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Net-zero energy transition: UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid outline £7.7bn investment plans
…commitment for consumers is to ensure that domestic customers’ weekly energy bills do not increase by more than 10p. On the staff side, there is a new commitment to create…
Hydrogen: Shell opens Europe’s largest electrolyser as Centrica eyes storage at Rough
…sector’s net-zero transition. The firm set a 2050 net-zero target in April 2020 and then built upon this top-level commitment with milestones for 2035. Plans to deliver these goals include…
Cement industry plots path to net-zero through new global platform
…of 24% on 2018 levels. This figure included a doubling of cement firms making pledges. Last year, a group of the world’s leading producers of cement issued an industry commitment…
Race to Zero: Retailers forge new climate-focused collaboration
…by 2050 at the latest, with interim commitments to halve emissions by 2030. Such goals should be backed up by science-based targets. To help new joiners to set these commitments,…
University of Sussex targets net-zero emissions by 2035
…of the ‘decarbonising the economy’ pillar is a commitment to deliver net-zero by 2035 across direct (Scope 1), power-related (Scope 2) and indirect (Scope 3) emissions. Interim targets for 2025…
Give UK local authorities new powers to accelerate net-zero transition, Mayors urge Government
…in mind. To this latter point, UK100 is calling for a long-term plan that delivers on the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto commitment of £9bn for improved building energy efficiency. While…
El Salvador’s first wind farm and seagrass-restoring gin: The sustainability success stories of the week
…climate strategy headlined by commitments to cut emissions by 75% by 2035 and bring them to net-zero by 2045. Major changes set to be delivered as part of the plan…
COP26 Action Tracker: China’s ETS launches as UK’s Cambo oilfield plans draw controversy
…systematically integrate climate risk considerations into financial systems, with attendees speaking in support of carbon pricing and mandatory disclosures. There were no overarching new commitments in these fields, however. Another…
Lidl vows to remove two billion pieces of plastic packaging by the end of 2022
…inclusion of recycled plastic content in packaging. The firm has revealed that it has reached a commitment to ensure that 50% of own-brand packaging is made using recycled content, originally…
WRAP receives Walmart funding to drive food waste behaviour change in UK and Canada
…One of the biggest legacy initiatives regarding behaviour change from WRAP is its Courtauld Commitment, which has been signed by more than 90% of the UK’s food retailers as well…
Almost half of world nations fail to submit updated climate plans ahead of COP26
Last Friday marked the cut-off date for the submission of new or updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. These commitments detail timeframes for required decarbonisation that contribute…
DHL Express orders 12 fully electric cargo planes
…investment was announced earlier this year as part of an updated sustainability roadmap, which fleshed out a commitment made in 2017 – to become a net-zero business by 2050. Aside…
No air-freighted food on the menu for COP26, in bid to cut emissions
…Broader commitments Other environmental commitments from the firm include reducing food waste by one-fifth this calendar year and halving beef use within the same timeframe. To the former commitment, food…
Maltesers ditches black plastic liners from boxes
…in a Generation’ sustainability strategy includes commitments to reduce virgin plastic use by 25% by 2025 and to ensure that all packaging is recyclable, reusable or compostable within the same…
Dixons Carphone launches nationwide polystyrene takeback scheme
…extending the life of the material and reducing the use of virgin materials. The retailer has made an overarching commitment to become a net-zero business by 2040, as part of…
Mode Global targets net-zero from cryptocurrency operations by 2030
…to earn cashback on purchases, in the form of Bitcoin – one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies. Mode’s new commitment has been announced to coincide with its signing of…
COP15: In-person negotiations on global biodiversity treaty pushed back to 2022
…and government. This event will include national commitment announcements from countries that are members of the High Ambition Coalition and signatories to the “Leaders’ Pledge for Nature.” A final working…
Councils throw support behind Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
…UK are not confident that they’ll be able to meet public commitments to reaching net-zero emissions, with a “black hole” of data hindering efforts on energy efficiency plans. A poll…
Cisco targets net-zero by 2040, Illumina by 2050
…has also outlined plans to use offsetting to reach carbon neutrality for operations by 2023. These commitments have been made as Illumina joined the UN’s Race to Zero campaign through…
SSE to combine projects to create 4.1GW offshore wind farm in Scotland
…near-term climate targets, and we will need to work innovatively, at pace and with agility to do so. I welcome this announcement from SSE Renewables which demonstrates their commitment to…
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