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Charging to the front: Battery M&A activity continues on back of bullish long-term outlook for sector
Charging to the front: Battery M&A activity continues on back of bullish long-term outlook for sector

Two major deals agreed this week, as new projections point to upbeat long term prospects for global battery sector

  • Technology
  • 19 March 2020
Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network
Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network

New district heating scheme to provide low carbon heat to nearly 2,000 homes, while 22,000 will benefit from greener electricity

  • Energy
  • 18 March 2020
UPM inks €750m sustainability-linked loan to help drive climate action
UPM inks €750m sustainability-linked loan to help drive climate action

Forestry giant secures revolving credit facility with BNP Paribas to help drive sustainable forest management initiatives

  • Investment
  • 18 March 2020
WRAP targets 3.6 million tonne farm food waste mountain
WRAP targets 3.6 million tonne farm food waste mountain

Waste advisors have stepped up efforts to slash food wasted on farms through new guidance launched for growers

  • Supply chain
  • 18 March 2020
Happier meals? McDonald's to scrap plastic toys
Happier meals? McDonald's to scrap plastic toys

Fast-food giant announces the replacement of plastic in its Happy Meal toys, following growing pressure from campaigners

  • Waste
  • 18 March 2020
Good Energy and Ørsted ink £50m clean power deal
Good Energy and Ørsted ink £50m clean power deal

Partnership between the two renewable energy firms will provide enough offshore wind power for 36,000 homes

  • Wind
  • 17 March 2020
Triodos to finance Pod Point EV supermarket charging roll out
Triodos to finance Pod Point EV supermarket charging roll out

Green banking specialist joins with Tesco and Volkswagen to fund major charging infrastructure deployment

  • Investment
  • 17 March 2020
Report reveals 10-fold surge in global wave and tidal energy generation
Report reveals 10-fold surge in global wave and tidal energy generation

Ocean energy organisation predicts 'considerable promise' for wave and tidal energy generation during the 2020s

  • Marine
  • 17 March 2020
Environment Agency steps up efforts to tackle water supply crunch
Environment Agency steps up efforts to tackle water supply crunch

Government warns population growth and climate impacts means UK will need 3.4 billion litres of water a day by 2050

  • Policy
  • 17 March 2020
UK renewables project pipeline hits four-year high
UK renewables project pipeline hits four-year high

New analysis of BEIS data suggests applications for onshore and offshore wind energy projects surged last year

  • Wind
  • 16 March 2020
UN aviation body ditches older carbon credits from offsetting scheme
UN aviation body ditches older carbon credits from offsetting scheme

Green groups welcome ICAO's decision to exclude 'questionable' carbon credits from the industry's CORSIA offsetting programme

  • Aviation
  • 16 March 2020
'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding boost
'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding boost

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters

  • Transport
  • 16 March 2020
Meat sector has 'head in sand' over climate disruption, investors warn
Meat sector has 'head in sand' over climate disruption, investors warn

New financial modelling from $20tr global investor network warns billions of dollars of assets could be at risk in the meat sector as climate impacts escalate

  • Investment
  • 12 March 2020
Open Energi debuts fully-automated energy trading system
Open Energi debuts fully-automated energy trading system

Trading system will deliver optimum return on investment for energy storage developers, its creators say

  • Infrastructure
  • 11 March 2020
Green ice cream: Mackie's debuts emissions-slashing biomass freezer technology
Green ice cream: Mackie's debuts emissions-slashing biomass freezer technology

Scottish ice cream maker begins installation of multi-million pound freezer powered by ammonia made from on-site biomass boilers

  • Technology
  • 11 March 2020
Opus Energy launches 100 per cent renewable power tariff for small firms
Opus Energy launches 100 per cent renewable power tariff for small firms

UK’s fifth largest business energy supplier, which is owned by Drax, offers fully renewable tariff for new and existing SME customers

  • Energy
  • 11 March 2020
Iceland cuts own-brand plastic packaging by 29 per cent
Iceland cuts own-brand plastic packaging by 29 per cent

Supermarket claims engaging with its suppliers and customers has been key to reducing plastic from own-brand products

  • Waste
  • 10 March 2020
Can a national carbon price be made fair and effective?
Can a national carbon price be made fair and effective?

