businessgreen.com

What it is

BusinessGreen is a professional business news platform owned by UK-based Incisive Media, billing itself as "Europe's leading source of green economy and business information". It focuses on topics including low-carbon economy, net-zero transition, energy policy, carbon markets, and corporate sustainability, and caters to corporate decision-makers, policymakers, and green finance professionals.

Core features

The platform covers multiple topic areas including energy, investment, management, policy, technology, transport, and jobs, offering news, in-depth analysis, expert insights, and editor blogs by named contributors like James Murray and Michael Holder. Based on the content we accessed, its reporting covers highly cutting-edge, granular topics, with in-depth analysis of everything from the UK's 7th Carbon Budget vote, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) annual progress report, the new SBTi corporate net-zero standard, to the development of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).

Beyond news, BusinessGreen also runs online/offline events including a Webinar Hub, industry awards (the UK Green Business Awards, Women in Green Business Awards) and the newly launched UK Climate Resilience Forum. It also offers paid intelligence services such as BusinessGreen Intelligence, forming a diversified "content + events + intelligence" business model.

Pricing

It uses a freemium model: free BusinessGreen Lite members get access to 3 articles per month for 12 months, plus daily news alerts and a weekly newsletter. Full access to in-depth content requires an upgrade to a paid membership. Large organizations can apply for an Enterprise account (specific pricing requires contacting customer support).

Pros and cons

Pros: Its content is professional, highly original, and comprehensively covers the field, breaking down complex topics like carbon credits, carbon accounting, and net-zero standards in a practically useful way. Its events and awards also boost its standing and influence in the industry. Cons: It has a prominent paywall with very limited free access, its content is heavily focused on the UK and European markets, so it has less direct relevance for global readers (especially those based in China), and there is no Chinese-language interface.

Who it's for

It is ideal for corporate sustainability heads, ESG consultants, energy industry professionals, and policy researchers who need to keep up to date with net-zero policy, carbon market, and green finance developments in the UK and Europe.

Access from China

This is a standard English-language news site, with no obvious blocks, and can be accessed directly. Full access to in-depth content requires registration and payment, however.