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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
Are Amazon and Apple 'dodging responsibility' for the escalating e-waste crisis?
Are Amazon and Apple 'dodging responsibility' for the escalating e-waste crisis?

Environmental Audit Commitee argues electronic and retail giants need to join their brick and mortar rivals in contributing more to a circular economy, but the tech powerhouses insist they are leading efforts to tackle global e-waste mountain

  • Waste
  • 26 November 2020
BT and Hubbub to explore untapped potential for smart tech to slash household emissions
BT and Hubbub to explore untapped potential for smart tech to slash household emissions

Collaboration follows new research showing nearly two-thirds of UK households do not use technology to help run their home more efficiently

  • Energy
  • 26 November 2020
Enel powers up €190bn green energy investment blitz through to 2030
Enel powers up €190bn green energy investment blitz through to 2030

European energy giant unveils investment strategy that will see it invest €160bn directly in green infrastructure, while leveraging a further €30bn from other parties

  • Energy
  • 25 November 2020
Arrival to list on New York stock exchange amid surging investor interest in EVs
Arrival to list on New York stock exchange amid surging investor interest in EVs

The move will provide around half a billion pounds in cash proceeds for the EV innovator, helping fund mass production at its microfactories planned to begin next year

  • Transport
  • 20 November 2020
Could emerging market EV boom herald the 'end of the oil era'?
Could emerging market EV boom herald the 'end of the oil era'?

Latest Carbon Tracker report explores how surging demand for EVs in China and India are set to make a massive dent in forecast oil demand throughout the 2020s

  • Transport
  • 20 November 2020
Hydrogen trials and net zero commitments offer boost to green heating plans
Hydrogen trials and net zero commitments offer boost to green heating plans

Leading boiler provider Baxi unveils plans to become carbon neutral by 2030, as high profile hydrogen heating trial chalks off key milestone

  • Energy
  • 20 November 2020
Mayor of London ploughs £10m into 'Green New Deal' projects
Mayor of London ploughs £10m into 'Green New Deal' projects

The funding will focus on tackling building and transport emissions and supporting new green businesses, according to City Hall

  • Infrastructure
  • 19 November 2020
Food firms neglecting supply chain climate resilience, CDP warns
Food firms neglecting supply chain climate resilience, CDP warns

Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds

  • Supply chain
  • 19 November 2020
City of London announces £40m solar power purchase deal in UK first
City of London announces £40m solar power purchase deal in UK first

The 15-year deal will see City of London Corporation help fund a 49MW solar farm in Dorset to help power the UK capital's financial district

  • Solar
  • 19 November 2020
Fiat teams up with Kaluza to design smart EV charging service
Fiat teams up with Kaluza to design smart EV charging service

The two firms to test new charging service next year on Fiat 500 electric vehicles in drive to cut down on emissions and costs for drivers

  • Technology
  • 19 November 2020
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency

  • Waste
  • 19 November 2020
New study urges media outlets to include air pollution data in weather forecasts
New study urges media outlets to include air pollution data in weather forecasts

Energy giant E.ON is launching a new service to help media outlets include information on air pollution levels in their weather forecasts

  • Science
  • 18 November 2020
PwC: £400bn additional infrastructure spend essential over next decade to reach Net Zero goal
PwC: £400bn additional infrastructure spend essential over next decade to reach Net Zero goal

A new analysis highlights the increasing availability of low cost capital for net zero technology and infrastructure, but calls for a clearer policy framework to attract it

  • Investment
  • 18 November 2020
Science Based Targets Network branches out with call for companies to help design targets to stem nature's decline
Science Based Targets Network branches out with call for companies to help design targets to stem nature's decline

A new programme from the Science Based Targets Network aims to enable firms to adopt credible targets to support efforts to reverse the ongoing decline of nature

  • Science
  • 13 November 2020
United Utilities turns tap on new climate pledges
United Utilities turns tap on new climate pledges

