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Italian gas giant Snam targets carbon neutrality by 2040
Italian gas giant Snam targets carbon neutrality by 2040

Europe's biggest gas pipeline company unveils multi-billion Euro investment plan to transition to hydrogen and biomethane

  • Net Zero Now
  • 27 November 2020
Government urged to extend Green Homes Grant Scheme as fears grow over shortage of installers
Government urged to extend Green Homes Grant Scheme as fears grow over shortage of installers

National Insulation Association writes to Chancellor requesting clarity over long term future of the scheme, after reports that many households cannot access grant scheme

  • Policy
  • 12 October 2020
'A great opportunity': Government debuts Green Homes Grant website
'A great opportunity': Government debuts Green Homes Grant website

Ahead of full launch of £2bn energy efficiency grant scheme next month, the government has today unveiled a revamped version of the Simple Energy Advice website

  • Efficiency
  • 28 August 2020
NHS estate hails renewables, LEDs, and energy efficiency progress
NHS estate hails renewables, LEDs, and energy efficiency progress

NHS Property Services, responsible for around 10 per cent of the health service's estate, claims clean tech efforts helped cut CO2 by more than 40,000 tonnes last year

  • Buildings
  • 24 August 2020
Alphabet shakes up sustainability bond market with massive $5.75bn issuance
Alphabet shakes up sustainability bond market with massive $5.75bn issuance

Google parent company makes ESG-focused bonds the centre piece of giant $10bn bond sale that secured record low borrowing costs

  • Investment
  • 05 August 2020
Green Home Grants: Government confirms rules for September launch of £2bn scheme
Green Home Grants: Government confirms rules for September launch of £2bn scheme

Chancellor: 'This is going to be a green recovery with concern for our environment at its heart'

  • Policy
  • 03 August 2020
Government confirms Climate Change Agreement extension
Government confirms Climate Change Agreement extension

Response to consultation confirms tax breaks designed to drive energy-saving investments will continue, as government flags plans for longer-term reforms to popular scheme will be revealed 'shortly'

  • Policy
  • 03 August 2020
Councils and mayors call on government to beef up energy efficiency funding
Councils and mayors call on government to beef up energy efficiency funding

Following confirmation of new £3bn plan, local government leaders team up with Siemens to argue that government should bring forward £5bn of promised long term energy efficiency spending

  • Policy
  • 13 July 2020
Greening the NHS: How sustainability initiatives could save the health service £250m a year
Greening the NHS: How sustainability initiatives could save the health service £250m a year

NHS Sustainability Day campaign launches annual impact report as work continues by expert panel commissioned by NHS England to investigate into how and when the health service can meet net zero

  • Management
  • 10 July 2020
Is £3bn a lot?
Is £3bn a lot?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's new £3bn energy efficiency programme is a welcome boost to the green economy, but its ability to catalyse the transformation of the UK's building stock depends on what happens next

  • 08 July 2020
'Significant down payment': Chancellor to unveil £3bn green building upgrade package
'Significant down payment': Chancellor to unveil £3bn green building upgrade package

Chancellor preps one year energy efficiency spending blitz, featuring £1bn to improve public buildings and £2bn to fund vouchers to help households pay for upgrade work

  • Policy
  • 06 July 2020
'Now is the time to deliver': Calls grow for government to deliver 'long overdue' campaign to tackle UK's leaky homes
'Now is the time to deliver': Calls grow for government to deliver 'long overdue' campaign to tackle UK's leaky homes

Fresh analysis reiterates how a national building upgrade programme provides one of the most cost-effective routes to tackling emissions, creating jobs, and boosting the economy

  • Efficiency
  • 11 June 2020
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs

Two major new reports today have highlighted how relatively modest policy reforms and financial innovations could turbocharge UK decarbonisation efforts and provide thousands of construction jobs

  • Policy
  • 20 May 2020
Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption
Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever

  • Energy
  • 09 April 2020
OVO Energy pushes home carbon savings to forefront of new campaign
OVO Energy pushes home carbon savings to forefront of new campaign

Energy supplier claims making all homes carbon neutral could save the equivalent to 22 per cent of the UK's total emissions

  • Marketing
  • 23 March 2020
Energy efficiency drive could save businesses £6bn, government estimates
Energy efficiency drive could save businesses £6bn, government estimates

Firms urged to scale up energy efficiency efforts by the government ahead of new data reporting obligations coming into force next month

  • Infrastructure
  • 03 March 2020
UK power emissions falling 'faster than anywhere else in the world'
UK power emissions falling 'faster than anywhere else in the world'

The UK's power sector CO2 has fallen by around two thirds over the past decade, a study by Imperial College London finds

  • Energy
  • 17 February 2020
RBS to phase out coal funding as it sets sites on becoming 'climate positive' bank
RBS to phase out coal funding as it sets sites on becoming 'climate positive' bank

Partly UK state-owned banking group's net zero strategy includes halving climate impact of its lending by 2030, as it unveils plans to rebrand as NatWest Group later this year

  • Net Zero Now
  • 14 February 2020
'Carbon tested' Budget: Treasury mulls incentives for green home upgrades and electric cars
'Carbon tested' Budget: Treasury mulls incentives for green home upgrades and electric cars

The Times reports Treasury is considering new energy efficiency funding programme, including potential incentives for households that undertake green upgrades

  • Politics
  • 10 February 2020
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick: Zero carbon should be standard for new homes by 2025
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick: Zero carbon should be standard for new homes by 2025

Minister argues built and natural environments should 'work in harmony' as he welcomes new building Commission report

  • Buildings
  • 03 February 2020
UK power generation hits record low, renewables at record high
UK power generation hits record low, renewables at record high

Annual Carbon Brief analysis confirms renewables provided a third of UK power last year, as energy efficiency gains continued

  • Energy
  • 03 January 2019
COP24: World Green Building Council debuts healthier homes guide
COP24: World Green Building Council debuts healthier homes guide

New guide draws together the latest research to show how simple improvements in building design and technology can deliver healthier, greener homes

  • Buildings
  • 12 December 2018
'First of a kind': SEEIT energy efficiency fund completes £100m IPO
'First of a kind': SEEIT energy efficiency fund completes £100m IPO

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc listed on London Stock Exchange following successful fund-raise for pipeline of energy efficiency projects

  • Investment
  • 11 December 2018
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