Day: 2 August 2017

CSR has a PR problem, and it’s not going away

Wise Minds: The energy transition and large utilities

The UK energy system is in flux. It is changing more quickly - and more fundamentally - than at any point since the Industrial Revolution.

Chemical footprinting ‘moves to the mainstream’ for big businesses

Companies with more than $670bn in revenue, including Adidas, HP and Walmart, have collectively reduced the use of hazardous chemicals in products by around 416m pounds in the last two years, according to a new report.

Ikea offers home energy storage systems alongside solar panels

Ikea has partnered with renewable energy firm Solarcentury to launch a new domestic battery storage solution that could help to double the amount of solar energy used by UK households and reduce electricity bills by 70%.

Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity has exhausted all of 2017’s natural resources

Humanity has already used up its entire annual budget of planetary resources such as water, soil and clean air on the earliest day of the year since the Earth first went into "overshoot" in the early 1970s, according to research organisation Global Footprint Network.

Why the Great Repeal Bill could change how we view the UK’s waste sector for generations to come

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