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All rise: Over 120 global faith groups team up to demand tougher climate action ahead of COP26
All rise: Over 120 global faith groups team up to demand tougher climate action ahead of COP26

Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Sikhs from dozens of countries have teamed up on what has been touted as the largest multi-faith day of climate action ever

  • BusinessGreen
  • 11 March 2021
CISL launches handbook to help businesses translate nature loss into financial risk
CISL launches handbook to help businesses translate nature loss into financial risk

New guide from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership breaks down commercial risks resulting from nature loss

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  • 08 March 2021
Report: An EV transition that marginalises low-income groups could undermine the 'whole net zero project'
Report: An EV transition that marginalises low-income groups could undermine the 'whole net zero project'

Fossil fuel car phase out risks a Gilets Jaunes-style backlash among low income groups if efforts to improve access to charge points are not stepped up, the Social Market Foundation warns

  • BusinessGreen
  • 08 March 2021
All aboard for COP26: 22 electric buses planned for Glasgow ahead of Climate Summit
All aboard for COP26: 22 electric buses planned for Glasgow ahead of Climate Summit

BYD, Alexander Dennis, and First Glasgow team up to expand city's electric bus fleet

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  • 04 March 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

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  • 08 January 2021
Walkers to slash emissions by making fertiliser from potato peelings
Walkers to slash emissions by making fertiliser from potato peelings

Crisp company aims to ‘bring potatoes full circle’ and improve soil health by producing farm fertiliser from potato leftovers its Leicester factory

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  • 08 December 2020
If government is serious about net zero, it must implement a UK Emissions Trading System in 2021
If government is serious about net zero, it must implement a UK Emissions Trading System in 2021

The Chancellor is reportedly considering a hike in carbon prices to help raise revenues and accelerate the net zero transition, but as Dr. Danial Sturge and George Day argue, carbon pricing is complex and won't deliver net zero emissions on its own

  • BusinessGreen
  • 12 October 2020
Energy storage: Global capacity predicted to surge by a third every year in 2020s
Energy storage: Global capacity predicted to surge by a third every year in 2020s

The consultancy predicts that US and China will drive global growth in cumulative energy storage capacity, which should top 740GWh by the end of the decade

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  • 02 October 2020
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches

The government's Green Homes Grant scheme opens for applications today, but demand from homeowners expected to outstrip 600,000 vouchers available

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  • 30 September 2020
Total snaps up London's largest electric vehicle charging network
Total snaps up London's largest electric vehicle charging network

French oil major takes over Source London EV network after acquisition of Blue Point London from the Bolloré Group

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  • 29 September 2020
Six new solar projects announced as part of Elgin-Foresight joint venture
Six new solar projects announced as part of Elgin-Foresight joint venture

Solar energy firm teams up with private equity investor in 200MW boost to pipeline of subsidy-free UK solar projects

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  • 29 September 2020
MediaCityUK touts 'net zero neighbourhood' status
MediaCityUK touts 'net zero neighbourhood' status

Developer Peel L&P says third-party verified analysis shows half the site's buildings are now net zero approved

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  • 29 September 2020
McDonald's and McCain offer climate resilience funding for potato farmers
McDonald's and McCain offer climate resilience funding for potato farmers

Fast food giant working with McCain and Prince's Countryside Trust to help farmers improve soil health and boost resilience to climate change and Brexit

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  • 25 September 2020
Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others
Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others

Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and McKinstry also amongst latest wave of companies to commit to reaching net zero emissions a decade ahead of Paris Accord goal

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  • 25 September 2020
Reform VAT to help drive green home upgrades, campaigners urge
Reform VAT to help drive green home upgrades, campaigners urge

Green Alliance calls on government to end £2bn VAT subsidy on gas, which benefits well off, to help fund warm homes for poorer households

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  • 25 September 2020
Limejump wins trading contract for Scotland's first subsidy-free wind farm
Limejump wins trading contract for Scotland's first subsidy-free wind farm

The Shell-owned company is set to trade the power generated at the 46MW Crossdykes project through National Grid's Balancing Mechanism

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  • 25 September 2020
Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging
Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging

Investigation by Which? finds swathes of major snack brands come in hard to recycle packaging with unclear labeling for consumers

  • BusinessGreen
  • 24 September 2020
Nestlé partners with Biffa to secure UK supply of recycled plastic bottles
Nestlé partners with Biffa to secure UK supply of recycled plastic bottles

Partnership will see Biffa supply Nestlé Waters UK with recycled PET to produce bottles for its water brands such as Buxton

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  • 23 September 2020
Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds
Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds

Analysis of FTSE 100 companies finds just 16 per cent have realistic decarbonisation strategies in place, yet 45 per cent are targeting net zero emissions

  • BusinessGreen
  • 23 September 2020
Volkswagen teams up with Octopus Energy for EV tariff deal
Volkswagen teams up with Octopus Energy for EV tariff deal

The partnership will see drivers of VW electric cars encouraged to switch their home energy supplier to Octopus Energy's 'time of use' EV tariff

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  • 22 September 2020
LafargeHolcim cements new science-based emissions goal
LafargeHolcim cements new science-based emissions goal

LafargeHolcim is the world's first building materials manufacturer to get SBTi nod

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  • 21 September 2020
Race to Zero: Global net zero commitments double in less than a year
Race to Zero: Global net zero commitments double in less than a year

UK government unveils fresh wave of climate commitments, as New York Climate Week kicks off with further evidence that the net zero transition is accelerating

  • BusinessGreen
  • 21 September 2020
AT&T dials up 2035 carbon neutral target
AT&T dials up 2035 carbon neutral target

Telco giant unveils new package of ambitious emissions reduction targets, as company acknowledges it is already being impacted by worsening extreme weather

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  • 21 September 2020
Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns
Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns

Overseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed

  • BusinessGreen
  • 21 September 2020
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