News from 28 October 2014 on edie

Supporting the change-makers

Claudine Blamey, chair of the new Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS), explains how and why a group of volunteers created the UK's first professional body for everyone working in corporate responsibility and sustainability.

Energy

Resource management firms join Zero Waste Scotland’s Sector Commitment

Glasgow Computer Recycling and Barr Environmental have become the latest companies to sign up for Zero Waste Scotland's Resource Sector Commitment.

Leading infrastructure firms make carbon-cutting pledge

Five more firms have committed to slashing their emissions by joining the Infrastructure Carbon Review (ICR).

Clothing giant champions sustainable design with first CSR report

VF Corporation, the firm behind the North Face and Timberland clothing brands, has released its first Sustainability Report, setting new company-wide targets and detailing the green initiatives it plans to scale-up.

Hydropower keeps National Trust on track to meet renewable energy goals

The National Trust has switched on a 100kW capacity hydro turbine in Snowdonia as part of the £3.5m pilot phase of its Renewable Energy Investment project.

Sainsbury’s breaks new ground with UK’s first supermarket hydrogen filling station

Sainsbury's is driving the UK's uptake of greener fuels with the launch of the nation's first forecourt hydrogen dispenser in London.

2030 pact UK’s most significant environmental deal ever – Ed Davey

A minimum 40% plunge in Europe's CO2 emissions by 2030 agreed by EU leaders last week was a "historic moment" on the road to a global climate deal, enabled by a new British relationship with Poland, the energy minister Ed Davey has told the Guardian.

Day: 28 October 2014