Net Zero, Climate Positive – the theme of the 2013 Business for the Environment (B4E) Climate Summit in London this week – should be the driving force for the business community.

That was the message beamed out after Day One of the conference. Instead of focusing purely on profit, businesses need to consider sustainability first and foremost. And fast. 

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will use motor racing to improve the next generation of electric vehicles.

Jerry Hardcastle, Nissan’s Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director for Global Motorsport, told the Alliance-backed B4E Climate Summit being held in London: “The electric car has come to the road before it made it to the race track where, traditionally, technical innovations were developed.