Co-op to recycle all waste from UK food stores

Food retailer The Co-operative Group has pledged to divert all waste away from landfill from more than 2,800 of its stores in the UK. It is rolling out a new recycling scheme, which aims to recycle, convert into energy or reuse more than 34,000 tonnes of food store waste every year. Food waste, which makes […]

Co-op Bank boosts renewables kitty to £1bn

The Co-operative Bank is to increase its lending to renewables projects from £400m to £1bn. In its latest ethical statement the bank said it would be targeting small to medium projects with a capital value of up to £25m. In 2007, the bank ring-fenced £400m for energy-saving and renewable investments, and last year it revealed […]