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Solar savings: White Rose Shopping Centre cuts grid power demand by more than a fifth
Landsec confirms that a year on from completing the installation of the UK retail sector's largest solar project it has cut electricity demand from the grid by 22 per cent
C&A launches 'world's most sustainable jeans'
'Cradle to cradle' jeans are made with sustainable materials and will retail for just €29
Greenpeace welcomes sustainable seafood progress from US food retailers
But campaign group urges rapid action to curb the growing impact of single-use plastics on oceans and marine life
Food waste start-up Karma partners with Electrolux after £12m boost
Partnership will help Karma scale its digital marketplace to help restaurants and retailers cut food waste
On glyphosate, bad science, and precautionary principles
Tom Chivers reckons the case for a crackdown on glyphosates is remarkably weak, but it is still a good thing that it is being presented
Is meat the next plastic?
All companies should start developing a meat strategy now to stay ahead of the curve, warns SIGWATCH founder Robert Blood
UN: Soil health 'essential' to beating climate change and meeting SDGs
UN's agriculture chief warns of hunger danger and climate change struggles unless work is undertaken to boost soil health around the world
Investors worth $6.7tr urge RSPO to beef up palm oil standards
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil faces pressure to strengthen its certification standards from more than 90 institutional investors
AccorHotels food waste drive sees 26 UK hotels gain onsite veg gardens
Around 600 of company's hotels around the world now grow their own produce on site for use in its restaurants and bars as part of food waste drive
Are climate-related food price hikes already starting to bite?
HSBC Global Research paper points to rising wheat prices linked to lower harvests that have resulted from weather volatility
Aldi aims for 'carbon neutral' status by 2019
Supermarket has installed solar panels and energy efficient equipment across its stores and distribution centres in the UK and Ireland as it aims to cut carbon footprint to almost net zero
Net Zero Now: University of London to 'crowdsource' zero carbon strategy
University to convene meeting of experts in architecture, engineering and design to develop 2036 net zero target
UK farmers allowed to take more water from rivers as heatwave continues
Environment secretary holds drought summit with farmers to address series issues of crop failure and lack of fodder for animals
Verisk Maplecroft: Rising temperatures set to cool economic growth
Emerging economies set to take a financial hit as rising temperatures raise the risk of overheated workers and electricity blackouts
Perhaps Big Brother isn't such a bad idea (for supply chains)
ID cards for populations? Morally tricky. For EV batteries? A potential game-changer
Cerrado Manifesto: Investors and corporates step up calls for 'zero deforestation'
Investors managing over $2.8tr in assets join business-led initiative to tackle deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region
So much for 'predict and provide' - UK energy use keeps on falling
Andrew Warren argues falling energy use should spark a reappraisal in the government's future assumptions and policy priorities
Blockchain for bunker fuels: New initiative to track shipping fuel supply chain
Industry giants partner with Maritime Blockchain Labs to trial new technology for enhancing fuel traceability
Clean Air Strategy: Government publishes farming air quality guide
Defra releases new code of practice for tackling ammonia emissions as part of latest air quality push
MPs: Heat wave resilience 'a matter of life and death'
Environmental Audit Committee warns government must respond to climate-related heat risks that pose a major threat to health
Are high street fashion retailers doing enough to combat viscose pollution?
Fashion industry practices have yet again come under the spotlight in a new report which points to only mixed progress on ensuring transparent, clean viscose production
CCC: 'More action needed' to tackle rising heat wave risk
'The high temperatures and lack of rain in the UK are an example of increasing risks from climate change that the CCC highlighted to Government two years ago,' says influential watchdog
The chicken conundrum
In her latest Table Talk column, Louise Gray says don't be a chicken about asking questions
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