Day: 18 January 2018

Two serious throwaway culture issues for Theresa May beyond plastic bags

ING announces €100m Sustainable Investments fund

Dutch Bank ING has today (18 January) launched a €100m Sustainable Investments fund to help start-ups and innovative new business models scale up concepts and projects tailored for energy, water and resource efficiency.

Swedish engine plant becomes Volvo’s first ‘climate-neutral’ site

Car giant Volvo's engine factory in Sweden has become the firm's first "climate-neutral" manufacturing plant after switching to renewable heating.

Shell inks five-year deal with England’s largest solar power plant

Shell Energy Europe has agreed a five-year supply deal to source renewable power from the second largest solar power plant in the UK.

CDP: Global car industry must embrace low-carbon shift to ensure survival

Traditional carmakers will face multi-million-pound fines and a huge loss in market share to tech firms such as Uber and Google unless they embrace the low-carbon vehicle transition.

Report: Global emissions to plateau in 2030, but Paris goals out of reach

New insight from business advisors McKinsey Energy Insights has suggested that "major shifts" in the energy landscape driven by renewables and electric vehicles (EVs) will see global emissions plateau in 2030, but progress is nowhere near close to the 2 degrees Paris Agreement target.

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