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EXCLUSIVE: RBS in move to save reputation through sustainability reporting

Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) deputy head of sustainability Duncan Young has highlighted the importance of sustainability reporting in shrugging off the negative reputation of his company. ... read more


Waste 

Coca-Cola hunts for the elusive 'black box' of recycling behaviour

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has revealed more detail on its international pilot project to explore the social science behind recycling by studying people's waste habits in the home. ... read more


Energy 

Carbon Trust launches £2m offshore wind project to increase energy yields

The Carbon Trust today unveiled its latest wind energy research project which aims to help the industry to improve prediction accuracy, reduce financing costs and optimise wind farm layouts. ... read more

Sir David Attenborough hails Cory's landfill transformation
Waste 

Sir David Attenborough hails Cory's landfill transformation

Sir David Attenborough has officially opened a nature park on a former landfill site in Essex, hailing it a "new chapter" for the region's landscape. ... read more


Waste 

PG Tips targets tea bag recycling with Recyclebank

PG Tips has joined forces with Recyclebank to raise consumer awareness of tea bag recycling through a social media campaign. ... read more


Energy 

'Tangible' sign of support as Government doubles renewable heat funding

The amount of funding available to households installing renewable heat technologies through the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP), has mostly doubled, it was announced by DECC today. ... read more


Energy 

Renewable energy debate needs 'more evidence' and 'less media hype'

A call for fact-based research on the role of renewables within the UK's energy mix has been issued by cross-party think tank Carbon Connect. ... read more


Energy 

Businesses asked how EU environment policies impact the UK

Defra and DECC have launched a consultation asking businesses and organisations whether being a part of the EU helps or hinders their work on the environment and climate change. ... read more


Energy 

More than a third of local authorities flouting European energy regulations

More than a third of local authorities across England and Wales are in breach of a European energy efficiency directive, according to the Property and Energy Professionals Association (PEPA).... read more


Energy 

Donald Trump turns to legal action as wind farm work marches on

American tycoon Donald Trump has launched a legal case against plans to build an offshore wind turbine test facility off Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ... read more


Waste 

Defra minister unveils Agrivert anaerobic digestion plant

Defra resource minister Lord de Mauley officially opened Agrivert's second anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Oxfordshire this morning (17 May). ... read more


Waste 

ANALYSIS: Are designers waking up to lifecycle thinking?

There is growing evidence that resource scarcity issues are now spilling into the creative design industry, forcing designers to ask pertinent questions around product lifecycle analysis. ... read more


Energy 

GIB funded biomass project could save 150k tonnes of C02

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has today announced a £4.9m investment into its first energy efficiency project, which replaces inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers. ... read more

Owen Paterson
Energy 

Business to save £1bn from simplifying environmental regs says Defra

Simplifying environmental rules and regulations could save businesses more than £1bn over 10 years, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said today. ... read more

Peter Bakker: CEOs must lead from the top to drive agenda for change
Waste 

CEOs in powerful position to unlock sustainable transformation

CEOs should take advantage of their ability to create "powerful mechanisms" that can drive meaningful change across the corporate sustainability landscape, a leading CSR authority has said. ... read more


Energy 

EU ETS emissions fall 2% but surplus allowances approach 2 billion

Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and manufacturing installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) fell by 2% last year, according to new data from the European Union (EU). ... read more


Waste 

PHS builds on clinical waste portfolio with NHS win

PHS Wastemanagement has secured a five-year contract with NHS trusts in Lincolnshire to provide clinical waste services, significantly expanding its reach within the healthcare sector. ... read more


Energy 

Energy Bill could pass this summer as Parliament confirms date for Report Stage

Parliament has confirmed today that The Energy Bill will go through the next stage of progress in the first week of June. ... read more


Waste 

UK in danger of failing on new plastic recycling targets

The waste sector must have "sensible policy and strategic development" if the UK is serious about achieving the new and ambitious five-year recycling targets for plastic packaging from 2013 to 2017. ... read more

EA analysis suggests that 10% of England's beaches could be at risk of failing 2015 standards
Water 

EA calls for action to improve bathing water quality as testing begins

The Environment Agency (EA) has begun testing England's bathing waters to improve water quality and protect England's £3.6bn seaside tourist economy. ... read more

