Day: 10 September 2014

Why should governments pay businesses to reduce their electricity consumption?

The Carbon Trust's Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) project director Paul McKinney investigates the importance of 'negawatts' and the UK's new Electricity Demand Reduction pilot...

Energy

EU Commission unveils new Energy Union

The new European Commission President has announced a major reorganisation of the EU's climate change and energy departments in a bid to reduce the energy dependency of several Member States.

Mondelez hits sustainability targets, turns focus to supply chain

Mondelez International, the company behind Cadbury, Kenco and Oreo, has released its first Well-being Progress Report, which shows progress in nine of 10 key sustainability targets.

Coca-Cola launches scheme to help communities Keep Scotland Beautiful

Coco-Cola Enterprises has joined forces with Keep Scotland Beautiful to give people and communities more control in improving their local areas.

30-year high for greenhouse gas emissions

The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013, propelled by a surge in levels of carbon dioxide which experts think the planet may struggle to deal with.

Government gives way to greener emergency vehicles

More than 1,000 local authority vehicles including buses, taxis, vans, fire engines and ambulances are going to be made greener thanks to £5m of Government funding.

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