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Fashion retailers announce new push to boost traceability in cotton supply chain

Supply chain

Fashion retailers announce new push to boost traceability in cotton supply chain

Better Cotton's new traceability panel includes British retailer Marks & Spencer and is backed by £1m of funding

clock 03 May 2022 • 2 min read
'Most complex operating environment in modern business': Survey reveals firms are ramping up green supply chain efforts

Supply chain

'Most complex operating environment in modern business': Survey reveals firms are ramping up green supply chain efforts

Many chief supply chain officers willing to sacrifice profits to accelerate environmental sustainability, research by IBM, Celonis, and Oxford Economics suggests

clock 29 April 2022 • 4 min read
How Apple, Walmart, PepsiCo are offering suppliers a leg up on renewable electricity

Supply chain

How Apple, Walmart, PepsiCo are offering suppliers a leg up on renewable electricity

Leading US corporates are moving to accelerate supply chain decarbonisation efforts

clock 29 April 2022 • 5 min read
'An example of what is possible': UK's most energy efficient Passivhaus leisure centre opens in Exeter

Buildings

'An example of what is possible': UK's most energy efficient Passivhaus leisure centre opens in Exeter

Leisure centre boasts range of energy efficiency technologies which have helped it become first in UK to achieve Passivhaus standard

clock 29 April 2022 • 2 min read
'Beyond net zero': What characteristics do the best corporate climate leaders share?

Management

'Beyond net zero': What characteristics do the best corporate climate leaders share?

As WWF launches a new report exploring what makes good corporate climate leadership, top execs from Ikea and H&M reflect on how companies can accelerate their decarbonisation efforts as part of the latest BusinessGreen webinar

clock 28 April 2022 • 9 min read
Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

Technology

Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

New report from Tony Blair Institute explores how cities could source 30 per cent of their own fresh produce by 2030 using a range of innovative new technologies

clock 28 April 2022 • 3 min read
'The Big Rewild': Innocent Drinks launches national urban biodiversity initiative

Biodiversity

'The Big Rewild': Innocent Drinks launches national urban biodiversity initiative

Firm launches Big Rewild campaign with 'takeover' of Trafalgar Square, as company debuts new 'carbon neutral' orange juice

clock 27 April 2022 • 2 min read
A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate - or Britain's energy security

Infrastructure

A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate - or Britain's energy security

clock 27 April 2022 • 5 min read
Report: Concrete industry could become net carbon sink within 20 years

Infrastructure

Report: Concrete industry could become net carbon sink within 20 years

New Low Carbon Concrete Routemap argues that emissions from the sector could halve by 2035

clock 27 April 2022 • 3 min read
In the Loop: Burger King UK becomes first major fast food brand to trial re-usable packaging

Recycling

In the Loop: Burger King UK becomes first major fast food brand to trial re-usable packaging

Burger King UK becomes latest major brand to announce partnership with re-usable packaging service provider Loop

clock 26 April 2022 • 2 min read