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edie Awards 2024: Sustainability champions revealed at prestigious ceremony
…Herbs – Pukka Impact Report 2022 Team of the Year 11th Hour Racing Team Transport/Fleet Management Project of the Year Mitie’s electric vehicle transition Water, Waste & Resource Efficiency Holcim…
Budget 2024: How Jeremy Hunt sent mixed messages on clean energy
…in a characteristically Conservative response to calls for greater public spending. This included another freeze to fuel duty, under fire from the Green Party for its likely impact on transport…
Lessons from France: How to kickstart net-zero
…and storage (CCUS) initiatives are set to pave the way for the development of environmentally friendly e-fuels for both air and sea transport. The GOCO2 project set to launch by…
From flooding to wildfires: Why 2024’s elections will make or break Europe’s climate adaptation policies
…February on record – two months that collectively marked the end of an extremely active storm season for Britain. Disruption to transport, the flooding of homes and farms and the…
‘Green Street’: Newcastle-based SMEs pledge to accelerate their sustainability journeys
…calls on the next UK Government to better support the region’s green growth, including boosting investment in green energy industries and public transport. You can read edie’s full story here….
Landsec launches nature strategy, going beyond biodiversity net-gain requirements
…the biggest priority for developers in new building developments – only behind transport links (41%). Moreover, more than four-fifths (84%) of residents surveyed believe that their cities should be doing…
How can we support local climate leaders in a cost-of-living crisis?
…in our local areas, it’s important that we start with the things that people need and want now. They need warm, dry homes. They need affordable and reliable public transport….
Manchester City eyes huge onsite solar project
…access to low-emission transport networks, biodiversity impact and integration into local communities. Manchester City has sought out a local renewable energy developer, Clearvolt, to help deliver the project once planning…
Sainsbury’s sets science-based emissions targets to bolster net-zero plans
…cut Scope 3 (indirect) emissions from energy, industry and transport by 50.4% and those from forests, agriculture and land-use (FLAG) by 36.4%. These targets have a 2030 deadline and 2019…
National Grid unveils £60bn investment plan to turbocharge net-zero power grid
…The plan also focuses on wide-scale investment, in the form of new electrical spines and cables, to transport clean energy across the country. The ESO claims the new plan would…
International real estate investors shunning UK for nations with stronger green policies
…Such an initiative is already in place in the US. Accounting for 17% of UK emissions in 2022, the built environment is second only to surface transport when it comes…
VIDEO: What does true sustainability leadership look like in 2024?
…included the likes of Caroline Lucas (lifetime achievement award), Sky (marketing and customer engagement campaign award) and Mitie (transport and fleet management award). As we convened representatives from our shortlisted…
Connecting the dots to address climate change in UK communities
…a significant re-evaluation of how we power and heat our communities and facilitate sustainable transportation, as these sectors are lagging behind. In the current economic climate, a joined-up strategy is…
Wireless EV charging robots and next-gen plant-based proteins: The best green innovations of March 2024
…made from unrecyclable plastic. Outside the transport sector, innovators continue to experiment with new sources of renewable energy that supplement intermittent solar and wind power. One startup, our third innovation…
Co-op and JDE Peet’s align climate targets with SBTi Net-Zero Standard
…and reducing fuel use for transport as well as collaborations with suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of key lines such as meat and dairy. Central to Co-op’s Climate Plan…
UN: Increased recycling efforts failing to keep pace with boom in e-waste
…renewable energy capacity and electrification of transport and industry is to be achieved. Drawers full of disused devices The UN’s data shows that e-waste generation per capital is the highest…
Destination 2030: edie launches new sector-by-sector report series on sustainable transformation
…based on edie’s new case study content. All major UK sectors will be covered by this new report series, including manufacturing, retail, the public sector, transport and utilities and more….
Local authority net-zero plans ‘strangled’ by Government’s inadequate funding pots
…of emissions from their area – from transport and housing to renewable energy, government will not reach net zero without empowering councils to deliver local climate action in every village,…
Volvo quits diesel as Germany axes coal power plants: The sustainability success stories of the week
…the capital. The authors also claim its advice will be relevant in other locations. Shravan Joshi, who chairs the City of London Corporation’s planning and transportation committee, said: “Our ability…
US allocates $20bn of grant funding for clean energy and climate financiers
…energy projects including community energy arrays; low-carbon transport systems; building energy efficiency projects and new green buildings. One of the five beneficiaries will be Appalachian Community Capital, which will launch…
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