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Road freight heading for the green fast lane, new report suggests
Road freight heading for the green fast lane, new report suggests

A new report outlines a roadmap for the decarbonisation of road freight through the “critical” next decade

  • Transport
  • 21 January 2021
Gulf Oil shifts gears with investment in EV mobility specialist Indra
Gulf Oil shifts gears with investment in EV mobility specialist Indra

Partnership should help UK vehicle to grid EV charging pioneer Indra expand its business in overseas markets

  • Transport
  • 21 January 2021
Electric vehicle sales accelerated through 2020 - but cost remains a roadblock, RAC analysis finds
Electric vehicle sales accelerated through 2020 - but cost remains a roadblock, RAC analysis finds

EV uptake continues to accelerate but price, access to infrastructure and driving range continue to deter many drivers, new analysis from RAC has found

  • Transport
  • 21 January 2021
Green beans: Heinz heats up sustainable packaging push
Green beans: Heinz heats up sustainable packaging push

Food giant announces roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves as part of £25m investment in sustainable packaging innovations

  • Waste
  • 21 January 2021
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy

A pair of new reports on global economic risks and water shortages highlight the urgent need for coordinated action to tackle interlinked and worsening threats to global stability

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
Winds of change drove series of energy records in Europe throughout 2020
Winds of change drove series of energy records in Europe throughout 2020

Wind farms delivered their highest ever contribution to Europe's power mix as conventional coal and gas energy fell to a record low in Britain, according to new analysis from EnnAppSys

  • Energy
  • 19 January 2021
Smart EV charging shifts up a gear with new flexibility partnership
Smart EV charging shifts up a gear with new flexibility partnership

A new charging app will enable consumers to set a 'ready by time', enabling their electric vehicle to charge at times when energy demand is low

  • Technology
  • 19 January 2021
Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up
Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero...

  • CCS
  • 19 January 2021
Impossible Foods brings former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres onto board
Impossible Foods brings former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres onto board

Appointment follows year of explosive growth for the plant-based 'meat' company, which has said it aims to eliminate the need for animal agriculture by 2035

  • Supplier
  • 18 January 2021
Octopus Energy launches 'world's first' tariff to get cheaper when its windy
Octopus Energy launches 'world's first' tariff to get cheaper when its windy

The move follows the energy innovator's acquisition of wind turbines in south Wales and Yorkshire

  • Energy
  • 18 January 2021
'On the cusp of a driving revolution': Automated driving technologies tipped to shift into the fast lane
'On the cusp of a driving revolution': Automated driving technologies tipped to shift into the fast lane

Forty per cent of UK car sales could have self-driving capabilities by 2035 delivering a £42bn market, according to a new report from Connected Places Catapult, Element Energy, and Cambridge Econometrics

  • Transport
  • 14 January 2021
Electric racing pioneers partner with COP26 to accelerate EV revolution
Electric racing pioneers partner with COP26 to accelerate EV revolution

Electric racing team Envision Virgin Racing will carry COP26 campaign branding and run string of sustainability programmes around the world

  • Technology
  • 14 January 2021
WWF: Restored oceans could net UK a £50bn economic boost
WWF: Restored oceans could net UK a £50bn economic boost

Report argues ambitious Ocean Recovery Strategy could create 100,000 clean energy jobs, protect and restore carbon sinks, and allow fish stocks to recover

  • Science
  • 14 January 2021
Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?
Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?

A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean

  • Waste
  • 13 January 2021
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?

Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond?...

  • Science
  • 13 January 2021
Hitachi investment to boost GRIDSERVE electric forecourts rollout
Hitachi investment to boost GRIDSERVE electric forecourts rollout

The investment builds on the successful launch of the UK's first electric forecourt last year in Braintree, Essex

  • Transport
  • 12 January 2021
Could Jordan Cereals point the way for a flourishing post-Brexit green farming sector?
Could Jordan Cereals point the way for a flourishing post-Brexit green farming sector?

