Day: 23 November 2015

Sustainability Leaders Awards 2015: In pictures

A record-breaking year for entries and attendees made for a momentous occasion at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Relive edie's 2015 Sustainability Leaders Awards in our exclusive gallery.

Ed Miliband urges UK to enshrine zero carbon emissions target in law

Ed Miliband has called on the UK to become the first country in the world to enshrine in law a target of reducing carbon emissions to zero.

EU drops food waste and marine litter reduction targets, leak reveals

The EU has dropped a plan to pressure countries into cutting food waste and marine litter by nearly a third, documents seen by the Guardian show.

End to fossil fuel subsidies ‘would cut global emissions by 12%’

Cutting subsidies for fossil fuels could result in an 'immediate boost' of a 10%-12% reduction in greenhouse gases, according to a director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership'.

Paris fitted with 90 new EV charge points ahead of COP21

The streets of Paris will be fitted with 90 new charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) as part of Renault-Nissan Alliance's pledge to transport delegates around the city during the upcoming UN climate talks.

Peatland protection code could cut UK emissions by 200 million tonnes

A new Government-backed code to protect and restore the UK's peatlands could reportedly cut national CO2 emissions by 200 million tonnes by 2050.

Selling sustainability: Business culture more effective than ‘green’ products

EXCLUSIVE: Companies should stop 'selling' sustainability and focus on creating products and brands that have green credentials embedded as a core value, industry experts have argued.

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