Day: 1 December 2015

COP21 Day 2 review: Deforestation top of the unofficial agenda

Tuesday at COP21 was dominated by forests, as a plethora of NGO's, businesses and dignitaries unveiled reforestation pledges, underlining the importance of carbon sequestration in reducing emissions.

Kingfisher makes £50m renewables investment to reduce grid energy consumption

International home improvement firm Kingfisher, whose brands include B&Q and Screwfix, has unveiled an ambitious new £50m investment into renewable energy.

Kingfisher makes £50m renewables investment to reduce grid energy consumption

International home improvement firm Kingfisher, whose brands include B&Q and Screwfix, has unveiled an ambitious new £50m investment into renewable energy.

Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act – a game of Trivial Pursuit?

Get out of jail free: Legal compliance – a game of Monopoly?

Global collaboration could save $550bn on clean energy deployment

The cost of worldwide clean energy technology deployments could be reduced by up to $550bn over the next 10 years if countries adopted global collaboration as a means of accelerating innovation, a new report has found.

Will the new circular economy package be ambitious enough?

With the European Commission unveiling its long-awaited circular economy package on Wednesday (2 December), UK experts and green groups are keen to find out if it will contain the necessary ambition to drive resource efficiency.

United Innovations: Cost-competitive clean energy through global collaboration

We stand at a crossroads. 2050, the end-of-the-line for all climate change targets is now only 35 years away. Delays and compromises that may have been acceptable fifteen years ago will now critically undercut the likelihood that global warming will be kept at or below 2C above the pre- industrial average.

Consumers behaving badly

Ocado takes on uniform waste quandary with pioneering re-use scheme

Ocado has teamed up with social enterprise charity Hubbub and a prison in Northumberland for an innovative new partnership that will prevent the online retailer's corporate uniforms being unnecessarily sent to landfill.

Include energy efficiency ratings in mortgage calculations, urges UKGBC

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new project aiming to encourage mortgage lenders to include energy efficiency ratings in their calculations.

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