Facilities

Industry-backed group argues regular environmental impact assessments for all buildings would deliver huge carbon savings

Building industry calls for green home makeover scheme to be extended to cover non-domestic properties

But more ambitious climate change initiatives are under threat as priorities shift

Regulator warns corporate water bills will mirror 4.1 per cent increase in household bills, strengthening case for water-saving measures

Telco secures Carbon Trust stamp of approval after cutting energy use 15 per cent over three years

Water rationing on the cards as part of wide-ranging plan to tackle three-year drought

140,000 street lights to be replaced over five years, saving nearly 200,000 tonnes of CO2

One plant fined over safety lapses and a reprocessing plant looks set to close as complaints surface over scrapping of safety advisory body

"So many initiatives fail when you bring in a CSR director and they try to overlay sustainability onto existing plans"

Energy use at Deutsche Bank's "Credit" and "Debit" towers to be cut 55 per cent as a result of building upgrade