Octopus Renewables has secured a £185 million clean energy mandate from the National Gird UK Pension Scheme. Octopus Renewables, the specialist clean energy investor and part of Octopus Group, has won a new UK corporate pension mandate with the National Grid UK Pension Scheme (NGUKPS), to invest £185m in UK solar and onshore wind assets. […]
The 400MWh US system follows on from the announcement of a 250MWh system in the UK. Image: Highview Power. Highview Power is laying claim to the first installation of a long duration liquid air energy storage (LAES) system in the United States. The system – set to be a minimum of 50MW / 400MWh – is […]
Quorn has announced that they will be adding a carbon footprint label to their most popular products. In a move to be more transparent with customers, Quorn is introducing carbon footprint data for sixty per cent of its product volume, with the aim of better informing people who want to understand the environmental impact of […]
Business leaders from across the UK have been appointed for the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change. The Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by six cross-party House of Commons Select Committees in summer 2019, in response to the Government’s commitment to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Assembly, 110 members strong, are representative of […]
#SmartSolarStorage2020: GRIDSERVE said its new solar-plus-storage site is the first in the UK to include bifacial PV modules and single-axis trackers, as well as being unsubsidised. Image: GRIDSERVE. Renewables developer GRIDSERVE has completed a “game changing” hybrid solar-plus-storage farm in York, UK, claiming it to be the first in the country to boast single-axis trackers and […]
The City of London Corporation (CLC) has announced that the capital will get its first zero-emissions street. Beech Street, much of which runs under the Barbican Estate, will now be restricted to zero emission vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians by Spring 2020. This new initiative is subject to final approval by Transport for London (TfL). Emergency […]
Together with Futerra, WBCSD has created a new guide to the Good Life Goals for business. This resource will help companies understand how to use the Good Life Goals to make the SDGs relevant and actionable to their employees and customers. It provides instructions on how to get started and offers a variety of inspirational […]
WBCSD and Circular IQ have agreed to co-develop an online tool in support of the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI)-framework, to scale up the circular economy uptake by business. The framework was developed by WBCSD and has been pilot-tested by 15 leading companies. It aims to help businesses calculate, measure and monitor their progress in the […]
WBCSD became an official supporter of a new coalition of 17 global companies called the “Business Avengers” to highlight the crucial role businesses play in hitting the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In its role, WBCSD is dedicated to supporting the coalition’s efforts to drive awareness, collaboration and action from the private […]
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