Day: 4 March 2015

Innovate UK supports circular business models with new competition

Innovate UK has launched a competition to fund projects exploring the business case for a circular economy of goods.

Focus on green tech to tackle climate change, says Sir David King

Green technology should be as much a focus of tackling climate change as the United Nations negotiations leading up to a crunch conference in Paris this December, the UK's top foreign office adviser on climate said on Tuesday.

UK at risk of manufacturer exodus without global emissions deal, says EEF

EXCLUSIVE: Large UK manufacturers could be forced to move their operations overseas if countries cannot agree a unilateral cap on emissions at the UN climate change conference in Paris.

ETI aims to spark debate over UK’s transition to low carbon energy system

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has foreseen two possible scenarios to enable an affordable 35-year transition to a low carbon energy system, promoting debate over the critical decisions the UK must soon make.

Natalie Bennett: Green economy remains ‘missed opportunity’ for UK

EXCLUSIVE: Green Party leader Natalie Bennett says the labelling of the coalition as the 'Greenest Government Ever' has become a "sick joke" after four years of mixed political messages, failed green policies and a lack of urgency on the transition to renewable energy sources.

E-waste: Government grant opens door for precious-metal recovery

The Government has allocated £600,000 to help develop Britain's first 'plasma facility' which will recover gold, silver and platinum from electronic waste.

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