Bulb chief used government advisory role to ‘brief against’ rivals

Collapsed supplier used access to ministers to criticise competitors' green credentials and exaggerate its own

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Collapsed energy supplier Bulb Energy appears to have used its role advising ministers on green business to exaggerate its own environmental credentials, while playing down rivals' progress.

Bulb's chief executive, Hayden Wood, used a meeting of the Council for Sustainable Business (CSB), attended by key government officials and MPs, to highlight its green progress ahead of the Cop26 climate talks and boast about 4.5m it has donated to organisations fighting climate change.