Northern Ireland launches its first-ever Rural Community Pollinator Scheme
Northern Ireland has launched their first-ever Rural Community Pollinator Scheme to improve the health of bees and pollinators, with the grants wholly provided by the...
Evidence invited on how to tackle UK’s plastics problem
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has launched a new inquiry that scrutinises how the UK Government intends to...
Communities ‘teetering on the edge of starvation’ in Madagascar due to climate change, says...
The island nation of Madagascar is close to experiencing a climate-change induced famine, which has left families eating leaves and insects for survival.
According to...
Aviva Investors set to provide £1 billion of climate transition loans into real estate...
Aviva Investors intends to provide £1bn of sustainability-linked loans to the real estate sector over the next four years.
The move is supported by the...
Government responds to BEIS Committee’s Climate Assembly report
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has published the Government’s response to the BEIS Committee’s Climate Assembly UK: where are we now?-report.
Darren...
UK Export Finance unveils net zero plan
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s Export Credit Agency, has unveiled a new plan to go net zero by 2050, decarbonising its financial portfolio...
Recycling and waste management sector to invest £10bn to drive net zero by 2040
The UK recycling and waste management sector has committed to delivering a stretching net zero emissions target of 2040.
To go 'further and faster and...
New independent group to help tackle ‘greenwashing’
A new expert group whose work is set to support investors, consumers and businesses to make green financial decisions has been announced.
The Green Technical...
Net zero a part of Scotland’s new Retail Strategy
'Getting the Right Change: A Retail Strategy for Scotland' outlines how the Scottish Government, business leaders and trade unions can work together to grow...
Plastic carrier bag sales slashed by more than 95% since 5p charge
Plastic carrier bag sales have dropped by more than 95% in England’s main supermarkets since the 5p charge was introduced in 2015, new government...
