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COP28 into overtime following ‘disappointing’ draft Global Stocktake text – here’s what’s included
…countries including the US, Canada, the EU and the UK perceive the agenda to end support for new unabated coal power as a priority, while the African Group opposes the…
New Year’s Honours 2024: The environment activists and net-zero leaders on the King’s list
…Director, Tiny Box Company. For services to Sustainability, to Ethical Business Growth and to Exports William Lockhart, Deputy Director, International Biodiversity and Wildlife, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs….
Navigating net-zero: Businesses to focus on smart tech and fleets to decarbonise in 2024
…progress made towards net zero goals and set new resolutions to accelerate their achievement. “From the use of technology in carbon reporting to an increased focus on biodiversity, the predictions…
From renewable hydrogen to climate adaptation: Seven green innovation trends to watch in 2024
…efficiency. UK firm QiO Technologies, for example, aims to transform the ability of industrial companies to achieve carbon neutrality. Based on AI analyses, the startup’s Foresight Sustainability Suite improves production…
Veganuary campaigns and Gatwick’s new EV charging forecourt: The sustainability success stories of the week
…sustainability leadership. Across the UK and across the world, leading businesses, cities, states and regions are turning environmental ambitions into action. Here, we round up five positive sustainability stories from…
Report: UK lags behind its EU peers in SDG progress
…report, Finland secures the leading position on the SDG index for Europe, with Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Norway following closely, while the UK holds the 16th position. The report underscores…
Helena Helmersson steps down as H&M Group’s chief executive
…and having a net-positive impact on biodiversity within the same timeframe. On waste, a goal to ‘design all products for circularity’ by 2025 has been widely criticised due to the…
SP Energy Networks unveils sweeping updates to sustainability strategy
…pressure but are regarded as persistent organic pollutants and are being phased out globally. Also included in the strategy are targets to end any net use of biodiversity by 2028…
Financial uncertainty at UK councils undermining net-zero progress, Government warned
UK100 is calling for a fundamental policy reform to provide the necessary empowerment to local leaders, in its response to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee’s recent report on…
Heat reuse innovations and Henry Dimbleby’s food fund: The sustainability success stories of the week
…sustainability leadership. Across the UK and across the world, leading businesses, cities, states and regions are turning environmental ambitions into action. Here, we round up five positive sustainability stories from…
Labour waters down £28bn green investment pledge
…rolling back on the UK’s key net-zero commitments last year, Labour’s financial pledge towards climate action was perceived as critical for UK’s net-zero targets by the green economy. This retraction…
‘Arbitrary’ or a major retreat? Green economy leaders react to Labour U-turn on £28bn pledge
…climate impacts are intensifying, the UK’s biodiversity is in freefall and the current government is consistently failing to meet even the most basic of targets. “Constant political point-scoring is setting…
Premier League football clubs now required to publish ‘robust’ sustainability policies
…evidence of more than 80 individual short-haul domestic flights made by Premier League teams to and from just 100 matches during a two-month period. According to the UK Government’s now-disbanded…
Report: Small manufacturers struggling to meet customers’ increasing ESG demands
This is a headline finding from a survey of 150 UK-based manufacturing companies conducted by Lloyds Bank and industry body Make UK. The survey results were published today (12 February)….
British food manufacturers call for pre-competitive industry pact on sustainable agriculture
…are contaminated in the UK and the true extent of microplastic contamination is unknown. Water security is another key issue impacting nature and agriculture. 2022 marked one of the UK’s…
World leaders slammed for prioritising ‘vested interests’ over long-term sustainability
…including “critical changes to earth systems” and biodiversity collapse. It was revealed that risk experts in the private sector were less likely to see a need to respond to environmental…
UK Government set for court challenge over environmental impact of Australia trade deal
…more emissions-intensive than in the UK. One major Australian cattle company is foreseeing a tenfold increase in beef exports to the UK as a result of the deal, Feedback noted….
Four top tips to build resilient, sustainable supply chains
…growers in adopting sustainable farming practices like carbon capture, reducing water usage and enhancing biodiversity and soil health. 2) Introduce feedback channels Sassetti argued that making effective change necessitates fostering…
edie Awards 2024: Sustainability champions revealed at prestigious ceremony
The edie Awards recognise and reward the incredible people, projects and partnerships that are transforming business, for good. Now in its 17th year, the UK’s largest sustainable business awards scheme…
‘Another barren Budget for net-zero’: Green economy leaders react to Jeremy Hunt’s announcements
…designed to cajole UK savers and the financial services industry into investing more in the UK. Forcing pension funds to disclose rates of UK investment or increasing the ISA allowance…
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