Michael Holder
BusinessGreen
Michael Holder is Deputy Editor at BusinessGreen, providing news, features, analysis and videos for the site. He is particularly interested in politics, cleantech innovation, green agriculture, and the transition away from fossil fuels. Prior to joining BusinessGreen, Michael worked as a freelancer for the Press Association, NME and others before moving on to greener pastures at the Environment Media Group, where he worked for several years as a senior reporter and news editor covering waste, recycling and air pollution. Originally from Milton Keynes, Michael is an NCTJ-qualified journalist with a degree in contemporary history from the University of Sussex.
Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement
Agencies are facing fresh calls to cut ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the sector with difficult decisions to make. Read More
Prince Charles urges businesses to appoint 'suitably empowered' CSOs
Prince of Wales argues board-level chief sustainability officers are "increasingly central to market competitiveness." Read More
Investor survey signals growing frustration over corporate greenwash
Schroders survey of 650 institutional investors managing $25.9 trillion worldwide signals surging interest in active company engagement on green issues. Read More
BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) teams up with tanker operator Stena Bulk to evaluate potential of capturing CO2 from shipping. Read More
Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney leads task force to scale global market for CO2 offsets
Figures from BP, Shell, Unilever, Nestlé and BlackRock are among members of the new Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Read More
McDonald's to roll out EV chargers at UK drive-thru restaurants
The food chain's U.K. and Ireland CEO Paul Pomroy said he hopes the move encourages more drivers to switch to battery vehicles. Read More
Leading economists: Green COVID-19 recovery best for jobs and growth
Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern co-author paper setting out evidence green stimulus measures offer best pathway to economic recovery. Read More
Small low-carbon tech is better for decarbonization than mega projects, study suggests
Nuclear plants, CCS and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritized over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea. Read More
Coronavirus could trigger 'largest ever annual fall in CO2' in 2020
But an analysis suggests the likely reduction in CO2 still would be far off goals of the Paris Agreement. Read More
Coronavirus: Falling power demand is impacting clean energy
With the pandemic spurring a dramatic drop in economic activity across Europe, electricity, renewables and carbon prices have also plummeted Read More
