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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
Survey: Only a third of firms measure climate impact of IT operations
Poll of 500 large UK businesses indicates only a third measure the climate impact and energy consumption of staff IT use
Octopus Renewables snaps up eight UK solar farms in £144m mega-deal
Latest swoop from green energy investor sees it acquire solar farms with a combined capacity 123MW
Penso Power to expand 'Europe's largest battery storage scheme'
Company secures planning permission for 50MW extension to 100MW energy storage project, following off-take agreement with Shell
Oil giants team up to float coastal solar vision
Saipem and Equinor ink agreement to develop floating solar farm technology
WRAP launches £1.5m fund to support textiles waste-busting projects
New funding from Defra's Resource Action Fund to help organisations tackle the UK's textile waste mountain
North West beefs up green hydrogen hub plans
North West Energy & Hydrogen Cluster unveils roadmap to drive low carbon skills development in the region, as Australian mining giants debut green hydrogen consortium
UK recycling rate slips, putting EU target in jeopardy
Despite heightened public concern about single-use plastics in recent years, UK household recycling rates fell in 2018
Total wades into UK floating wind sector with Simply Blue Energy partnership
Two companies form joint venture to develop floating wind projects off the west coast of UK in the Celtic Sea
Seeing the light: Siemens powers up UK's first 'Electric Avenue'
Sutherland Avenue in Westminster becomes UK's first residential avenue fully converted to provide lamppost electric vehicle charging points
Government awards latest wave of Air Quality Grants
Local authorities across England receive a share of £2.2m clean air funding award
Waste not want not: Recycling and waste giant Viridor to be sold in £4.2bn deal
Parent company Pennon Group opts to focus on its water businesses, as it announces plans to exit waste and recycling sector
Coronavirus: BusinessGreen events update
All upcoming events through to June postponed until later in the year, but the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards remains open for entries
Coronavirus impact: Nissan suspends EV and car production at flagship Sunderland factory
Fears grow tha virus could hit UK electric vehicle sales as UK home of top selling Nissan LEAF shuts its doors until end of the week
Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network
New district heating scheme to provide low carbon heat to nearly 2,000 homes, while 22,000 will benefit from greener electricity
UPM inks €750m sustainability-linked loan to help drive climate action
Forestry giant secures revolving credit facility with BNP Paribas to help drive sustainable forest management initiatives
WRAP targets 3.6 million tonne farm food waste mountain
Waste advisors have stepped up efforts to slash food wasted on farms through new guidance launched for growers
Happier meals? McDonald's to scrap plastic toys
Fast-food giant announces the replacement of plastic in its Happy Meal toys, following growing pressure from campaigners
'Climate hypocrites': UK Export Finance accused of failing to consider climate risks
Global Witness lodges complaint with OECD over export credit agency's continuing support for fossil fuel projects
Good Energy and Ørsted ink £50m clean power deal
Partnership between the two renewable energy firms will provide enough offshore wind power for 36,000 homes
We Mean Business: Green corporate coalition appoints María Mendiluce as interim CEO
Energy economist takes helm at green business coalition on a temporary basis after Nigel Topping's departure in January
Triodos to finance Pod Point EV supermarket charging roll out
Green banking specialist joins with Tesco and Volkswagen to fund major charging infrastructure deployment
Report reveals 10-fold surge in global wave and tidal energy generation
Ocean energy organisation predicts 'considerable promise' for wave and tidal energy generation during the 2020s
Environment Agency steps up efforts to tackle water supply crunch
Government warns population growth and climate impacts means UK will need 3.4 billion litres of water a day by 2050
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