The Jordans Farm Partnerships provides incentives to farmers to conserve some of their land for nature leading to the creation of more than 4,000 hectares of wildlife habitat in the last five years, according to a new study

  • Policy
  • 12 January 2021
Business leaders urge Prime Minister to pursue climate solutions with same urgency as Covid vaccines
Business leaders urge Prime Minister to pursue climate solutions with same urgency as Covid vaccines

Group of leading climate scientists, business figures, and civil society leaders publish open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging the government to beef up response to escalating climate crisis

  • Policy
  • 12 January 2021
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity

Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit

  • Policy
  • 11 January 2021
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system

New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future

  • Recycling
  • 11 January 2021
Positive 'tipping points': How clean technologies could be on the cusp of exponential growth
Positive 'tipping points': How clean technologies could be on the cusp of exponential growth

UK academic study outlines a series of positive 'tipping points' in key sectors that, if reached, would catalyse the global net zero transition

  • Science
  • 11 January 2021
Distilleries receive first phase of £10m green whisky fund
Distilleries receive first phase of £10m green whisky fund

The Green Distilleries competition will provide £10m of funding to 17 distilleries across England and Scotland

  • Technology
  • 08 January 2021
Are there turbulent seas ahead for shipping firms as banks back net zero efforts?
Are there turbulent seas ahead for shipping firms as banks back net zero efforts?

Shipping firms face an uncertain decade as they work to align their fleets with IMO carbon intensity targets, the latest briefing from Lloyds List Intelligence warns

  • Transport
  • 08 January 2021
Back two-way EV charging technology to slash costs and emissions, white paper urges
Back two-way EV charging technology to slash costs and emissions, white paper urges

Vehicle-to-grid charging technology can deliver power system cost savings of almost £900m while helping slash the carbon intensity of electric vehicles, a new white paper backed by BEIS and EV manufacturer Nissan argues

  • BusinessGreen
  • 08 January 2021
Air Protein raises $32m to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat
Air Protein raises $32m to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat

The new funding was led by ADM Ventures, Barclays and GV (formerly Google Ventures)

  • Technology
  • 08 January 2021
Legal & General pumps up financial backing for low-carbon heat
Legal & General pumps up financial backing for low-carbon heat

Financial giant Legal & General has announced additional backing for heat pump technology, building on investments made last year

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2021
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies

Brits can now recycle their empty medicine blister packets by dropping them off at pharmacies participating in the latest initiative from recycling specialist Terracycle

  • Waste
  • 07 January 2021
MSC: Over-fishing depriving 72 million people of food
MSC: Over-fishing depriving 72 million people of food

The Marine Stewardship Council warns that a growing population and increased demand for seafood are set to place even greater pressure on the world's ravaged fish stocks

  • Supply chain
  • 07 January 2021
Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?
Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?

Many governments are hoping hydrogen can bridge the most difficult sections of their net zero roadmaps - but precisely how hydrogen will enable deep decarbonisation is not yet clear, a new report from Edison warns

  • Energy
  • 07 January 2021
Major banks 'co-responsible' for plastics crisis, first-of-its-kind investigation argues
Major banks 'co-responsible' for plastics crisis, first-of-its-kind investigation argues

The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes

  • Investment
  • 07 January 2021
UK electric vehicle market enjoys 'best ever year' in 2020
UK electric vehicle market enjoys 'best ever year' in 2020

Electric vehicle market goes from strength to strength even despite Covid-19 pandemic, with UK sales making up more than one in ten new car registrations in 2020

  • Automotive
  • 06 January 2021
Report: Cash-strapped councils climate plans hamstrung by inadequate government support
Report: Cash-strapped councils climate plans hamstrung by inadequate government support

A lack of funding and strategic support from central government is making it difficult for local authorities to support the drive for net zero emissions, imperiling the entire national mission, a new Green Alliance report argues

  • Policy
  • 04 December 2020
Deregulation drive has crippled progress towards UK's environmental goals, study argues
Deregulation drive has crippled progress towards UK's environmental goals, study argues

Water quality, air quality, nature protection, and the decarbonisation of the housing sector have all been damaged by deregulation and the erosion of enforcement capacity, according to a damning new report from Unchecked UK

  • Policy
  • 04 December 2020
Legal & General pledges to half portfolio carbon emission intensity by 2030
Legal & General pledges to half portfolio carbon emission intensity by 2030

