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WHSmith rolls out book buy-back programme at high street stores
…44 of its UK stores the option of selling back their used bikes, ready for reuse by someone else. The service enables customers to ‘upcycle their bicycle’ by reselling their…
M&S to track whether its plastic packaging is recycled
…M&S will gain insights into the collection and sorting of its single-use plastic packaging at UK recycling centres. This data will provide M&S with benchmarks regarding the recycling rates of…
Mastercard introduces global pilot program for credit card recycling
…of the 25 billion payment cards currently in circulation are made from non-biodegradable first-use plastics, such as PVC, meaning they often end up in oceans and landfills. Mastercard’s cyber and…
From fake news to gigafactory gaps: What are the key challenges facing the UK’s EV transition?
…(BEV) registrations in January – a year-on-year rise of 21%. BEVs accounted for more than one in seven registrations. The House of Lords’ Environment and Climate Change Committee, in the…
Asda introduces fully electric delivery fleet at three stores
…using the vans and Sainsbury’s is anticipating 57 tonnes of mitigated CO2e each year because of the use of EVs. 100% renewable electricity will be used to charge the vans….
Four ways to reduce plastic packaging
…degrade, contributing to land and ocean pollution, and generates large amounts of greenhouse gases throughout its life cycle. For Consumer Products & Retail (CPR) companies in the UK, the urgent…
Ikea’s green steel deal and Carlsberg’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
…England, Scotland and Wales with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D or lower. The UK Government is notably aiming for all homes to have EPC ratings of C…
Dove launches project to restore 123,000 acres of rainforests
…deforestation-free supply chain in palm oil, paper and board, tea, soy and cocoa by the end of 2023; to protect and regenerate1.5 million hectares of land, forests and oceans by…
What makes a biodiversity net-gain target work?
For a small island, we are privileged to be home to more than 70,000 different species, some of whom live in rare or unique habitats like chalk streams or fenland.…
Tesco: Supporting innovative start-ups to cut carbon and increase biodiversity
…from agriculture and land-use. It also attributes 75% of deforestation by area size to date to expanding food and drink production. Moreover, in most regions, more than 70% of freshwater…
From green jobs for youth to just transition funding: The 11 biggest announcements from Climate Week NYC and the UNGA
…pic.twitter.com/Jxfswqk1Uf — SUMAÚMA (@sumaumajornal) September 21, 2023 While they represent just 5% of the world’s population, Indigenous peoples are the custodians of almost 20% of land globally. This land is…
Starmer accuses Government of ‘sticking plaster politics’ on climate and energy
…(formerly Twitter): “Several reports today dismiss greenbelt as ‘scrubland’, the implication being that development on such land is better than what’s there now. ]The] truth is that expanding scrub is…
Why the Autumn Statement was a major missed opportunity for energy efficiency
…a £1bn insulation scheme targeted at vulnerable homes, which should support 300,000 homes in England before March 2026. Lloyds Bank has this week published the results of polls among landlords…
Exagen secures planning approval for 500MW battery storage project
…the Millennium, as well as new wildflower meadows, land for beekeeping, new hedgerows and perimeter tree planting. Local community participation The land will be under the ownership of Exagen with…
Why the benefits of trebling renewables by 2030 outweigh potential negatives
The new ‘Renewable Energy and Sustainability report (RESR)’ examines the negative impacts of expanding renewables, focusing on issues like land and water use, biodiversity and human rights. It assesses a…
UK Government unveils bumper crop of farming subsidies, partly with environmental focus
…rather than ground-mounted panels “to safeguard land for food production”, the Government said in a statement. Sunak and his predecessor Liz Truss were both staunch opponents of ground-mounted solar on…
EU Parliament passes landmark nature restoration law
…benefits. In the end, the beleaguered law only passed the vote thanks to the addition of an “emergency stop” clause tabled by the EPP. The clause allows targets to be…
Volvo quits diesel as Germany axes coal power plants: The sustainability success stories of the week
…LEADERSHIP: Speedy Hire and Sisk back local peatland restoration Peatlands cover around 10% of the total land area in the UK and are important carbon sinks. But the Government estimates…
Church of England excludes all fossil fuel companies from £10.3bn fund
The Church Commissioners for England excluded 20 large oil and gas firms from its investment portfolio in 2021, having already excluded coal extraction and generation at that point. It gave…
Big businesses urge EU to save beleaguered Nature Restoration law
…worries about whether restoring nature at scale will encroach on farmland or land currently used for other means. Some other countries have also expressed concerns about the administrative burden of…
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