Search Results for "circular economy"
Corporate plastic purchasers failing to link sustainability targets to executive pay
A new analysis published today (20 September) from Planet Tracker found that 39 leading producers and purchasers of plastics are not sufficiently aligning ESG performance across their organisations. The research…
Lego shelves plans for recycled PET bricks over carbon concerns
The toymaker told the Financial Times that it will not be able to adopt the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) at the scale and…
New single-use plastics bans come into force in England
From today (1 October), all businesses in England will be banned from selling and distributing single-use polystyrene cups or balloon sticks. These items were selected by the Department for Food,…
Apple charger recycling and low-carbon ports: The sustainability success stories of the week
Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their ‘Mission Possible’ across the campaign’s five key pillars – energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and…
Report: Fashion brands continuing to rely on unsustainable materials
That is according to a new report from Textile Exchange, which was supported by Boston Consulting Group and Quantis on this project. The report notes that fashion firms are increasingly…
Walkers and the Royal British Legion embrace plastic-free, paper-based products
The new paper outer bags can be conveniently recycled in standard home recycling bins, alongside other paper-based packaging, typically collected at kerbside. The sustainable packaging solution was exclusively trialled at…
Brands and retailers not on track for key 2025 sustainability goals on plastics
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has today (31 October) published its latest annual progress report on its Global Commitment – an initiative under which more than 1,000 organisations are supporting goals…
UK Government could face court over failure to implement mandatory food waste reporting requirements
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) first floated such a mandate in the Resources and Waste Strategy in 2018. Several key policy changes included in the…
WWF: Costs of plastic pollution largely borne by low-income nations
That is according to new research out this week from WWF. The environmental NGO estimates that the total lifetime cost of a kilogram of plastic is around $19 in high-income…
Lloyds Banking Group sets stronger targets to slash emissions, waste and water use
As part of its 2030 commitment to net-zero operations, the firm had been aiming for a 75% reduction in its Scope 1 (direct) carbon emissions by the end of the…
Nature in boardrooms and British homes with no energy bills:The sustainability success stories of the week
Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their ‘Mission Possible’ across the campaign’s five key pillars – energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and…
UN Plastics Treaty: What’s likely to happen at this week’s negotiations?
Around 21 million tonnes of plastics leaked into the environment last year, according to the OECD. Almost half of this entered aquatic environments. The body estimates that, in a business-as-usual…
Amazon ends use of non-recyclable packaging in Europe
The business announced on Thursday (16 November) that all deliveries will be backed in either a flexible paper bag, a cardboard envelope or a corrugated cardboard box. The three packaging…
‘More questions than answers’: Plastics Treaty talks fail to reach ambitious outcome
INC-3 discussions, hosted last week at the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi, were held in the hopes of fleshing out a first draft of the Plastics Treaty published in September….
‘Refill revolution’ needed to dramatically slash environmental impact of packaging, study finds
These are some of the headline findings from a new study out today (22 November) from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The Foundation assessed the likely impact of dramatically scaling up…
WWF warns of slow progress in halving environmental impact of groceries
The NGO has today (28 November) launched a new report, ‘What’s in Store for the Planet 2023’, which acknowledges strides in environmental progress yet highlights substantial gaps that supermarkets must…
ASA firms up anti-greenwashing rules for recycling, bans single-use vape ad
The Agency has also, in tandem with making this ruling about Elf Bar’s adverts, published new guidance on recycling-related claims from brands. Elf Bar was ordered by the ASA on…
Data centre heat recycling and solar energy from space: The nine best green innovations of 2023
edie reflects on a year of breakthrough innovations for the green economy, recapping on announcements ranging from gravity-based hydrogen storage, to solar in space and seagrass-planting robots. Read on for…
Upfield touts plastic-free, recyclable tubs for butters and spreads
Upfield collaborated with materials science and technology company Footprint to develop the innovative packaging, which is made using compressed wet paper fibres. Paper used to produce the tubs is procured…
M&S to expand popular homecare refill scheme to 25 stores
The supermarket’s ‘Refilled’ scheme provides customers with a choice of 10 own-brand homecare products in reusable packaging, including cleaning sprays, laundry products and washing-up liquid. Stores with ‘Refilled’ products also…
empowering sustainable business
