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#SustyTalk: Thai Union’s Blake Stok on strategising for sustainable seafood
…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…
Bupa drives half a million pounds in support of nature projects
…and the standard of applications made the judging process incredibly difficult. I’m pleased that the Bupa Foundation is able to fund so many fantastic projects around the country, living our…
Feast or famine: Are we underestimating climate risks to food systems?
…more than 1,200 experts, ranked extreme weather events as the second-biggest near-term (2023-2025) risk, behind only the cost-of-living crisis. Failure to mitigate climate change and failure to adapt to climate…
Countdown to COP28: #SustyTalk with CISL’s Eliot Whittington
…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…
Energy, water and waste: What does the National Infrastructure Assessment recommend for the UK’s green economy?
…a year behind schedule, as is a UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks packaging. Parts of the industry advocated vocally for a delay due to Covid-19 and the cost-of-living…
UK Government pledges £200m to decarbonise freight industry
…the cost of living crisis. Additional freight innovation fund Additionally, the Government has allocated £2.4m through the second phase of the Freight Innovation Fund (FIF) to encourage innovation in the…
eBay UK convenes new circular economy council for furniture and homeware
…goods, which eBay believes is growing amid the cost-of-living crisis. The site has seen a 140% year-on-year increase in searches for pre-owned furniture over the past 12 months. Other barriers…
Decathlon launches bike take-back scheme in the UK
…cost of living still continuing to impact sport and fitness participation across the UK, at Decathlon we are determined to ensure that sport participation continues and is not affected by…
UN University: World ‘dangerously close’ to multiple environmental risk tipping points
…of regulation and enforcement, a lack of information and living and working in at-risk areas. These are all linked to an economic system which prioritizes the maximisation of profits over…
The Business Guide to Sustainable and Circular Procurement
With businesses battling the perfect storm of catastrophic climate change, mounting consumer pressure and the escalating cost of living crisis, efficient, joined-up procurement is a critical way of ensuring CSR…
From nuclear to heat pumps: What’s included in the UK’s new Energy Act?
…business energy bills to fund the development of the UK’s hydrogen economy. This proved unpopular across all Parties given the cost-of-living crisis and given growing calls for the UK’s priority…
Net-zero schools and ‘unstoppable’ solar energy deployment: The sustainability success stories of the week
…aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C and 2C pathways. Instead, it aligns with around 2.4C of warming by 2100 on pre-industrial levels, which would be catastrophic for billions living in…
edie publishes new business guide to sustainable procurement
With businesses battling the perfect storm of catastrophic climate change, mounting consumer pressure and the escalating cost of living crisis, efficient, joined-up procurement is a critical way of ensuring CSR…
Palm oil replacements and EV battery recycling: The best green innovations of October 2023
…this new material, manufacturers have an opportunity to locally source their palm fat equivalent, thereby cutting down on transport-related greenhouse gas emissions while reducing pressure on communities living near rainforests….
#SustyTalk: JLR’s François Dossa on collaboration for the EV revolution
…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…
Australia’s funding boost for cycling and free youth access to UK nature reserves: The sustainability success stories of the week
…books in the cost-of-living crisis, British retailer WHSmith has launched a book buy-back scheme in partnership with used books industry service provider Zeercle. Customers apply online to learn the value…
Patagonia and social impact firms launch London clothing repair centre
…in use for longer and practice conscious consumption in the future, if we are to have a living planet to do business on. And now, with the launch of URC…
UK Government to keep homes warm using waste heat from data centres
…buildings and reuse it. The cost-of-living crisis and rising gas costs have only added to the importance of tackling this issue. Earlier this year, the Government confirmed how it would…
Nature in boardrooms and British homes with no energy bills:The sustainability success stories of the week
…sale. Octopus’s director of the zero bills homes project Michael Cottrell said gaining Bellway’s support for the scheme is a “momentous occasion for sustainable living”. The news came shortly after…
The Global Stocktake: We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make nature the climate-fighting tool it really is
…be in partnership with those Indigenous Peoples and local communities living closest to nature and on the frontline of climate change. An estimated 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is…
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