Day: 13 January 2017

Electric shipping market could reach $20bn by 2027, research suggests

New research estimates that the global market for electric and hybrid shipping will rise to $20bn in a decade, as the world's first self-sufficient boat powered by 100% renewable energy prepares for a six-year trip around the world.

Asda creates online food waste marketplace for suppliers

Supermarket giant Asda has launched an app that delivers an online platform for suppliers to exchange surplus food to help eliminate food waste in the supply chain.

Carbon Trust: SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS

Setting the bar high enough: The case for science-based targets on climate change.

Brunel University employees engage in behaviour change competition

Brunel University London has launched a new employee engagement competition which incentivises participants to reduce their environmental footprint.

EU risks missing climate goals without ‘sustainable’ biofuels, experts warn

The European Commission's proposal to gradually phase out "sustainable" first generation biofuels will prevent the EU from meeting its 2030 climate goals, experts claim.

Solar implants and seed-planting bullets: the best green innovations of the week

With the early months of 2017 set to act as a period of uncertainty on a global political scale, edie rounds up the low-carbon, resource efficient technologies and innovations that could offer hope in a critical year for sustainability development.

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