Company unveils new wave of environmental goals to align it with wider UK water industry plan to reach net zero emissions by 2030

  • Supplier
  • 13 November 2020
Vattenfall and Viridor team up for district heating push
Vattenfall and Viridor team up for district heating push

Companies to work together to harness heat from waste to energy facilities

  • Technology
  • 13 November 2020
Tesco and Low Carbon to build three new solar farms in UK by 2021
Tesco and Low Carbon to build three new solar farms in UK by 2021

New agreement is part of Tesco's commitment to use 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2030, and is set to save 30,308 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year

  • Energy
  • 13 November 2020
First global survey of green banks highlights sector's key role in financing low-carbon technologies
First global survey of green banks highlights sector's key role in financing low-carbon technologies

Green banks can play an important role in the low-carbon transition by absorbing the risk of investing in unproven technologies, report finds

  • Investment
  • 12 November 2020
Wizz Air launches scheme to help passengers offset CO2
Wizz Air launches scheme to help passengers offset CO2

Passengers can use a new travel footprint calculator on Wizz Air's website to support a forestry project in Uganda and a renewable energy scheme in Ecuador

  • Aviation
  • 10 November 2020
'Wake-up call': Palm oil industry failing on deforestation goals, ZSL analysis finds
'Wake-up call': Palm oil industry failing on deforestation goals, ZSL analysis finds

Most firms in palm oil supply chain - including major consumer goods giants - still do not report basic information on how they are monitoring deforestation, wildlife conservation charity finds

  • Supply chain
  • 10 November 2020
WRAP: Over half of UK public concerned about 'severe' environmental cost of clothes
WRAP: Over half of UK public concerned about 'severe' environmental cost of clothes

Waste charity launches Textiles 2030 initiative to help fashion firms cut greenhouse gas emissions and foster development of circular economy practices

  • Waste
  • 10 November 2020
Labour: UK must use Biden victory to spark green recovery efforts
Labour: UK must use Biden victory to spark green recovery efforts

Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has called on the government to provide a global example by creating green jobs ahead of the COP26 climate conference, in an interview with the Guardian

  • Policy
  • 09 November 2020
KPMG announces 2030 net zero goal
KPMG announces 2030 net zero goal

KPMG has joined rivals PwC and Boston Consultancy Group in committing to reach net-zero emissions by 2030

  • Management
  • 09 November 2020
Nestle Purina launches insect and plant protein pet food
Nestle Purina launches insect and plant protein pet food

Nestle is developing pet food based on alternative protein sources in order to reduce the product's environmental impact

  • Supplier
  • 09 November 2020
Green glass: Carbon capture project to tackle glass manufacturing emissions
Green glass: Carbon capture project to tackle glass manufacturing emissions

Experiments to test the applicability of carbon-capture technology for glass manufacturing will be conducted by British firms C-Capture and Pilkington

  • Work
  • 09 November 2020
'Shielding our customers': Scottish Widows announces £440m divestment from carbon-intensive companies
'Shielding our customers': Scottish Widows announces £440m divestment from carbon-intensive companies

Scottish Widows today announced a new exclusions policy targeting firms that derive more than a tenth of their revenue from thermal coal and tar sands

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
Mark Carney: Net zero transition represents 'greatest commercial opportunity of our time'
Mark Carney: Net zero transition represents 'greatest commercial opportunity of our time'

Former Bank of England governor to speak at Green Horizon Summit, which brings together CEOs, policymakers, and government officials to drive forward the financial sector's role in the net zero transition

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
Study: Phase out of polluting vehicles by 2030 would create 32,000 jobs and boost UK economy
Study: Phase out of polluting vehicles by 2030 would create 32,000 jobs and boost UK economy

Moving forward the phase out date for internal combustion vehicles would benefit not just energy and manufacturing industries but also the retail, leisure, and entertainment sectors, a new Greenpeace analysis argues

