Work

Study: 'Boring' retrofits yield higher financial and environmental returns than flagship projects

Efficiency

Study: 'Boring' retrofits yield higher financial and environmental returns than flagship projects

Most effective real estate climate investments come not from 'iconic' retrofits but suburban office and warehouse upgrades, report claims

clock 07 July 2025 • 3 min read
Who Gives A Crap? Consumers do - Sustainable toilet paper company doubles UK profits

Supply chain

Who Gives A Crap? Consumers do - Sustainable toilet paper company doubles UK profits

Latest Companies House filing shows 17 per cent increase in revenues led by strong sustainable product demand and ongoing retail partnerships

clock 04 July 2025 • 2 min read
City of London landmark One Poultry to undergo major net zero retrofit

Efficiency

City of London landmark One Poultry to undergo major net zero retrofit

Project led by UKGBC, Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy, and FORE Partnership hailed as a 'live showcase for innovative retrofit solutions'

clock 04 July 2025 • 4 min read
'We want to be a hotel for everybody': How Radisson gave a Manchester hotel a net zero makeover

Management

'We want to be a hotel for everybody': How Radisson gave a Manchester hotel a net zero makeover

Designing a net zero hotel from the ground up is one thing, but eradicating Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from an existing hotel represents a major milestone for global chain's climate efforts

clock 03 July 2025 • 16 min read
Mars launches $250m fund to boost sustainable farming and packaging innovation

Supply chain

Mars launches $250m fund to boost sustainable farming and packaging innovation

Food and nutrition giant unveils Sustainability Investment Fund, as its reports 1.9 per cent cut in absolute greenhouse gas emissions

clock 03 July 2025 • 4 min read
How revisiting past practices allowed a mixed farm to be financially resilient while boosting biodiversity

Supply chain

How revisiting past practices allowed a mixed farm to be financially resilient while boosting biodiversity

One Cornish farmer is returning to past practices on his family farm, and enjoying some remarkable science-based results

clock 02 July 2025 • 8 min read
'On the front line of climate change': 80 per cent of farmers concerned about escalating climate impacts

Risk

'On the front line of climate change': 80 per cent of farmers concerned about escalating climate impacts

ECIU study finds farmers are increasingly worried about climate impacts on their productivity and profits, as fears grow about how heat wave will affect harvests

clock 02 July 2025 • 6 min read
How a 'growing wave' of litigation linked to renewables value chains could slow the clean energy transition

Risk

How a 'growing wave' of litigation linked to renewables value chains could slow the clean energy transition

Experts warn that it companies and investors fail to urgently address disregard for the human rights in the renewable energy value chain, 'we are likely to see a derailing of the much-needed clean energy transition'

clock 01 July 2025 • 7 min read
Study: Multilateral banks' funding for sustainable animal agriculture trebled to $244m last year

Investment

Study: Multilateral banks' funding for sustainable animal agriculture trebled to $244m last year

Fresh research by the Stop Financing Factory Farming coalition also shows MDB investment in factory farming fell last year

clock 01 July 2025 • 4 min read
Regenerative farming: Agriculture figures weigh up the benefits and barriers

Biodiversity

Regenerative farming: Agriculture figures weigh up the benefits and barriers

The ARK Summit brought key industry figures together to discuss how to develop the conversation around regenerative and organic farming, Farmers Guardian reports

clock 30 June 2025 • 3 min read