EA chairman Lord Chris Smith
Water 

Water firms must 'share' supplies to improve resilience says EA chief

Water companies must secure water supplies against a changing climate and a growing population, says chairman of the Environment Agency (EA) Lord Chris Smith. ... read more


Energy 

CCS Taskforce report proves technology can be 'cost competitive' in 2020s

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will be a low-cost decarbonisation option for both the power and industrial sectors in the very near future, says CCS Association chief exec Jeff Chapman. ... read more

Regina Finn
Water 

Ofwat chief exec Regina Finn resigns

Ofwat has announced its chief exec Regina Finn has tendered her resignation and will exit her role at the regulator in November this year. ... read more


Water 

Abbey Metals fined more than £130,000 for river pollution after fire

Abbey Metals Limited has been ordered to pay a £133,000 fine and £33,000 in costs for polluting the River Anker, following a fire at one of its operating sites in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. ... read more


Energy 

EXCLUSIVE: Internal engagement 'vital' for a low carbon construction sector

The construction industry must try to drive sustainability further into distribution, from raw material extraction right the way through to completed construction projects, says CEMEX's Andy Spencer. ... read more


Waste 

Brands signal firm intent to 'sex up' sustainability

Brand leaders have signed up to a new initiative which aims to mainstream sustainability by making it sexy and aspirational to consumers. ... read more

Energy minister Michael Fallon
Energy 

Construction sector key to UK's low carbon economy shift says Fallon

Energy minister Michael Fallon has stressed the important role the construction industry will play in ensuring the UK meets its carbon reduction commitments and reassured the sector that "growth will come". ... read more


Waste 

Coca-Cola teams up with council to pilot community outreach recycling

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has joined forces with Milton Keynes Council to develop a project that will utilise the power of peer-to-peer community pledges to improve local recycling rates. ... read more


Energy 

Low carbon enterprise is 'bullish new breed' of business

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) driving the low carbon economy are a "bullish" breed of business intent on pursuing a global low carbon sector, forecast to be worth £4trn by 2015, according to new analysis. ... read more


Energy 

EXCLUSIVE: 'Support from the top' helping National Grid transform sustainably

National Grid is currently undergoing a colossal infrastructure transformation and for this to be sustainable, board level support and employee engagement is vital, says climate change manager Clare Naunton.... read more


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British Water Innovation days bring about fast track market awareness for Haigh

Some 12 months ago, British Water set out to solve a key issue with their Innovation Day partnership programme. Quite simply, they wanted to improve the means by which the widespread supply chain could more effectively communicate innovative propositions to the right audience, within a traditional f... read more


Clarke Energy Webinar, supported by the Combined Heat and Power Association 6th June 2013

Clarke Energy, supported by the Combined Heat and Power Association will, on the 6th June 2013, be presenting an informative and educational webinar on combined heat and power (CHP) systems and their applications.... read more


Bringing Loggers to Life

Metasphere Ltd is launching a new range of intelligent loggers called Point Colour. The units; Point Orange and an ATEX (Ex II 1G Ex ia IIB T4) version Point Blue, are designed to provide cost-efficient and flexible outstations that are multi-purpose and multi-functional.... read more


Geotech's international sales of the portable biogas analyser go from strength to strength

A year after launch, Geotech have just sold the latest portable biogas analyser, the BIOGAS 5000, to its 57th new country. Customers across six continents searching for an all-encompassing portable biogas analyser are satisfied that they have found their solution in the BIOGAS 5000, with the latest ... read more

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Think small enough and food wastage could be slashed

In case you haven't seen it already, we've just published a food waste supplement as part of our Resource Revolution campaign.... read more


What have we learnt in 75 years?

In 1938 a young amateur scientist made the first connection between global warming and CO2 emissions. His idea received little attention at the time and many shunned his calculations as absurd but 75 years later we have to ask, have we finally accepted the relationship between humans and the changin... read more


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Interesting point about the obsession with having stock-loads of food on the shelf. From my time working at sainsburys, we we...

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This sounds like a great initiative. Is the cheese maker claiming that its operations are carbon neutral or the product? For ...

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EU Commission adopts new strategy to drive green infrastructure
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