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The scheme aims to reduce the environmental footprint of large buildings
The denim brand has set a series of new goals under the Science Based Targets Initiative
The Environmental Audit Committee will examine the carbon, resource use and water footprint of clothing through its lifecycle
It says this significantly improves the sustainability of what is a key material in many of its most popular products
Local authorities want more freedom to set higher sustainability standards in new homes
A group of 10 major oil and gas companies is investing in a carbon utilisation firm in the UK. Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s (OGCI) $1 billion (£0.7bn) Climate Investments fund made the announcement about the new investment in Econic Technologies at IP Week in London today. The funding […]
A non-profit environmental group has awarded 58 companies a place on its leaderboard of businesses successfully engaging with suppliers to drive down emissions. The number of firms recognised for their efforts on CDP’s second annual Supplier Engagement leader board doubled since last year. These businesses, which include Bank of America, BT, Nestlé, Panasonic, Rolls Royce […]
Char? What is it? Biochar is a valuable by-product from the gasification of wood or woody biomass. Modular gasification is now proven as a clean and very efficient method of converting combustible materials into CHP, with Refgas Ltd leading the way in modular “Plug & Play” systems for industry. With installations capable of generating as […]
Healthy soils are essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to climate change. The world’s soils act as the largest terrestrial carbon sink and intensifying this role could “significant offset” the rapid rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to the UN. Land degradation results in soil carbon getting released into the […]
More than 2,000 carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities will be needed by 2040 to meet the Paris climate change targets. That’s according to the Global CCS Institute, which believes renewables alone will not meet international climate goals and CCS must be part of a “suite of clean technologies”. It is calling for policy parity […]