Conventional fiscal thinking needs to be turned on its head to implement a fairer, more effective approach to net zero, according to the authors of a new report

  • Carbon Trading
  • 10 March 2020
Liverpool waste collection to be powered by… waste
Liverpool waste collection to be powered by… waste

City council’s waste operator is to deploy Mercedes-Benz trucks running on renewable biogas

  • Waste
  • 10 March 2020
Report: Plastics bans failing to tackle 'throwaway culture'
Report: Plastics bans failing to tackle 'throwaway culture'

Waste policy should focus on finding ways to reduce the amount of materials used overall, not just curb plastic impacts, Green Alliance warns

  • Waste
  • 10 March 2020
Gridserve breaks ground on first ultra-fast EV charging station
Gridserve breaks ground on first ultra-fast EV charging station

Company aims to have a UK-wide network of ultra-fast charging stations operational within five years

  • Infrastructure
  • 10 March 2020
Could a Celtic Sea floating wind industry help drive the UK to its 'challenging' 40GW goal?
Could a Celtic Sea floating wind industry help drive the UK to its 'challenging' 40GW goal?

Two new reports this week have highlighted both the challenges and opportunities presented by the UK's offshore wind boom

  • Wind
  • 07 February 2020
Nissan Leaf revs up autonomous vehicle research with 230 mile self-driven journey
Nissan Leaf revs up autonomous vehicle research with 230 mile self-driven journey

A successful test drive of an autonomous vehicle by Nissan Leaf has been hailed by ministers as further evidence of the UK's leadership in clean and intelligent vehicle technology

  • Automotive
  • 06 February 2020
Northern Powergrid moves to streamline EV connection process
Northern Powergrid moves to streamline EV connection process

Specially designed tool aims to help tackle low levels of EV charging infrastructure in the North East of England

  • Automotive
  • 06 February 2020
When is a vegan product not really vegan? Retailers warned over risk of inadvertently false claims
When is a vegan product not really vegan? Retailers warned over risk of inadvertently false claims

Defining a product as vegan is more complex than many think, but new industry guidelines aim to help retailers assure consumers

  • Supply chain
  • 06 February 2020
Online checker launched to help drivers identify Clean Air Zones
Online checker launched to help drivers identify Clean Air Zones

Government website to help drivers and businesses prepare ahead of wave of Clean Air Zones coming into effect in UK cities

  • Automotive
  • 06 February 2020
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment

Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green progress is hampered by confusion about sustainability options

  • Recycling
  • 06 February 2020
Green Share Bill: MP pushes for law to help cooperatives to raise green investment
Green Share Bill: MP pushes for law to help cooperatives to raise green investment

Private members Bill from Labour's Anna McMorrin aims to create a level playing-field for cooperatives and mutuals seeking to raise funds for environmental projects

  • Legislation
  • 05 February 2020
What Amber Rudd did next: Former Home Secretary joins The Climate Group
What Amber Rudd did next: Former Home Secretary joins The Climate Group

Former Energy and Climate Change Secretary joins board of The Climate Group, ahead of a critical year for business engagement with the climate crisis

  • Policy
  • 05 February 2020
Greenpeace protest targets BP, as legal battle looms
Greenpeace protest targets BP, as legal battle looms

Oil giant says new CEO, Bernard Looney, 'understands the frustration and anger of protestors' and will 'set out his low carbon ambition for the company next week'

  • Policy
  • 05 February 2020
Flood risk and insurance cost fears highlighted for 1.8 million UK residents
Flood risk and insurance cost fears highlighted for 1.8 million UK residents

Insurance industry warns of increased premiums as flood risk grows due to climate change.

