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UN Global Plastic Treaty : Are we edging closer to a cliff edge?
…I cannot think of many better reasons for drastic change than this existential threat. The plastic crisis is the biggest human health crisis we are yet to face and still…
Conservative MPs push UK’s controversial oil and gas expansion law past first hurdle
…will be any significant benefit to the British economy. These objections were on display in protests in Parliament Square this week. Energy and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho pushed the Bill…
Ireland Introduces national Deposit Return Scheme
…for drinks packaging. However, within 18 months of its announcement, most environmental policymaking in the UK came to a standstill as Whitehall resources were diverted to managing the Covid-19 crisis….
Higher carbon credit prices could boost UK woodland creation, research finds
…up to 19 million tonnes of carbon emissions. While afforestation is deemed as an effective and imperative solution to the climate crisis, modest prices for voluntary carbon credits have hindered…
Climate finance: UK accused of ‘moving goalposts’ to meet £11.6bn pledge
…fake your way out of a climate crisis. The only thing this will achieve is to further erode any last trust in the UK as a climate leader and country…
Chris Packham: ‘Complacency and contentment are the worst enemies of business’
…households pay for heat pumps and electric vehicles during a cost-of-living crisis. Packham said these claims are “entirely fallacious”, given that low-income homes would see reduced energy bills from higher…
Can the EU’s embattled CSDDD be saved?
…to deliver, systems change to combat the biggest issues of our age. These issues, known as ‘imperatives’, are threefold: the climate crisis, the accelerating loss of nature, and widening social…
Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2023: Ailis Watt, The Wildlife Trusts
…cafes across Glasgow.” My ‘Mission Possible’ message for business leaders is: “Businesses must give equal weight to actions which address the climate crisis as to those which are aimed at…
UK Government set for court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate adaptation plan
Friends of the Earth, along with two individuals, local campaigner Kevin Jordan and disability activist Doug Paulley, have filed a legal challenge, citing their personal experiences of the climate crisis’s…
Meet edie’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2023: David Starley, Babcock
…to climate risk. I am currently working on a major re-baselining of Babcock’s emissions inventory for this year’s annual report and leading our ESOS (Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme) compliance.” My…
The Circular Economy Action Sessions: Strategy, Solutions and Behaviour Change
…circular economy transition for their business and across the wider value chain, with a key focus on responding to the cost-of-living crisis and the net-zero transition. Discussion points Waste and…
WWF: Next round of negotiations could make or break the global plastics treaty
…meaningful treaty and accelerate the plastic pollution crisis.” Key measures requiring enhanced focus include global bans on the most harmful and avoidable single-use plastics; binding, global requirements on product design…
Cross-party coalition of UK policymakers pledge joint action to tackle climate misinformation
…local leaders are united in their commitment to tackling the climate crisis. Now we need to see that same spirit of collaboration from Westminster, with a clear policy and funding…
With a landmark Global Plastics Treaty on the horizon, the time for corporate disclosure – and action – is now
…are beginning to realise that they must be actively involved in global efforts to tackle the plastic crisis. It is becoming increasingly clear that corporate disclosure will be part of…
The UK Government set to ban plastic-containing wet wipes to tackle water pollution
…further tackle the plastic crisis by implementing similar bans on all single-use plastic products and provide more policy certainty for businesses to make the transition away from plastics. City to…
Taking place NEXT WEEK: edie’s Circular Economy online sessions
…wider value chain, with a key focus on responding to the cost-of-living crisis and the net-zero transition. Discussion points Waste and net-zero: How transitioning to a circular economy can support…
“Guiding compass to 1.5C”: COP29 presidency unveils plans for global climate action
…nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis. This pledge was formally ratified in 2015; however, the full $100bn per year has not yet been delivered in any given year….
Driving the green agenda at a local level
…such, beyond reducing energy costs and improving residents’ health, the focus on green housing will create additional benefits through job creation and skills development at a local level. To support…
EU quietly shelves REACH regulation on toxic chemicals
…a letter to the Commission last year, the EU’s chemical industry council (CEFIC) warned about the impact of rising energy prices on the sector, saying the energy crisis resulting from…
#SustyTalk: Anthesis’ CEO Stuart McLachlan on transitions and transformational change
…cost of living crisis and beyond. It launched in the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 and has continued since then, keeping us connected to the leaders who are…
empowering sustainable business
