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A landside view of Heathrow. More than 13.5 million coffee cups are used across all of the Airport's terminals every year

Heathrow Airport champions coffee cup recycling in 2018 sustainability update

Approximately 340,000 takeaway hot drinks are sold by BTP annually, generating more than £1m in sales value

Boston Tea Party becomes first coffee chain to ban all disposable cups

UK-based Boston Tea Party (BTP) will become the first coffee chain to implement an outright ban on disposable, paper-based coffee cups, with consumers having to purchase or loan reusable cups from 1 June 2018.

The coal-free records are a reversal from the recent highs that coal plant owners experienced during the so-called “beast from the east” cold snap

UK runs without coal power for three days in a row

The UK has been powered without coal for three days in a row, setting a new record and underlining the polluting fuel's rapid decline.

In addition, governments announced the establishment of a Commonwealth Blue Charter led by the UK and Vanuatu, image: Michael Garnett/Flickr

Commonwealth to 'pursue' 1.5C Paris goal

The 53 member states of the Commonwealth have agreed to renew commitments to the Paris Agreement that would "pursue" efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The webinar is being hosted in association with E.ON. It will involve three speakers followed by a live audience Q&A

Achieving a sustainable future: Speaker line-up confirmed for Mission Possible webinar

The mission, should we choose to accept it: achieving a low-carbon, resource-efficient industrial revolution. As we gear up for edie Live 2018, this webinar will hear from experts from Kingfisher and the William Jackson Food Group that are scaling-up effort and innovation across all areas of sustainable development to make this Mission Possible.

The company has launched new videos to outline how sustainability ambitions have been embedded into the purpose of the company

SC Johnson tweaks brand purpose as emissions tumble

SC Johnson, ubiquitously known as "a family company", has updated its identity to place sustainability at the heart of business strategy, as outlined in the company’s latest sustainability report which revealed that emissions have been halved over an 18-year period.

The platform will record, track and monitor paper usage to ensure an equivalent is replanted managed forestry projects

Xerox to offset customer paper footprints through reforestation platform

Printing services company Xerox is offering a "you print one, we'll plant one" offer to consumers, to ensure that individual paper usage is covered by planting new trees across numerous reforestation projects.

The company’s first group-wide sustainability report outlines plans to share best practice in supply chains to train professionals growers

AB Sugar targets water, carbon and plastics under new sustainability commitment

Global sugar company AB Sugar has launched its first ever group-wide sustainability report, outlining bold new commitments to cut carbon emissions and water use by 30% and ensure all plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or bio-degradable by 2030.

According to the report, the UK should transition to Full Fibre-to-the-Home (FFTH) infrastructure, which is less carbon intensive across a lifecycle analysis

UK's copper infrastructure puts technology expansion at odds with climate goals

The exponential growth of smart, connected systems in the UK could restrict national efforts to lower emissions, due to a reliance on a copper-based digital infrastructure that has reached its "physical and technological limits", a new Carbon Smart report has found.