01 January 2012, The Sunday Times

Tell us how companies can become more green

Article by Oliver Shah

Ian Cheshire, chief executive of Kingfisher has assembled an impressive roster of heavy hitters. His panel includes Vivienne Cox, former head of BP's alternative energy division and now chairman of Climate Change Capital, an investment manager; Russ Houlden, chief financial officer of United Utilities; Mike Wright, executive director of Jaguar Land Rover; and Amanda Sourry, UK chairman of Unilever...

...The parties involved will be interested in different things. For example, Climate Change Capital is keen to push the establishment of conservation credits. "We would like to see the UK government take a lead in developing markets to deploy capital into preserving species and habitats around the world," said Ben Caldecott, the group's head of European policy. "It's about paying for conservation, working out who pays and how they pay."

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