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RWE’s $2bn green bond and British tennis’s water bottle refills: The sustainability success stories of the week
…low-carbon solutions in line with national net-zero targets, bearing in mind also other factors such as emissions tariffs imposed by cities or regions. As it works to halve the carbon…
Carbon capture industry presses Chancellor for uplift on landmark £20bn pledge
The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) has this week made its submission to Hunt ahead of his Budget speech in early March, calling for a commitment to back the…
Airlines push back against SAF mandates in UK, EU
…autumn at the earliest. The EU’s answer to the Act is called the Net-Zero Industry Act and, while it does provide additional financial incentives for biofuels and carbon capture, there…
UK pension funds still holding £88bn in fossil fuels, despite increased climate commitments
…net-zero targets but are yet to completely stop investing in fossil fuels. While some fossil fuels are likely to be used in a net-zero world, Net-Zero Tracker recently confirmed that…
Dozens of banks urged not to finance Rosebank oil and gas field
…combined annual emissions of all low-income countries worldwide. The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a net-zero pathway for the energy sector in early 2021, stating that no additional oil and…
British beverage manufacturing sites forge ahead with low-carbon heating innovations
…to reach net-zero in these scopes by 2030. The funding will be used to replace gas-fired heating with heat pumps and to procure renewable electricity to power the new heating…
Rishi Sunak gives go-ahead for 100 North Sea oil and gas licences
Sunak flew to Scotland on Sunday (30 July), along with Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Grant Shapps. The trip is being laid on to announce new interventions designed to improve…
Where are they now? Celebrating the successes of our 30 Under 30 Class of 2019
…a new role within the last 12 months. Benedict is now the carbon action officer for the National Trust as the charity works towards its net-zero operations target in 2030….
Axe tax on cleaner haulage fuels, say businesses and NGOs
…While using these kinds of fuels is not zero-carbon, decarbonisation benefits are stated to be significant. Green Biofuels states that its most advanced fuels can reduce life-cycle emissions by up…
‘Morally obscene’: Rosebank oil field gets green light from regulators
…(CCC) report notes that while the UK will still require a certain amount of oil and gas until it achieves net-zero, it will not need to develop new North Sea…
Whitbread opens its first all-electric Premier Inn hotel
…culmination of years of hard work and commitment to designing and operating lower-carbon hotels – which has helped us reduce direct operational emissions by over 50% since 2016. “It represents…
Cabinet Reshuffle: Therese Coffey steps down, replaced by former Health Secretary Steve Barclay
…(Dft), has resigned, stating that he gave notice to the government whips “several months ago”. In his tenure, Dft launched the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, a key net-zero policy requiring…
Green finance job postings soar in UK, sparking skills shortage worries
…found. PwC UK attributes the trend largely to the creation of new jobs in the finance sector as it works to support the UK’s 2050 net-zero target and to growing…
‘Energised by fleet investment’: EV adoption spikes following strongest auto market since 2019
…million new cars hitting the roads in 2023—a 17.9% increase driven entirely by fleet investment. Drivers heavily invested in low and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), resulting in a 2.2% reduction in…
From fake news to gigafactory gaps: What are the key challenges facing the UK’s EV transition?
…of confidence among industry stakeholders and the public. In September 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered a speech acknowledging the challenges of achieving net-zero, accompanied by rollbacks on key net-zero…
Aviation giants urge UK Government to get clear on hydrogen vision
…the ‘Jet Zero Strategy’, which sets a 2040 net-zero target for domestic flights and a 2050 deadline for international routes, if Ministers take swift, strategic, joined-up decisions to scale hydrogen…
Henkel launches supplier climate engagement plan to cut Scope 3 emissions
…Justin Placide, Head of Net Zero Governance, Briefing and Fiscal Events, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Full information and registration can be found here. The event is specifically…
High Court to hear legal challenge over ‘roadblock’ to localised home energy efficiency standards
…Government’s approach so that councils can plan for zero-carbon places.” A recent survey of councils, conducted by the Local Government Association, found that two-thirds are not confident of their ability…
Ikea’s second-hand sales and York’s solar ‘living lab’: The sustainability success stories of the week
…warned that the slow pace of emissions reductions in homes could undermine the delivery of legally binding carbon budgets supporting the nation’s 2050 net-zero target. Green mortgages, whereby home buyers…
Are major asset managers greenwashing with their net-zero targets?
…the assets managed by these firms, just 26%, in terms of their value, is covered by the interim climate targets they have set on the road to net-zero by mid-century….
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