News from 9 October 2012 on edie

Why training is essential to the Green Deal’s success

The Government's flagship energy efficiency initiative, The Green Deal, has launched this month, with an initial focus on low energy installations within the social housing sector. Philip Hargreaves looks at why the quality of workmanship is vital to the success of the Green Deal.

Energy

Conservatives will not ‘burden’ economy to meet climate targets

The Conservative party will not decarbonise the UK and meet climate targets by over burdening the British economy and sending jobs overseas, climate change minister, Greg Barker, said at today's Conservative Party Conference.

Inclusivity: the next frontier for sustainable business

It's time for big corporations to push their CSR agenda forward and adopt a more challenging approach - one that's all about inclusive business, argues Nigel Stansfield

Circular economy

Waste reporting accelerates up corporate sustainability agenda

Business leaders consider waste reduction to be the second biggest priority in driving better resource efficiency across their organisations, exclusive research has confirmed.

Paterson welcomes shale, warns of renewables “unintended” risks

Owen Paterson's first speech as the newly appointed Environment Secretary for the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) contained cautionary comments on renewable energy and a clear endorsement of shale gas.

Golf lands on the green with sustainability efforts

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has announced that it will promote best practice to minimise the sport's consumption of non-renewable natural resources.

UK urged to build up biogas supplies to avert blackouts

The Government is being called upon to utilise biogas generated from anaerobic digestion to tackle possible blackouts in the future.

DECC rolls out wetland biomass funding

Shares in a £2m Government subsidy have been offered to entrepreneurs in the UK aimed to spur on innovation in bioenergy.

PUMA costs out environmental ‘calories’ of its products

PUMA has scaled up its environmental profit and loss (EP&L) reporting to a product level, effectively putting a carbon 'price tag' on the shoes and clothing it produces.

EXCLUSIVE: brand new sustainability research report launched

Edie has published the results of an exclusive piece of research, commissioned with partners Temple Group and sister title Sustainable Business, examining the state of play in the sustainability arena, asking the question: why are business leaders prioritising sustainability?

Day: 9 October 2012