Day: 25 November 2014

Water, water everywhere… or is it?

Alastair Woods from the Carbon Trust explores why businesses need to take better account of water risk in their supply chains.

Big solar systems and subsidies could move with owners

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has today unveiled proposals that would let businesses and factories take their solar panels with them if they move location.

Want to get ahead on sustainability? Get a mentor

ICRS chair Claudine Blamey reflects on the benefits of mentoring for corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals.

Report: Councils should aim higher on tower block efficiency

Retrofitting residential tower blocks can help the environment and alleviate fuel poverty for some of society's poorest member, says a new report from environmental think-tank The Green Alliance.

Costs of air pollution from European industrial facilities 2008-2012

In 2011, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published a first assessment of the costs of air pollution caused by European industrial facilities.The report Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe (EEA, 2011) applied a simplified modelling approach to assess the damage costs to health and the environment in 2009, caused by pollutant emissions from industrial facilities officially reported to the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E- PRTR).

EEA warns of high price of industrial air pollution

Air pollution from Europe's largest industrial facilities cost society €189bn in 2012, with half the damage costs caused by air pollutants and CO2 emitted from 1% of plants.

UK energy supply on a ‘downward trend’

The UK energy supply ranks fourth in the world, but analysts have put the UK on a 'negative watch list' thanks to some concerning trends in the energy infrastructure.

Solar-powered headphones take off on Kickstarter

A crowd-funding campaign has been launched for the 'world's first wireless solar-powered headphones'.

UK’s most sustainable fishermen ‘must be rewarded’

UK fishermen who bring social and economic benefits to local communities without damaging the marine environment should have more opportunities to fish than others.

Northumbria University to help Unilever meet sustainability targets

Northumbria University has announced a formal alliance with Unilever to help the company establish new ways of meeting its packaging, water-use and energy sustainability targets.

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