  • Transport
  • 09 November 2020
$5tr investor alliance calls for companies to ditch thermal coal
$5tr investor alliance calls for companies to ditch thermal coal

The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, which formed in 2019 at the Climate Action Summit in New York, has today warned companies that failure to respond to its position thermal coal could result in divestment

  • Investment
  • 06 November 2020
Government launches consultation on fertiliser's role in air pollution and soil degradation
Government launches consultation on fertiliser's role in air pollution and soil degradation

Solid urea fertilisers emit ammonia which can harm both natural habitats and human health

  • Policy
  • 06 November 2020
National Grid's net zero vision 'over-reliant' on bioenergy with CCS, report claims
National Grid's net zero vision 'over-reliant' on bioenergy with CCS, report claims

All National Grid's net zero pathways rely on significant BECCS capacity to generate 'negative emissions', claims think tank Ember

  • CCS
  • 29 October 2020
UK firm turning industrial CO2 into fish food secures €2.5m boost
UK firm turning industrial CO2 into fish food secures €2.5m boost

Deep Branch secures backing to build new facility in Netherlands dedicated to processing carbon emissions into alternative protein sources

  • Technology
  • 29 October 2020
Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle
Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle

The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures

  • Waste
  • 29 October 2020
G20 stimulus packages 'missed opportunity' to accelerate green energy, analysis finds
G20 stimulus packages 'missed opportunity' to accelerate green energy, analysis finds

The UK could reach a 60 per cent renewable power system by 2025 were it to shift Covid-19 energy sector recovery funds from fossil fuels to green power, report concludes

  • Energy
  • 29 October 2020
Siemens Gamesa reaches 100 per cent clean electricity goal worldwide
Siemens Gamesa reaches 100 per cent clean electricity goal worldwide

The achievement marks the latest milestone in the wind turbine manufacturers' roadmap to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

  • Energy
  • 29 October 2020
Tesla plugs UK homes into its 'Virtual Power Plant'
Tesla plugs UK homes into its 'Virtual Power Plant'

Tesla has opened its Energy Plan to UK homes without electric vehicles, partnering with Octopus Energy to supply renewable electricity to customers

  • Energy
  • 28 October 2020
Green groups demand peat burning ban in face of government inaction
Green groups demand peat burning ban in face of government inaction

Defra has reiterated its intention to ban rotational burning on peat bogs, but has still yet to offer a timetable of action

  • Policy
  • 28 October 2020
Why demand for consumer goods continues to drive deforestation
Why demand for consumer goods continues to drive deforestation

Voluntary industry commitments in consumer goods sector have struggled to make a dent in deforestation rates, CDP research suggests, furthering the case for regulatory action

  • Risk
  • 28 October 2020
Amazon badges-up 40,000 products as 'Climate Pledge Friendly' in Europe
Amazon badges-up 40,000 products as 'Climate Pledge Friendly' in Europe

Customers can now choose from more than 40,000 items among Amazon's vast product range that have been certified as sustainable

  • Marketing
  • 27 October 2020
Kaluza and Bosch tout direct-to-car smart EV charging system
Kaluza and Bosch tout direct-to-car smart EV charging system

The two firms announce successful trial of technology they claim could help extend the power grid and consumer efficiency benefits offered by smart charging electric vehicles

  • Technology
  • 27 October 2020
Air pollution linked to 14 per cent of UK Covid-19 deaths, study finds
Air pollution linked to 14 per cent of UK Covid-19 deaths, study finds

Landmark study estimates 15 per cent of worldwide deaths from Covid-19 may be attributable to long-term exposure to air pollution, demonstrating impact of fossil fuels on pandemic

  • Science
  • 27 October 2020
Ocado and Amazon steer different courses towards green delivery fleets
Ocado and Amazon steer different courses towards green delivery fleets

Ocado is expanding its fleet of CNG-fuelled trucks, as Amazon unveils its first custom designed electric delivery van

  • Automotive
  • 09 October 2020
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