Technology
UK risks going cold on heat decarbonisation, think tank warns
IPPR calculates that government has to date supported just two per cent of the heat pumps the UK needs to deploy to meet its net zero emissions goals
Is the future of zero-carbon social housing taking shape in Greenwich?
EXCLUSIVE: ilke Homes and ENGIE unveil new social housing project that exceeds net zero standards
Cathedral City launches solution to cheese's plastic recycling challenge
Leading brand launches new effort to recycle flexible film packaging
Aldi pledges to halve plastic packaging by 2025
Aldi said it would work with suppliers to remove the equivalent of 2.2 billion single items of plastic of its shelves within the next five years
M&G Real Estate plots pathway to net zero by 2050
Global real estate investor says it is "repositioning its business" to meet its new decarbonisation goals, which include reducing 'corporate emissions' to net zero by 2030 and carbon neutrality across its portfolio twenty years later
Sky celebrates green light for 'most sustainable TV and film production studios in the world'
Sky said it expects the Hertfordshire studios to be fully powered by renewable energy, in keeping with its plan to be net zero carbon by the end of the decade
Chancellor: 'This will be a green recovery with concern for the environment at its heart'
Rishi Sunak confirms £3bn energy efficiency programme and promises to deliver green recovery, but fails to deliver wider stimulus measures
Is £3bn a lot?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's new £3bn energy efficiency programme is a welcome boost to the green economy, but its ability to catalyse the transformation of the UK's building stock depends on what happens next
Facebook unveils 'hyperscale' district heat system at Danish data centre
Heat recovery system will capture air from servers to produce 25MW per hour of usable heat
Knauf Insulation promises to refine EPC measurement with new machine-learning tool
EXCLUSIVE: System that uses machine learning to measure the 'actual' fabric thermal performance of a home within three months could provide evidence base for national retrofit programme
Hitachi rolls forward with plans for UK battery trains
Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive team up in support of plans to create a battery hub in the North East
Study: Three quarters of UK businesses feel threatened by climate crisis
Yet just one in ten firms listed climate risk assessments as a priority, according to new survey results published today by earth science AI firm
'From zero carbon heat laggard to leader': Green groups urge government to back heat pumps in recovery plans
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, CPRE and Possible propose 'cash for clunkers' scheme, and urge government to prioritise heat pumps over hydrogen in its green heating plans
How Pandora hopes to reach 100 per cent recycled silver and gold
The jewellery giant is reaching out to its supply chain to help bolster its circular economy ambitions
Mr Muscle bottles aim to help clean up ocean plastic
Household cleaning brand SC Johnson launches ocean-plastic Mr Muscle bottle line following success of similar initiative with Windex in the US
Net Zero Festival: More top speakers confirmed
Bosses at BT, OVO Energy, Shell, Anglian Water, and many others have joined the line-up for the world's first Net Zero Festival
Carbon Clean Solutions closes $22m funding round
Carbon capture and separation technology pioneer pulls in backing from oil and gas giant Equinor in second major funding round
L&G vows to make all homes net zero carbon by 2030
Firm chief executive argues that construction is "rocket fuel" for economic growth, but must be done sustainably in order for the country to build back better.
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones
VIDEO: Carbon Limiting Technologies and Clean Growth Fund head chats to BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray about scaling up clean tech and unlocking finance to deliver net zero
Green Investment Group and Enso Energy team up on 1GW solar-plus-storage pipeline
JV will see developer and investor collaborate on PPA-backed solar projects across England and Wales.
Metal and plastic recycler EMR joins net zero club
Waste and metal recycler CEO Chris Sheppard said that decarbonisation is "key" to driving the green recovery of the global economy after the damage wrought by the coronavirus.
Belfast zero emission ferry project among £400m UK government funding winners
Ferries using 'electric hydrofoil propulsion' technology and capable of carrying 350 passengers to be developed in Belfast Harbour
Sustainable IT: Atos vows to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035
French IT giant unveils new raft of emissions reduction targets after joining Business Ambition for 1.5C coalition last week.
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