Day: 17 May 2012

Business engagement will drive economy, says Ofwat

Managing business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat.

Delay to Solar tariff cut is confirmed

DECC confirmed today that the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV has been 'delayed'.

ECCC told its time to start replacing North Sea oil

Britain needs to de-fossilise its ground transport sector before the 'bonanza' of North Sea oil runs out says Sir David King, director of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

Spam maker makes mincemeat of waste and water

Hormel Foods, the company behind the Spam brand, has exceeded its first set of five-year sustainability goals for reductions in waste, water and packaging.

Waste acquisitions hit record high in 2011

Last year saw a record number of merger and acquisition deals in the waste sector despite a 15% fall in material arisings and continuing concerns around access to finance.

CRC ‘stealth tax’ damaging attempts to cut carbon

New research being presented to Parliament today (May 17) indicates that attempts to encourage some of the UK's largest organisations to cut carbon have been hit by a change in government policy.

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