Efficiency
Reusable cup use soars 10-fold at Pret thanks to 50p discount
Customers on track to save four million disposable cups this year
PwC trial cuts employee plastic bottle use 58 per cent
One month trial of reusable metal bottles delivered sharp reduction in number of disposable bottles bought by employees
'Sleeping potential': Industry urged to embrace flexible grid cost savings
New study suggests businesses could cut their energy bills by up to 10 per cent by embracing demand response services
We need new policy solutions to climate change. Resource efficiency is the obvious place to start
In the excitement of new technologies, we should not forget the importance of resource efficiency, argues Green Alliance's Libby Peake
Kingfisher dives in to new 'sustainable growth plan'
Home improvement giant sets target to ensure half of group sales come from products that help customers improve the sustainability of their home
'Industry must innovate': Environment Agency calls on businesses to tackle rising water risks
Landmark report warns that without action large parts of England will face significant water supply deficits by 2050
Navigating the choppy waters of complex sustainability challenges
It will take teamwork to drive out the linear economy, argues Business in the Community's Libby Sandbrook
'Make Fashion Circular': Burberry, Nike and Gap join forces to tackle textile waste
Major new global initiative draws some of the biggest clothing brands together to promote vision of a zero waste fashion industry
'Clean Growth Finance': Lloyds Bank launches £2bn green business lending drive
Bank kicks off major new programme to provide discounted lending to help businesses invest in green upgrades
Secret UK push to weaken EU climate laws 'completely mad'
Plan to change timeline for energy use reduction puts Paris targets at risk, say MEPS
It's time for the government to make good on its Industrial Energy Efficiency Scheme promise
EEF's Brad Deane argues the government should properly streamline energy and carbon reporting requirements and focus on the real barrier to efficiency progress - long payback periods
How to spend seven years not making bad housing much better
Following the publication of Labour's new domestic energy efficiency strategy, Alan Whitehead takes aim at the scandalous loophole that will allow landlords to keep renting the coldest and most inefficient homes
Green growth: British soil-free farming start-up prepares for first harvest
Airponix technology uses a nutrient-rich 'fog' instead of soil to grow vegetables, promising yields up to 50 times higher than commercial growers
Congratulations James Brokenshire, now about that energy efficiency consultation
Andrew Warren welcomes the new Housing Secretary with a reminder that the government's plans for Display Energy Certificates remain remarkably opaque
Clean tech opportunity: Government launches £1bn AI sector deal
Ministers aim to make UK an AI research hot spot as clean tech firms seek to exploit machine learning opportunities
UTC adopts circular mindset to put brakes on water usage
Slowly, but surely, purple pipes are becoming more common in commercial and industrial settings
How do you prove the circular economy is working?
AECOM's Robert Spencer warns that businesses deploying circular economy models need to remember to make the case for the approach, even once it is successfully up and running
Where's the BEEF?
Andrew Warren reveals the low-down on the decades-spanning work of the British Energy Efficiency Federation
We need a new approach to the Sharing Economy
Trewin Restorick asks if the real sharing economy could tackle the social, economic, and environmental challenges the UK faces
From old bottles to new insulation: Knauf Insulation and Veolia cut ribbon on £10m recycling facility
Companies hope new St Helens facility will provide template for further circular economy initiatives
Greater Manchester £15m low carbon fund to deliver green building renewables boost
European Regional Development Fund-backed loan fund to aims to accelerate the roll out of emerging clean technologies
Freezing weather and gas supply fears sparks calls for UK to revamp energy efficiency efforts
E3G report reveals how public investment in domestic energy efficiency has slumped 58 per cent since 2012
CDP: 100 cities worldwide source at least 70 per cent of power from renewables
Seattle, Auckland, and Nairobi among urban centres sourcing majority of their power from renewables, as more than 40 cities now run on 100 per cent clean electricity
Seven companies advancing the circular economy by selling products as a service
The experiments involve everything from replacement tires to temporary apartments
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