Day: 23 February 2018

Plastics and packaging: The UK’s ‘waste mountain’ in charts

Eighteen environmental groups have urged the UK Government to deal with a growing "packaging waste mountain" by setting legally binding targets, following new waste and recycling figures published by Defra. Here, edie provides a snapshot of the UK's "waste mountain".

B Corp businesses grow 28 times faster than national average

New research has revealed that businesses within the purpose-driven B Corp movement are growing 28 times faster than the national economic growth of 0.5%.

Lloyds aligns 2020 goals with SDGs in bid to ‘help Britain prosper’

Banking giant Lloyds has vowed to "help British people and businesses prosper" with a set of 2020 CSR targets which are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Hybrid boats and paper batteries: the best green innovations of the week

In a week that mapped the future of renewables, edie rounds up the low-carbon and resource-efficient innovations that could shape the future.

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