Day: 19 October 2012

Government announces £40m local energy funding initiative

A £40m Government-funded competition aimed at driving local initiatives to boost energy efficiency and reduce fuel poverty has launched today.

Businesses should focus on their ‘unique contribution to sustainability’

Business leaders need to step away from the old sustainability approach of reducing a 'little bit of everything' and must look at how their company can uniquely contribute to reducing their impact on the environment, says Kingfisher's CEO Ian Cheshire.

£125m Green Deal incentive receives sceptical welcome

A £125m government fund, announced today, to be made available to homeowners and businesses investing in energy efficiency improvements has received a mixed reception from organisations.

Businesses must not wait for consumers to drive sustainability

Businesses must collaborate to ensure they achieve sustainability throughout their supply chain and should not wait for consumers to push their agendas, says the Carbon Disclosure Projects (CDP) Dexter Galvin.

John Lewis looks to close loop by keeping waste in UK

John Lewis Partnership is looking to take greater accountability for its waste arisings by focusing on end destination and keeping secondary materials in the UK wherever possible.

Recycling textiles from comingled collections ‘not profitable’

Local authority comingled collections of unwanted textiles for reuse and recycling is economically unviable, trials have found.

Waste gets an ethical makeover at John Lewis

John Lewis Partnership prides itself on its honest and open relationship with customers - it's a philosophy that is now filtering down to its waste operations, as Maxine Perella finds out

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