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‘Just the start’: Green groups react to the FAO’s 1.5C roadmap for the food sector
…to drive down global temperatures. BECCS is more likely to drive land grabs and deforestation, harming farmers and creating conflicts over land and food. It’s surprising to see food experts…
RWE’s $2bn green bond and British tennis’s water bottle refills: The sustainability success stories of the week
…from Britain’s biggest summer tennis events Image: David Parry / PA Media Assignments Eagle-eyed watchers of Wimbledon 2023 will have noticed that players did not use single-use plastic water bottles….
Vague peace agreements and climate scientists’ calls to action: The 6 biggest stories from 3 December at COP28
…Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace launched Image: UNFCCC Flickr/ Mahmoud Khaled Another wide-scale declaration was endorsed by numerous countries at COP on Sunday. The Declaration on Climate, Relief,…
Report: Scotland could become major exporter of low-carbon hydrogen to Europe
…Ireland and either the Netherlands and/or Germany. Two potential routes are detailed, each making use of existing North Sea infrastructure for natural gas. A Hydrogen Backbone Link project could come…
Amid SBTi controversies, WWF says carbon offsets ‘cannot be a substitute’ for decarbonisation
…near-term targets Companies should follow the mitigation hierarchy (not use offsetting as a blanket replacement for reducing emissions) Only high-quality credits should be used The use of carbon credits should…
England could witness 13-fold surge in clean energy with policy support, study finds
This according to a study by Exeter University’s Environmental Intelligence Centre and Friends of the Earth, unveiling the untapped potential for renewable energy production in England. The analysis assessed land…
Four top tips for supercharging your organisation’s energy efficiency strategy
…considered approach, Burnett said, businesses can reasonably expect to reduce energy use in buildings by around 15%. 2) Scope out opportunities to improve data Of course, baselining your energy use…
How businesses can catalyse the transition to a circular economy
…system, which is used by more than 18,000 companies, enabling them to report their plastics production and use, but other cases of voluntary data collection are sparse in this area….
More renewable energy, fewer private jets for Ministers: Seven green announcements from the Labour Party Conference
…and vegetables would be banned. In 2025, all single-use plastic sachets and all plastic carrier bags would be banned – as would thermoformed ‘clam packs’ used to house products like…
‘Bitterly disappointing’: Scotland abandons 2030 climate goal citing credibility concerns
…Scottish Government to lay and deliver against new commitments as soon as possible.” Scotland was the first government globally to declare a climate emergency. Nevertheless, since that declaration, Scotland has…
New single-use plastics bans come into force in England
…the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for the packaging sector. According to Defra estimates, England uses 2.7 billion items of single-use cutlery — most of which are plastic — and…
Driving business performance with Zero Waste to Landfill!
…landfill costs – the landfill tax was introduced in the UK back in 1996, but it continues to increase year on year and is now over £100 per tonne. Eliminating landfill…
Report: Wasted wind power costing Britain £1.5bn
…energy across the England-Scotland border, despite Scotland having 10GW of wind farm capacity and accounting for 10% of British electricity demand. Carbon Trackers warns that this “wind congestion” means that…
Solar farm restrictions would add £5bn to British energy bills, MPs warned
…banned on England’s ‘Best and Most Versatile’ (BMV) agricultural land. Land is classified in grades and BMV land is a category covering grades 1 to 3a. Most solar developments within…
From hydrogen trials to grid connection queues: 7 UK green policy stories you may have missed during COP28
…the Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (DESNZ) published a swathe of significant announcements on hydrogen production and use. Ministers confirmed a strategic decision to support, in principle, the use…
Coca-Cola, Nestle and Danone face legal complaint over plastics recycling claims
…plastic use in parallel.” The spokesperson cited a 10% decrease in single-use, virgin plastic production since 2018.” More broadly, a statement has been issued by trade bodies Natural Mineral Waters…
‘Sustainable by design’: Inside P&G’s Vault to shape sustainable behaviour change
…understand how our products interact with what they use and how much energy they use. “Thirdly, we want to help the industry. We want to help the industry become more…
PepsiCo achieves water efficiency target two years ahead of deadline
…On the former, it monitored water use during the potato-washing process used at some snack manufacturing plants in water-stressed areas and altered processes to deliver water efficiencies at zero cost….
AI for good: Google unveils raft of new tech schemes for sustainability
…in as much as AI can make renewable energy generation and use more efficient, is also being used by energy majors for fossil fuel exploration and extraction. Google made a…
MPs press UK Government for Land Use Framework
…publication of a Land Use Framework. The much-delayed Framework was promised during 2023 but has not yet been delivered. It will map the proportion of land currently used for different…
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