  • Risk
  • 05 February 2020
UK coal phase-out date pulled forward, as latest stats show emissions fell again last year
UK coal phase-out date pulled forward, as latest stats show emissions fell again last year

Boris Johnson confirms coal phase out target date has been moved forward by one year to 2024, as Nicola Sturgeon calls for improved co-operation to deliver a successful COP26 Summit

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 February 2020
Sodexo steps up single use plastics crack down
Sodexo steps up single use plastics crack down

Food services giant bans single use plastics from supply chain, as Iceland launches produce packaging trial

  • Waste
  • 04 February 2020
#GoZero: Sky becomes latest corporate giant to announce net zero by 2030 goal
#GoZero: Sky becomes latest corporate giant to announce net zero by 2030 goal

Broadcasting giant's wide-ranging carbon reduction plans include proposals to help encourage audiences to embrace the net zero transition

  • Net Zero Now
  • 04 February 2020
Future of flight or flight of fancy? UK aviation industry launches net zero roadmap
Future of flight or flight of fancy? UK aviation industry launches net zero roadmap

The aviation industry has launched a plan to get to net zero by 2050, but its reliance on offsets and new fuels has angered campaigners

  • Aviation
  • 04 February 2020
Moody's predicts green bond market boost
Moody's predicts green bond market boost

Influential agency predicts 24 per cent growth for green bonds market this year, as greater clarity from governments and regulators drives investment

  • Investment
  • 04 February 2020
'Astounding': 400,000 take part in Veganuary as plant-based food sales surge
'Astounding': 400,000 take part in Veganuary as plant-based food sales surge

Retailers and food outlets including Tesco, M&S, Burger King and Greggs report huge sales surge for new vegan food products

  • Supply chain
  • 03 February 2020
BMW and Daimler to reverse out of UK and North America carsharing markets
BMW and Daimler to reverse out of UK and North America carsharing markets

ShareNow is to close its service in London, Brussels, Florence and the whole of North America, due to poor demand

  • Transport
  • 20 December 2019
Budweiser brews up green tariff for pubs and bars
Budweiser brews up green tariff for pubs and bars

Beer giant teams up with Opus Energy to launch a renewable energy tariff for pubs and bars

  • Energy
  • 20 December 2019
Gridserve completes 'UK's most advanced' solar farm
Gridserve completes 'UK's most advanced' solar farm

Plant is first in UK to use bifacial solar panels and trackers to follow the sun, maximising electricity generation

  • Technology
  • 20 December 2019
UK renewables power past gas for first time
UK renewables power past gas for first time

Meanwhile use of fossil fuels fall to a record low, government data reveals

  • Energy
  • 19 December 2019
Fashion sector on trend to miss 2020 waste targets
Fashion sector on trend to miss 2020 waste targets

Population growth, rising consumption levels, lack of collection infrastructure and fast fashion is blocking industry progress on waste, report finds

  • Policy
  • 19 December 2019
Ohme reveals how EV drivers are being paid to charge their cars
Ohme reveals how EV drivers are being paid to charge their cars

Blustery weather saw electric vehicle owners paid up to £5 to charge their cars to use excess wind electricity

  • Technology
  • 18 December 2019
Shipowners float plans for $5bn fund to catalyse low carbon shipping
Shipowners float plans for $5bn fund to catalyse low carbon shipping

Industry body insists it has 'definitely got the memo' on the need for urgent climate action

  • Shipping
  • 18 December 2019
How to make sustainable concrete? Just add bacteria
How to make sustainable concrete? Just add bacteria

Novo Group, parent company of Novozymes, snaps up 'double digit' stake in bio-cement firm

  • Technology
  • 18 December 2019
Dreaming of a waste-free Christmas? Poll points to festive food waste reduction
Dreaming of a waste-free Christmas? Poll points to festive food waste reduction

Survey finds David Attenborough, the climate emergency, and extreme weather are influencing people's festive shopping habits

  • Waste
  • 18 December 2019
City of London set to host UK's first zero emission street
City of London set to host UK's first zero emission street

Groundbreaking scheme set to launch in Spring 2020 will ban all petrol and diesel cars from street 24 hours a day, seven days a week

  • Transport
  • 17 December 2019
New software aims to drive transparency in renewable energy markets
New software aims to drive transparency in renewable energy markets

Swiss start-up claims its new software will make negotiation of Power Purchase Agreements easier

  • Energy
  • 17 December 2019
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