Technology
Could the new National Infrastructure Bank help solve the home retrofit challenge?
Ron Cowley of the Active Building Centre argues sweeping changing to our housing stock are essential, and the government's new bank could provide the catalyst that is desperately needed
'Build back greener': Government announces £54m funding boost for electric trucks and hydrogen buses
Three projects across the UK aimed at cutting emissions from heavy transport to share government-led funding
Brewing biogas: Heineken turns beer wasted during lockdown into energy for Manchester brewery
Recycled beer helping to power brewing kettles and canning pasteurisers used to produce new beer, as government announces new green distillery funding
Should you swap plastic for aluminum packaging? It's complicated
Jesse Klein explores how some leading businesses are navigating the complex choices that shape efforts to deliver more sustainable packaging
Advancing plastics recycling and reducing CO2: Driving transformational change
Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. It is a day for the world to come together and put the planet first. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our...
Government proposes plan to make UK fashion firms pay more towards textile recycling
Defra proposals form part of wider package targeting waste from construction, textiles, electronics, cars, furniture, plastics, and food, as Ministers pledge to end the 'throwaway culture as we build back greener'
Google update details data centre decarbonisation progress
Google says its customers can use new data on server farms' performance to inform decisions on where to base their Google Cloud operations
Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: All the key policies at a glance
An all-you-need-to-know guide to the green measures unveiled in the government's plan to cut CO2 from industry, schools and hospitals
'ACE' sustainability roadmap targets waste and emissions from beverage packaging
The new roadmap is published a year after the EU first unveiled its ambitious circular economy action plan to cut waste, emissions and pollution
Zoom in on Net Zero - with explorer and solar-powered flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard
VIDEO: Pilot and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation joins BusinessGreen's Michael Holder to discuss circumnavigating the globe, clean technologies and his passionate environmentalism
Microwave boiler unveiled as potential replacement for the UK's gas boilers
The new microwave boilers join heat pumps and hydrogen as potential solutions to decarbonise heat in the UK, responsible for around a seventh of the country's total CO2 emissions
Trio of aluminium decarbonisation pathways detailed in new industry report
A new report from the International Aluminium Institute outlines how the industry can decarbonise while simultaneously meeting massive increases in anticipated demand
Oddbox adds recipes and food waste reduction tips in fresh rebrand
Oddbox is aiming to save 35,000 tonnes of fruit and veg from going to landfill by 2035
Living in a digital world
Harriet Parker from Liontrust's Sustainable Investment team offers an investment managers perspective on the search for more efficient IT systems
Expert bodies call for £5.3bn spending blitz to catalyse national home retrofit push
The Construction Leadership Council publishes a new blueprint for tackling the UK's inefficient housing stock, as Bankers for Net Zero calls for policy interventions to drive green home investment
'Net zero aviation is the future': Aerospace manufacturing projects secure £90m in government backing
Ministers claim funding for aerospace manufacturing projects can support drive towards net zero emission aviation
Hitachi joins COP26 Principal Partner roster
Tech giant becomes latest high profile firm to be unveiled as a formal partner of COP26
Farewell A+++: Government debuts streamlined energy efficiency labelling system in greener product standards push
Government unveils tougher labelling system as it sets out plans to tighten energy efficiency standards and introduce right to repair law
American Airlines and Kuehne+Nagel ink pioneering sustainable aviation fuel agreement
Innovative partnership would see American Airlines assign some of the emissions savings from its use of green fuels to the cargo giant
Government confirms 2030 fossil fuel car sales ban as it touts new £20m EV funding package
More than £90m to support floating offshore wind, energy storage, and biomass has also been confirmed following last week's Budget
Tesco targets 'soft plastics' with nationwide recycling point network
Retailer targets bread bags, crisp packets, cling film, and food pouches with aim to recycle 1,000 tonnes of soft plastics a year
Octopus Energy snaps up Configurable in boost for customised energy tariffs
New functionality aims to give energy giant the capacity to offer 'super-intelligent' energy tariffs, as rival Bulb debuts new EV charging app
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