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Earlier this year, the bank set a 2050 target for net-zero financed emissions

JP Morgan Chase pledges $2.5trn to climate and sustainability this decade

Read on for new announcements from Johnnie Walker, Biffa and more

Net-zero whisky production and a new hydrogen plant: The sustainability success stories of the week

As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe.

The webinar will take place at 11am (BST) on Wednesday 21 April and will be available to watch on-demand for those who register

Taking place on Wednesday: edie's biodiversity and business webinar featuring Kering and Unilever

Speakers from Kering, Unilever and the Woodland Trust have been confirmed to discuss the role of biodiversity in shaping and assisting sustainability strategies on a webinar taking place on Wednesday 21 April.

All edie podcast episodes can be listened to via iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud

Net-Zero Business podcast: Inside the UK's low-carbon heat transition

In response to the accelerated pace at which corporates are examining and setting net-zero targets to help alleviate the climate crisis, edie's monthly Net-Zero Business podcast was created. Up next, we talk low-carbon heat with Centrica Business Solutions and the Heat Pump Federation.

EO Charging is providing the hardware, software and operational oversight for the chargers across the UK

Amazon installs more than 800 EV chargers at UK sites

Amazon has confirmed that more than 800 electric vehicle (EV) charging points have been installed across its UK sites with "hundreds more" scheduled, as part of an ongoing partnership with Suffolk-based EO Charging.

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Engagement Week 2021: edie gears up for week of sustainability reporting and engagement content

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The fund aims to ensure financial return for investors

Apple launches $200m forestry restoration fund

Technology giant Apple has partnered with Conservation International and Goldman Sachs to create an investment fund focused on carbon-sequestering forestry restoration programmes that will remove at least one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.

Ground-mounted arrays accounted for the majority of capacity additions

UK's solar sector 'rebounding from pandemic and subsidy closures'

175MW of solar generation capacity was installed across the UK between January and March, according to new figures, compared to just 60MW in the same quarter of 2020.

Image: Joppe Rog/Patagonia. 

Patagonia launches campaign urging Brits to support community renewable energy

After successful campaigns on renewable, community-owned energy projects in the US and EU, Patagonia has begun supporting UK residents to follow suit.

Hydrogen pipes are seen at an oil refinery and gas processing plant in the Uralsk region, Kazakhstan

Gas grid operators outline plans for expanded EU 'hydrogen highway'

Gas network operators from 11 countries have joined the European hydrogen backbone initiative, presenting an updated vision for a pure hydrogen network of nearly 40,000km by 2040.

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  • The webinar will take place at 11am (BST) on Wednesday 21 April and will be available to watch on-demand for those who register Taking place on Wednesday: edie's biodiversity and business webinar featuring Kering and Unilever
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Technology & innovation The net-zero commitments cover business operations, digital infrastructure and the sector’s historic emissions

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Nike Refurbished: Shoe giant launches new service to help combat waste

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Kingspan targets net-zero carbon manufacturing by 2030

CSR & ethics

#SustyTalk​​: Kerry Group's Juan Aguiriano on systems change for sustainable food

Water Image: Plymouth Marine Laboratory 

Bio-recycling and water bottle refills: Waitrose invests £1m to tackle plastic waste

Climate change Taking place on Thursday 20 May, 8.45am-3pm (BST), Countdown to COP26 is the perfect primer for the official UN climate talks scheduled for November 

Countdown to COP26: edie launches bumper virtual event ahead of climate talks

Renewables Support continues for fossil gas amongst many member states and politicians, who continue to call for new, often ‘hydrogen ready’, infrastructure

Europe risks €87bn in stranded fossil gas assets, report reveals

Green policy Oxo-degradable plastics have proven controversial for years

Government to explore ban on oxo-degradable plastics

New business models edie asks businesses occupying, and investing in, offices, what a sustainable future looks like after Covid-19

What does the UK's sustainable office of the future look like?


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If successful, the trial could be rolled out to other stores

Aldi launches packaging-free refillable trial

Oxo-degradable plastics have proven controversial for years

Government to explore ban on oxo-degradable plastics

The UK Government is considering introducing a ban on types of plastics that can breakdown naturally, following an evidence-gathering consultation into the environmental impac...

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Circular economy

The service is being piloted at 15 US Nike stores initially. Image: Nike 

Nike Refurbished: Shoe giant launches new service to help combat waste

Many PC&P formats are hard-to-recycle, including black plastics and flexible films (pictured)

Report: 6 in 10 plastic packaging companies have no environmental policies

An analysis of 83 of the world's biggest publicly traded plastic packaging firms has found that almost two-thirds report no policies on sustainability-related topics like wast...

  • Report: UK must halve resource consumption to tackle climate change and nature loss
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