UKGBC publish guide to accelerate industry action on commercial retrofit
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has today published a guide to support the industry to retrofit the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings.
Public encouraged to make every drop count this summer as national water saving campaign is launched
UK water companies have joined forces again to launch Water’s Worth Saving, a national campaign encouraging the public to make every drop count this summer.
Better Cotton brings together global fashion brands to ensure cotton traceability
New Traceability Panel invests over £1million in supply chain innovations.
UK government to modernise home energy rating scheme in time for Future Homes Standard
The UK Government has announced a new project with BEIS and BRE to improve and modernise the methodology used to measure the energy and environmental performance of UK homes.
‘We cannot afford greenwashing’ UN Secretary-General warns at Net-Zero Expert Group meeting
As part of the UN’s climate action efforts, the Secretary-General’s Net-Zero Expert Group met for the first time on Wednesday, on a mission to develop stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions pledges by non-State entities — such as businesses, investors, cities and regions—and speed up their implementation.
Sustainable investment fund labeling framework: An apples-to-apples comparison
The list of sustainable investment (SI) frameworks guiding portfolio design is long and continues to proliferate. But with each one having different stated aims, scope and criteria, how should fund issuers navigate this complex landscape?
UK Government to lead the way in climate and sustainability education
The Department for Education has launched its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy which includes the launch of a new natural History GCSE.
Energy Systems Catapult publishes report calling on policymakers to drive industrial decarbonisation
Energy Systems Catapult has released a new report calling for policy to consider developing industrial clusters as a key component of a broader national strategy and policy framework to drive industrial decarbonisation across the economy.
Earth Day And ESG: The Stakeholder View Of Top Firms
Earth Day and Earth Week in 2022 are starkly different from the annual holiday in past decades: this is no time to simply plant a tree, pick up some roadside trash, and call it a day.
Intel targets net zero by 2040 for its global operations
Intel has set out a new plan to reduce its value chain footprint and to catalyse industrywide action to address climate change.
IRENA report finds renewables had 80% share of global power capacity expansion in 2021
Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total capacity expansion reaching new record of 81% last year.
SBTi launches initiative to define net-zero targets for financial institutions
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science, is publishing a Net-Zero Foundations for Financial Institutions paper.
Honda targets ‘Electric Vision’ for 2022
Honda has unveiled its electric vision for 2022, announcing the 11th-generation Civic which will complete the brand’s commitment to electrify its entire mainstream European automobile range by the end of 2022.
New report finds renewable energy can create three times as many jobs compared to fossil fuels
A new report by UKERC has found that Renewable energy can create three times as many jobs per million pound invested as compared to fossil fuels.
Green aerospace tech lands record funding from UK government
The UK’s aerospace technology research programme will receive a record £685 million of government funding over the next 3 years to accelerate the net-zero transition.
Wind industry must quadruple by the end of decade to ensure net zero by 2050
Record years for several regions and offshore wind reflect strong market growth, but installations must still quadruple by the end of the decade to meet a net zero pathway.