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Uniform Solutions: How Your Textile Company Can Help You Go Green

Green uniform laundry services can help businesses reduce waste and lower costs

  • Procurement
  • 14 March 2018
AkzoNobel paints picture of 'carbon neutral' future

Dutch paint and speciality chemicals firm pledges to go 100 per cent renewables-powered

  • Supply chain
  • 28 March 2017
The secret to greener schools: Flat pack walls and an open mind

BusinessGreen Building Technology of the Year award winner UK Energy Partners talks about its flagship low carbon Schoolhaus construction project

  • Buildings
  • 13 December 2016
From Indonesia to Brazil forest protection is being beefed up, but are businesses doing enough?

Major deforestation commitments from Indonesia and Brazil are encouraging, but two reports this week show how far many companies have to go to break ties with deforested land

  • Supply chain
  • 07 December 2016
Environmental responsibility more important to millennials than a snazzy brand image, survey finds

Survey finds millennials willing to reward brands with greener practices

  • Marketing
  • 06 December 2016
Dalmia Cement and Swiss Re raise the clean energy bar with EP100 and RE100 commitments

Cement maker and reinsurance provider become the first two firms to commit to both energy productivity and renewable energy schemes

  • Energy
  • 11 November 2016
Primark among first in line for European sustainable clothing push

ECAP scheme aims to develop a framework to promote practical actions for tackling carbon, water and waste footprints across the lifecycle of clothes

  • Supply chain
  • 10 November 2016
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How HP, Walmart and the US government are turning green procurement into a business opportunity

BusinessGreen spotlights the activities of three organisations embedding sustainability into their supply chain

  • Supply chain
  • 07 October 2016
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Veggie Pret is here to stay, says chief executive

Sales at Soho pilot store remain higher than before its vegetarian-only conversion, company reveals

  • Marketing
  • 06 September 2016
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Overcoming the tension between short-term gain and long-term sustainability

Rüdiger Geis of Commerzbank explores the crucial role banks can play in driving the sustainability agenda

  • Investment
  • 04 June 2015
Tesla Supercharger with Model S
A green company car 'could be £3,000 cheaper'

Go Ultra Low campaign says fleet managesrs using 'whole life' costs will see benefits of low emission vehicles

  • Automotive
  • 26 May 2015
Jaguar Land Rover installs UK's largest rooftop solar panel array at its engine manufacturing centre
How businesses are leading demand for renewable power

From multi-nationals to SMEs, the corporate sector has woken up to the benefits of clean energy

  • Procurement
  • 20 March 2015
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UK government 'could be supporting illegal deforestation', WWF warns

Survey of Whitehall departments finds low awareness of UK's sustainable timber procurement policy with only six full in compliance

  • Procurement
  • 02 March 2015
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Blue chips call for standardised green energy label

New Aldersgate Group report argues clearer electricity label could help to mobilise green energy investment

  • Energy
  • 22 July 2014
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China wants 30 per cent of state cars to be low carbon

Government makes latest move to tackle hazardous smog in major cities

  • Automotive
  • 14 July 2014
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How Air Products is helping to green the government's energy supply

Francis Maude reveals government is seeking long-term energy suppliers as he helps break ground on new Teesside waste-to-energy plant

  • Energy
  • 25 April 2014
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UN eyes trillion dollar global green procurement programme

Initiative aims to help governments channel public procurement funds towards more sustainable goods and services

  • Procurement
  • 02 April 2014
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Paterson urges UK shoppers and public sector to buy British food

Environment Secretary calls on agricultural industry to embrace new technologies and export opportunities

  • Supply chain
  • 07 January 2014
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Hospitals prescribed energy efficiency to reduce swelling bills

Department of Health to fund about 70 schemes set to free up £13.7m previously spent on energy for patient care

  • Buildings
  • 08 November 2013
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Can a sustainability plan get HS2 back on track?

Agency HS2 Ltd hopes wide-ranging sustainability plan will help make the case for the controversial high-speed rail project

  • Rail
  • 30 October 2013
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Can Asia Pulp & Paper really end deforestation?

Jessica Shankleman explores how Indonesia's forestry giant is working to assure customers and campaigners that it will undertake no more deforestation

  • Supply chain
  • 14 October 2013
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Cabinet Office to save £97m with green energy PPA

Long term contract with Air Products will source electricity from new 37MW energy from waste plant in Teesside

  • Energy
  • 22 July 2013
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Carbon Trust unveils supplier directory for green businesses

New directory aims to help firms find trusted suppliers as they upgrade to more energy efficient equipment

  • Supplier
  • 11 July 2013
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Sustainable purchasing gets its own umbrella organisation

The Sustainable Purchasing Council is creating a framework for sustainable purchasing mirroring the LEED system for green buildings

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  • 24 May 2013
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