News from 3 June 2015 on edie

Green Building Task Group formed to identify zero-carbon solutions

John Lewis, Whitbread and Saint Gobain are among the big businesses that have formed a new Task Group to help inform the upcoming zero-carbon building standards in the UK.

Nestle & National Trust jump aboard Green Alliance nature crusade

Environmental think tank Green Alliance has partnered with Nestlé and the National Trust for the launch of two new projects which aim to address the UK Government's "failures" surrounding the decline of the nation's natural environment.

Businesses must contribute to $100bn climate finance target, warns WRI

The UN target to raise $100bn of climate finance by 2020 is probably unreachable without contributions from the private sector and international development banks, the World Resources Institute has warned.

Driving sustainability through collaboration

Dr Martyn Kenny, director of sustainability at Lafarge Tarmac, explains how closer collaboration across the whole construction supply chain has become key to embedding sustainability and driving innovative ways to meet UK infrastructure and carbon reduction targets.

Circular economy

APRIL eliminates deforestation four years ahead of schedule

Indonesia's second largest pulp and paper producer has announced it has eliminated deforestation in its supply chain, four years earlier than planned.

Carbon Trust Report: Titans or Titanics?

This report seeks to understand and explain how large businesses are responding to climate change and resource scarcity today, incorporating insights from qualitative interviews with industry experts, alongside independent market research into the views of global corporate leaders.

Energy

Businesses deluded about bottom-line impacts of climate change

Four out of five companies believe that climate change and resource scarcity will impact their bottom line, yet they are failing to change their behaviour accordingly, the Carbon Trust has warned.

Businesses must lead by example on climate change, says Lord Stern

Business leaders, cities and young people should be placing more pressure on world leaders to create "political tipping points" for action on climate change, according to economist and academic Lord Nicholas Stern.

Day: 3 June 2015