Day: 18 March 2016

Business groups set five key tests for Green Investment Bank suitors

Commitments to keep the Green Investment Bank (GIB) at the forefront of the green infrastructure market and ensure the best standards of governance and transparency are among the measures against which any prospective buyers of the GIB should be assessed, according to civil society and business groups.

Scotland’s SMEs urged to ‘seize opportunity’ of resource revolution

Scotland's circular economy body Zero Waste Scotland has today (18 March) launched an £18m fund to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) explore and pioneer ways to develop a circular economy.

Collaboration not condemnation: Simply Cups speaks out on coffee cup recycling debate

British paper cup recycler Simply Cups has claimed that brands should not be using recycling symbols as a 'defence mechanism' and instead must look to collaborate with their supply chains in order to increase recycling rates of discarded coffee cups.

edie’s 2016 Innovation Zone Competition deadline EXTENDED

Owing to popular demand, edie has extended the deadline for the Innovation Competition taking place at edie Live, giving entrepreneurs and SMEs that have developed green technologies, systems or business models an extra week to submit their entries.

Interface builds boat from 7,000 plastic bottles to tackle ocean pollution

The world's largest carpet tile manufacturer has joined forces with a 'plastic fishing' company to design and create a unique boat made from more than 7,000 plastic bottles fished from the canals of Amsterdam.

Europe’s major cities (excluding London) call for diesel emissions crackdown

The Mayors of 20 European cities including Madrid, Paris and Copenhagen - but excluding London - have called for more stringent regulations to be put in place across the continent to tackle the deadly levels of air pollution caused by diesel vehicles.

Sugar-powered batteries and solar panels in space: the best green innovations of the week

In the first of a brand new series, edie rounds up the latest low-carbon technologies and innovations that could have the power to shake up existing business models and accelerate the global green industrial revolution.

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