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Unilever, Google and Amazon among new Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions

2021-06-04T07:47:00Z

Major businesses including Salesforce, Amazon, Netflix, Unilever and Microsoft have formed a new alliance aimed at mobilising funding for scalable climate solutions.

'World's largest' V2G trial finds that EV drivers could cut £725 off electricity bills

2021-06-03T10:41:00Z

Ovo Energy and Cenex have wrapped up a three-year trial of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers at UK homes and revealed that the technology could help motorists reduce electricity bills by up to £725 per year.

Plans unveiled for UK's second plastic-to-hydrogen recycling plant

2021-06-01T10:51:00Z

After plans to build a plastic-to-hydrogen recycling facility near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, were approved last year, the developers have unveiled plans for a second UK site in Scotland.

Nissan invests £52m into closed-loop aluminium production at Sunderland facility

2021-05-28T09:10:00Z

Nissan has confirmed a new £52m investment into its Sunderland facility that will enable the use of recycled and lightweight aluminium for the production of Qashqai vehicles to reduce the energy required for material processing.

Domestic heat batteries and 'champagne' carbon capture: The best green innovations of May 2021

2021-05-27T20:33:00Z

Every month, numerous eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations are being developed to help businesses and nations turn their green ambitions into actions. Here, we round up six of the best from May 2021.

UK's ultra-rapid EV charging stock to triple with new £300m funding package

2021-05-24T11:43:00Z

The UK's energy networks have jointly pledged a further £300m in funding for low-carbon technologies across 200 projects, including almost 1,800 new ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers.

In action: Exploring Skanska's electric vehicle charging retrofit

2021-05-19T11:24:00Z

edie has launched a new three-page download looking at how EDF-owned chargepoint provider Pod Point assisted Skanska on its mission to become carbon-neutral by 2045 by retrofitting a key office with chargpoints for EVs.

Adidas and Allbirds unveil running shoes with 'lowest recorded' carbon footprint

2021-05-12T15:45:00Z

The average running shoe has a carbon footprint of 13.6kg of CO2e. Following months of collaboration, Adidas and Allbirds have unveiled a prototype pair with a footprint of less than 3kg.

50,000 jobs by 2050: UK Government outlines plans to scale up carbon capture sector

2021-05-10T15:08:00Z

According to a new paper from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the UK's carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) sector could scale rapidly to support 50,000 jobs by mid-century.

Consumer goods giants team up for greener chemicals drive

2021-05-06T10:31:00Z

Unilever and Crown Paints are among the members of a new task force exploring how to make the polymers commonly used in consumer products - often based on fossil fuel derivatives - more sustainable.

Unilever, Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive join AB InBev's sustainability accelerator

2021-05-05T10:11:00Z

Consumer goods giants Unilever, Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive have agreed to fund and pilot innovations designed to improve supply chain sustainability through Anheuser-Busch InBev's (AB InBev) accelerator scheme.

Captured carbon shipping fuel and heat-reflecting paint: The best green innovations of April 2021

2021-04-30T12:53:00Z

Klarna to show consumers the carbon footprint of their shopping

2021-04-23T09:40:00Z

'Buy now, pay later' platform Klarna has launched a new tool that lets customers track the carbon footprint of their purchases.

Unilever launches first laundry capsule using captured carbon from heavy industry

2021-04-22T09:24:00Z

After pledging to remove all virgin, fossil-based carbon from cleaning and laundry products by 2030, Unilever has successfully developed a laundry capsule using emissions captured from heavy industry.

Boeing, Netflix and Microsoft among founders of new business alliance on sustainable aviation fuels

2021-04-21T11:01:00Z

A new alliance to help scale sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by increasing and unifying corporate demand has been backed by a string of big-name businesses, including Boeing, Deloitte, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase.

Amazon installs more than 800 EV chargers at UK sites

2021-04-16T13:59:00Z

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.

Crypto Climate Accord aims for 100% renewables and net-zero digital currency by 2040

2021-04-08T20:09:00Z

A new global accord has been set up to align the swelling cryptocurrency market with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement by ensuring that blockchain and energy-intensive currency mining systems are powered by renewables and reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

UPS invests in electric aircraft for zero-emission deliveries

2021-04-08T13:43:00Z

Logistics giant UPS had unveiled plans to purchase electric aircraft models to assist with time-sensitive deliveries while limiting emissions associated with transportation.

edie launches new business guide on net-zero carbon heating

2021-04-07T14:21:00Z

edie has today (7 April) launched a new guide detailing everything businesses need to know and consider when looking to decarbonise heating in line with the net-zero movement.

'A moonshot goal': Polestar aims to develop offset-free, climate-neutral car

2021-04-07T10:09:00Z

Swedish electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Polestar has unveiled an ambitious new intention to create the first "truly" carbon-neutral car by 2030, by reducing emissions across the value chain and without relying on offsetting.