Day: 10 December 2018

9 ways to raise your company’s sustainability ambitions in 2019

During a sustainability leadership webinar hosted by edie last week, representatives from Canary Wharf Group, Ball Corporation and PwC gave their advice for professionals looking to transform their approach to CSR in 2019, increasing actions as well as ambitions. Here, edie rounds up their key takeaways.

Energy regulations: Coming to a home near you

Dozens of big-name fashion brands pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2050

H&M Group, Inditex and adidas are among a group of 31 big-name fashion brands to have signed a new United Nations (UN) charter outlining steps the global fashion sector must take to limit the global temperature increase below 2C.

Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world’s biggest investors

Global investors managing $32tn issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning. Without these, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis, they said.

COP24 Covered: Days 5-6 – Circular economies and sustainable fashion

edie has launched a new series of podcast episodes which will round-up all of the key developments and major announcements for businesses, in under 13 minutes. The second episode features an exclusive interview with Mars's climate and land manager.

BT and E.ON among new EV100 members

The likes of BT and E.ON have signed up to The Climate Group's EV100 programme which aims to make electric transport "the new normal" by 2030.

Volkswagen to launch its last diesel and petrol cars in 2026

German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) will not launch any new car models with a traditional petrol or diesel combustion engine after 2026 as part of a shake-up to its electric vehicle (EV) strategy.

10 lessons from 10 years of sustainability

UK’s first national crisp packet recycling scheme launched by Walkers

The UK’s largest crisp brand has this week launched a UK-wide crisp packet recycling scheme, after partnering with TerraCycle to develop a recycling solution for the packaging.

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