Day: 4 February 2015

Winning bidders announced for Britain’s first ‘energy efficiency auction’

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today (4 February) awarded 18 organisations £1.28m to help them reduce peak electricity demand, as part of the UK's first ever Energy Demand Reduction (EDR) auction.

Mondelez launches new cocoa supply chain sustainability initiative

The world's largest chocolate company is taking a hands-on approach to supply chain management and transparency by employing a bespoke verification system in a bid to improve the social, trade and environmental standards of the cocoa industry.

Solar industry encourages greater levels of community financing

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has revised its '10 commitments' for best practise for its members, to support the Department for Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) push for greater levels of local and community ownership.

Collaborate or lose money: New report warns of global sustainability pressures on big business

Resource pressures in global commodity markets will derail the business goals of multinational corporations unless they start to collaborate with local stakeholders.

Health sector should divest from fossil fuels, medical groups say

The health sector should get rid of its fossil fuel investments on moral grounds, as it previously did with its tobacco investments, according to a report by a coalition of medical organisations.

Air pollution monitoring rocket ready for lift-off

A pollution monitoring system is set to be launched into the atmosphere on board a rocket on Wednesday, to record how greenhouse gases dissipate with distance from the Earth.

New figures highlight public/government disconnect on renewables

New figures showing widespread public support for renewables have reignited calls for the Conservative party to reconsider their anti-onshore wind stance ahead of May's General Election.

‘Flying start’ to 2015 for wind power in Scotland

Wind power output in Scotland got off to a "flying start" last month, generating enough energy to supply the electrical needs of 146% of Scottish households.

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