New report: what investors need to know to accelerate green transition in climate intensive...
In a new report from Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, sustainability experts give an overview of what they believe is required to achieve net zero...
SEPA cyber-attack ‘displayed significant stealth and malicious sophistication’
The December 2020 cyber-attack against the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) ‘displayed significant stealth and malicious sophistication’ according to a series of independent audits...
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges...
New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on...
Government not sufficiently grappling with skills gap in relation to net zero
Inconsistent Government policy on green jobs and a knowledge-gap in necessary skills are resulting in missed opportunities, the Environmental Audit Committee warns
In its...
Turning e-waste into gold: The Royal Mint brings precious metal recovery technology to the...
The Royal Mint has signed an agreement with Canadian clean tech start up Excir to introduce a seemingly world first technology to the UK,...
Greater action required to prevent irreversible outcomes for farming
Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future,...
Small businesses contribute a third of UK emissions, but are laggards in the net...
Smaller businesses account for almost a third (30%) of all current UK greenhouse gas emissions (including emissions from households, industry and government) and around...
Urban wood burning is soaring, with 18,000 complaints but only 3 fines
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New research from campaign group Mums for Lungs appears to reveal a failure to tackle wood smoke...
Nature-based solutions key to combatting climate change and biodiversity loss, says Lords
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of...
New service launched in supermarkets will help ‘recirculate’ old electronic products
Supermarket chain Co-op has partnered with new "tech-recirculation service", Spring, to try to make it easy for consumers to get their unused electronic devices...
Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows
Corporate commitments to net-zero accelerated over the last two years, with almost one-third (30%) of Europe’s largest listed companies now having pledged to reach...
Award for using AI and spectroscopy to increase waste-to-energy production
A US group is developing a technology combining AI and spectroscopy, to analyze municipal solid waste in-situ and in real-time - a cost- and...
Seaweed: a model solution for fighting climate change, says group
A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage....
Packaging expert welcomes the CMA Green Claims Code
Packaging data specialist, ecoveritas, has called on the print and packaging sectors to take ‘a more targeted and action-led’ approach to sustainability, following the...
Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”
The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report, released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the...
A WEEE dram? Extracting metals from electronics waste using whiskey co-products
A filtration system fuelled by whisky co-products is being developed by researchers to sustainably extract rare and valuable metals – including gold, silver, and...
We need to talk about consumption: Zero Waste Scotland hosts virtual event ahead of...
Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is hosting a free virtual event, on Tuesday 5 October, which will see experts come...
Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory...
A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises "the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction...
Report calls for greenfield surcharge to encourage brownfield development
A new “greenfield surcharge” is among a series of practical proposals to encourage future brownfield development, according to a new report from member-funded group...
Foam foundation: Mattress recycling facility marks new phase in circularity project
Old mattresses made of polyurethane foam will now be recovered, dismantled and chemically recycled to create a new polyol - a key starting material...
