Sunday, May 5, 2024

New UK aid programme to protect high street supply chains

A NEW programme will help high street businesses, including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, Co-op and Waitrose, to strengthen their global supply chains...

New Carbon Emissions Reductions Fund helps charity initiatives that reduce climate change impact of...

Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme has launched a new Carbon Emissions Reduction Fund, which will support charity initiatives that reduce the climate change...

Nearly 680,000 trees to be planted as two funds open for applications

Hundreds of thousands of trees are set to be planted in communities across England as applications for the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the...

Environment Bill resumes passage through Parliament

The Environment Bill returned to Parliament today after a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Bill sets out a vision to allow UK's environment...

Net Zero target at risk without a ‘substantial and sustainable’ change in corporate and...

The current social environment is 'not conducive' to the behaviour change needed for UK's Net-Zero target, according to a new report by the Energy...

Aldi to remove two billion pieces of plastic by 2025

Aldi has announced an ambitious new commitment to reduce the volume of plastic packaging used by 50% by 2025. The new commitment will see the...

Over 50% of people in the UK less likely to buy from organisations with...

56% of people in the UK say they are less likely to buy goods or services from organisations with a weak sustainability record, new...

“A very emotional day for every Deaf person who has been waiting for the...

A Bill to make British Sign Language (BSL) a recognised language in the UK has passed ‘second reading’ and is on its way to becoming...

Science Based Targets initiative starts development process for net-zero finance standard

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) provides new concepts for banks, asset owners, asset managers and other financial institutions to define and set net-zero...

Government sets out legally-binding targets to help ‘build back greener’

The government has set out how it will use legally-binding targets under its Environment Bill to combat the environmental and climate challenges our society...