Day: 4 June 2015

Ikea pledges €1bn for climate action

The world's largest furniture retailer has today (4 June) pledged to spend €1bn on renewable energy and tacking climate change in the next five years.

10 million ‘comatose’ IT servers wasting electricity

Almost one third of the servers in power-hungry data centres are 'comatose', i.e. still using electricity but not delivering any useful IT service.

Waste-to-chemicals value network boosted by new partners

A circular economy project investigating how waste can be used as a feedstock for the chemical industry has more than doubled in size since being launched late last year.

Retailers asked to challenge credibility of eco-labels

Businesses that use sustainability labels for their product will be able to test the credibility of their claims with a new tool developed to increase transparency throughout the supply chain.

New Energy Measures Bill launched to tap into £12bn efficiency savings

The UK could save £12bn a year by introducing new regulatory measures to boost local energy production and building efficiency.

M&S moves from risk to resilience with positive Plan A progress

Another year of strong progress on its Plan A sustainability programme has seen Marks & Spencer (M&S) achieve almost half of its social and environmental commitments ahead of schedule, with just a handful missed or delivered late.

Tesco to turn surplus food into 70 million meals for charities

Tesco has announced a new plan to cut food waste by handing out tonnes of surplus food to charities at the end of each day.

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