News from 13 January 2015 on edie

VIDEO: Network Rail trials Britain’s first battery-powered train

The first battery-powered train to run on Britain's rail network in more than 50 years will carry its first passengers this week.

Snack attack: Doritos under fire for palm oil provenance

The consumer group SumOfUs has launched an international ad campaign slamming Doritos and parent company PepsiCo for its 'destruction of the rainforest' and 'unsustainable use of palm oil'.

Collaboration and board support vital for sustainability success

The key to a successful sustainability program is collaboration with other companies and support from the executive board, according to a new report from the MIT business school.

MIT Report: Joining Forces: Collaboration and Leadership for Sustainability

The importance of sustainability as a business issue has steadily grown over the past two decades. Most businesses understand that their sustained success depends upon the economic, social and ecological contexts in which they operate. But the stability of those contexts can no longer be taken for granted. The physical environment is becoming more unpredictable, a more interconnected global economy is altering social conditions, and technological innovation is transforming the nature of consumption and production

Energy

Report: Firms regularly inflate industry costs of green policy

Companies and trade organisations repeatedly tell politicians that more stringent environmental legislation would significantly damage the economy, but such claims are wrong.

GM crops to be fast-tracked in UK following EU vote

GM crops look set to be brought to the UK market speedily after MEPs approve new legislation allowing countries to choose whether to grow the crops, in a rubber-stamping vote on Tuesday (13 January).

New science turns water waste-product into valuable fertiliser

British water companies could soon benefit from a new circular economy innovation which will enable them to recover humic acid - a valuable fertiliser.

Project underway to develop fuel-cell recycling process

Work has begun on the development of a new recycling process to recover and re-use high-value materials from waste fuel-cells.

Day: 13 January 2015