Friday, May 17, 2024

Exeter Council’s new partnership turns unwanted nets into kayaks

Exeter City Council has entered into a new partnership with Odyssey Innovation Ltd, that will see discarded fishing nets collected in the south west turned...

£5.7m funding on examining how nature can be used to improve mental health and...

Seven sites which will test the ways in which connecting people with nature can improve mental well-being have been awarded a share of a...

Social housing borrowing vehicle to set up bonds tied to sustainability

MORhomes, a borrowing vehicle for the UK social housing sector, has announced that environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of all borrowers will now...

Roadmap sets out new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

Certain large businesses will need to set out their green credentials to potential investors under new 'world-leading' reporting rules outlined by the Chancellor. The new...

ESG investment breaks new records

A NEW record has been broken in each of the last four months for investment into environmental, social and governance (ESG) equity funds. £1.2 billion...

‘Investing in nature is an investment in the NHS’, says Environment Agency Chief Executive

Universal access to a healthy natural environment could save the NHS billions of pounds a year in treatment costs if everyone in England had...

Armed Forces families to be offered more environmentally friendly housing

Thousands of UK Armed Forces families across the UK will have their housing and accommodation improved and more environmentally friendly, thanks to nearly £200-million...

‘£5.5bn fund needed to level up access to urban green space as part of...

The National Trust, the Mayor of the West Midlands, Sustrans, Create Streets and local council leaders have written to the Prime Minister, urging a...

Tech that turns Selby’s CO2 into animal feed gets funding boost

A project in Nottingham that converts carbon dioxide into clean animal feed is one of nine agricultural technology initiatives set to benefit from £24...

Wales’ new transport plan seeking to cut emissions launched

Transport currently make up 17% of Wales’ carbon emissions but the Welsh Government has launched draft strategy for the future of transport in Wales,...