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Green funding for Europe’s farmers and hurricane-proof solar in the Caribbean: The sustainability success stories of the week
…out some £340m and enabled the recycling of almost four million devices. MOBILITY: Ile-de-France Mobilités launches €1bn green bond programme Ile-de-France Mobilités, the regional public transport service, voted in 2018…
Budweiser bags planning permission for British green hydrogen project
…transport refuelling with hydrogen from a facility just off the A59 between Preston and Blackburn. This facility would produce ‘green’ hydrogen only – a term used to describe hydrogen manufactured…
UK supermarkets charge ahead with EV infrastructure additions
…comes to the availability of public charging points. The Department for Transport (DfT) recently announced initiatives to expedite EV chargepoint installations, including grants for state-funded schools and nurseries, funding for…
Holcim orders 1,000 electric trucks from Volvo
…Scope 1 emissions reduced by 17.5% and Scope 2 emissions by 65% in the same timeframe. LafargeHolcim will reduce its transportation and fuel-related emissions by 20%. All of these targets…
Formula 1 turns to biofuel to cut logistics emissions
Formula 1 has partnered with DHL to implement biofuel as a drop-in replacement for the 18 new trucks that will deliver the Championships this year, transporting goods some 10,600 kilometres…
Mitie Group: Transport/Fleet Management Project of the Year
Mitie Group won edie’s Transport/Fleet Management Project of the Year award, for its comprehensive and ambitious electric vehicle (EV) transition initiative, which targets fleet emissions reduction and aligns with its…
MSC Cruises: Debut net-zero emission ship voyage
…The shipping industry faces the challenge of reducing its operational emissions and making the industry more sustainable, with electrification not a plug-in solution like for road transport, other innovations have…
‘This is idiocy’: Green economy leaders slam PM’s backtracking on key low-carbon policies
…transport. The UK will lose jobs. Mr Sunak is proposing a lose-lose.” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas: “The PM is totally incoherent. It’s nonsense to keep saying he’s still committed…
UK lags behind European peers on energy decarbonisation, research finds
…UK has a very low probability of achieving its energy as well as transportation decarbonisation targets, underscoring the need for enhanced policy support and increased investment. The UK currently ranks…
Mitie turns 50% of fleet electric
…big leap forward in Mitie’s wider Plan Zero pledge, which sets out a three-pillar decarbonisation plan to reach net-zero across its operations by 2025, centered around power and transport; waste;…
World Economic Forum launches global green aviation initiative
…play a pivotal role in shaping a sustainable future for aviation as well as other transport sectors. The Airports of Tomorrow initiative will help airports harness these opportunities, enabling them…
‘Missed the boat’: IMO criticised over revised decarbonisation strategy
…strategy has set targets for a minimum 40% reduction in CO2 emissions per transport work in international shipping by 2030, and a minimum 70% reduction, with an aspiration of 80%,…
Low-carbon libraries and Welsh offshore wind: The sustainability success stories of the week
…transport in Scotland later this year. “We’re always looking for innovative ways to tackle our carbon footprint and the move to HVO for all our potato deliveries to Leicester, the…
Where are they now? Catching up with more edie 30 Under 30 alumni
…covering diversity and inclusion, social sustainability and environmental topics. He moved to consultancy Simply Sustainable in March 2021. 18 months later, he joined the Spanish transport technology company Accelya Group…
African elephant habitats and Octopus Energy’s renewable ‘power-ups’: The sustainability success stories of the week
…international investors and gaining approval from the Turkish Ministry of Transport. The 268km network will link Gaziantep and Mersin. High-speed trains on the network will take just two hours to…
Labour Party reshuffle: Kier Starmer hands Steve Reed top environment brief
…Transport Secretary Louise Haigh is also still in post, for now. Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle The reshuffle within Labour comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak completed his own mini reshuffle late…
The Africa Climate Summit and Asda’s innovative low-impact salads: The sustainability success stories of the week
…for the low-carbon transition in transport. As electric vehicle (EV) ranges improve, range anxiety for British drivers now stems not from vehicle performance in and of itself, but predominantly from…
Timeline: What’s included in the IEA’s new Net-Zero Roadmap for energy?
…and emerging nations stop selling new petrol and diesel cars and vans Emissions from transport and heavy industry, globally, are some 60% lower than in 2022 China delivers a net-zero…
UK tweaks ZEV mandate in line with 2035 ban on new petrol and diesels
…provides certainty for manufacturers, benefits drivers by providing more options, and helps grow the economy by creating skilled jobs,” said Transport Secretary Mark Harper. The clarity provided in the ZEV…
More renewable energy, fewer private jets for Ministers: Seven green announcements from the Labour Party Conference
…She called the practice of using these modes of transport, when alternatives are feasible, a poor use of taxpayer money. Rishi Sunak has notably taken an average of one flight…
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