Day: 16 June 2015

UK and France ‘may miss EU renewable energy target’

Britain, France, Netherlands, Malta and Luxembourg are projected to miss binding goal of getting 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020

Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie calls on sports teams to champion sustainability

Four time Olympic gold winner Sir Ben Ainslie has called on the UK's sporting organisations to raise the profile of sustainability, as the Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) sailing team's new energy efficient headquarters in Portsmouth reaches its final stages of construction.

£200m Lancashire tidal power project gathers momentum

A £200m tidal energy project in Lancashire is going ahead after the developers obtained rights to use the land.

Nissan drives progress towards EU vehicle emissions targets

Nissan has accelerated cleaning up CO2 emissions from its European fleet with a reduction of 12.1% in 2014.

Lego ploughs £100m into research for greener products

The world's largest toymaker is to build a new Sustainable Materials Centre in its search for more environmentally-friendly materials to be used in its products and packaging.

Grantham Institute: Extend green subsidies to carbon capture

The UK and other EU countries should extend green subsidies, such as the Contracts for Difference scheme, to carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, an influential think-tank has claimed.

Industry body launched to support timber supply chain

The ethical, social and environmental risks in the timber supply chain are to be addressed by a newly-formed umbrella organisation which aims to provide a unified voice for the timber industry and ultimately grow the UK's low-carbon economy.

The carbon impacts of the circular economy

This report uses Scotland's ground-breaking Carbon Metric, as well as other peer-reviewed research conducted by Zero Waste Scotland, to quantify the potential carbon impacts of a more circular economy in Scotland.

Scottish wind industry gives back with record £8.8m for community projects

Community projects funded by Scotland's onshore wind industry have hit a record high of £8.8m a year.

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