Month: March 2014

Leading cultural change through senior leadership

Senior leadership is acknowledging that societal and environmental challenges are bigger than us all, says John F Brock

SC Johnson Q&A – mapping out renewable energy ambitions

In a world of increasingly unaffordable fossil fuels, the business case for renewable energy is undisputable. The trouble is many companies don't know where to start, which is why SB called on SC Johnson's Kelly Semrau to offer some insight into the company's renewable investment projects.

Is sustainability getting too clever for its own good?

Every month there appears to be a new buzzword on the block, seeking to define the trends shaping green business. But as the language evolves, could it be in danger of becoming too self-serving and elitist? Maxine Perella reports

Green & Black’s: setting the bar on ethical trading

A Fairtrade pioneer from the outset, Green & Black's has thrust what was a niche set of ethical principles into the core of today's mainstream chocolate market. Leigh Stringer finds out how this once tiny start-up led to one of the world's largest chocolate producers making the move to Fairtrade.

B&Q reduces polystyrene packaging with new ‘teabag technology’

B&Q is harnessing teabag technology to help increase peat-free gardening products and remove 15 million polystyrene trays from a range of plant products.

GIB invests £461m in UK offshore wind

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has today announced it is investing in two UK offshore wind farms.

IPCC report: Climate change impacts occurring from the tropics to the poles

The effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report.

Shanks completes sale of recycling facility to Glasgow City Council

Waste management firm Shanks Group has confirmed that it has completed the sale of its materials recycling facility in Blochairn to Glasgow City Council.

Energy Managers: Procurement, Planning and Purchasing Priorities 2014/15

Supermarkets producing ‘viable volumes’ of surplus food that could go to charity, study finds

Retailers are producing "viable volumes" of surplus food that arise at the back of store which could be redistributed direct to charity and provide social benefit, according to new report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme(WRAP).

Amazing Spiderman-2 film most ‘sustainable blockbuster’ in Sony pictures history

Sony Pictures has labelled the Amazing Spiderman-2 film as the most sustainable production in the history of the company.

Ethical product sales grow 12% despite ‘recessionary pressures’

Sales of ethical products grew by more than 12% in 2012 pushing the value of the ethical market to more than £54bn, according to new report.

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