Goal part of a raft of measures outlined in the pension giant's new ESG policy

  • Investment
  • 03 December 2020
Nestlé targets regenerative agriculture in €3bn climate plan
Nestlé targets regenerative agriculture in €3bn climate plan

Food and drink giant's roadmap includes major focus on scaling up regenerative agriculture across supply chains worldwide as it sets sights on net zero emissions by 2050

  • Supply chain
  • 03 December 2020
How a slowdown in energy efficiency progress is jeopardising global climate goals
How a slowdown in energy efficiency progress is jeopardising global climate goals

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused energy efficiency investments to tumble while increasing the energy intensity of the global economy, according to the International Energy Agency

  • Energy
  • 03 December 2020
5G set to usher in energy efficiency revolution in telecoms, study finds
5G set to usher in energy efficiency revolution in telecoms, study finds

Research conducted by mobile operators Nokia and Telefonica, compared 5G to legacy networks including 4G, finding the former to be far more efficient

  • Technology
  • 03 December 2020
'Net Zero Deal': UK and Scotland urged to work together to help keep North Sea oil and gas in the ground
'Net Zero Deal': UK and Scotland urged to work together to help keep North Sea oil and gas in the ground

The UK must deliver a managed transition for the North Sea oil and gas industry that curbs production but maintains employment opportunities, a new IPPR report argues

  • Work
  • 03 December 2020
PepsiCo to switch to fully recycled plastic bottles across nine European nations
PepsiCo to switch to fully recycled plastic bottles across nine European nations

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics

  • Waste
  • 03 December 2020
How the global fossil fuel 'production gap' threatens to exacerbate the climate crisis
How the global fossil fuel 'production gap' threatens to exacerbate the climate crisis

Despite lockdown generating a steep decline in fossil fuel production, COVID-19 recovery plans risk accelerating it beyond pre-COVID levels, a UN-backed study warns

  • Energy
  • 02 December 2020
Construction begins on pioneering CO2 removal plant in the Icelandic tundra
Construction begins on pioneering CO2 removal plant in the Icelandic tundra

  • Technology
  • 02 December 2020
New tool promises to help shippers choose the greenest services
New tool promises to help shippers choose the greenest services

Designed by French start-up Searoutes, new tool uses route data and vessel characteristics to calculate CO2 emissions

  • Shipping
  • 30 November 2020
National Grid aims to wire up carbon savings via overhead electricity and hydrogen innovation
National Grid aims to wire up carbon savings via overhead electricity and hydrogen innovation

Ofgem announces fresh funding awards for cutting-edge hydrogen gas network and advanced transmission technology projects

  • Technology
  • 30 November 2020
DNV: Current climate policies inadequate to solve emissions crisis
DNV: Current climate policies inadequate to solve emissions crisis

Norwegian environmental auditing giant DNV argues more radical climate action is needed across five key strategic areas in a new report published today

  • Energy
  • 30 November 2020
New guides aim to accelerate shift towards net zero buildings, but challenges remain
New guides aim to accelerate shift towards net zero buildings, but challenges remain

New guidance and rating systems aim to help property developers and managers green their buildings, but an analysis warns Spending Review commitments could cover barely a thousandth of the total cost of making UK buildings net zero compatible

  • Buildings
  • 30 November 2020
Renewables revolution powers UK to top of decarbonisation league table
Renewables revolution powers UK to top of decarbonisation league table

New report finds that the UK has decarbonised its electricity system twice as fast any another major economy

  • Energy
  • 30 November 2020
CISL launches business guide for injecting sustainable practices into everyday operations
CISL launches business guide for injecting sustainable practices into everyday operations

New guide draws on the expertise of recognised corporate sustainability leaders such as Ikea and Unilever to set out 10 principles for effectively embedding environmental action within an organisation

  • Work
  • 27 November 2020
Better Finance, Better Food: Investors urged to help transform the food system
Better Finance, Better Food: Investors urged to help transform the food system

A new report has compiled more than 50 examples of financial projects aimed at generating more than $1bn in capital for sustainable land-use projects

  • Investment
  • 26 November 2020
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