThe crisis poses a deadly threat to some sectors and creates opportunities for others. We examine how they will fare in 2021
- Greener BP must do more than talk tough on the climate crisis Sun, 20 Sep 20, 1:00amA company steeped in oil and gas production may not find it easy to convince investors of its environmental credentials