News: With 200 tonnes of waste left around Mount Everest every year, a local clean-up initiative is crowdsourcing its removal in 1kg bags.
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Guest Blog by Clare Ollerenshaw: Why any business that is serious about sustainability must broaden its focus beyond just carbon.
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Future of Energy: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores innovation and investment in Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES).
Continue readingWind power to headline at Glastonbury Festival
News: Appearing at Glastonbury this year, alongside Arctic Monkeys and Elton John, will be a brand new pink and purple wind turbine.
Continue readingInnovative leather alternative made from beer waste
News: Start-up using beer waste to make leather alternative that is both animal- and plastic-free gets £1.1M boost from clean-growth VC fund.
Continue readingWorkhorse of heavy industry goes electric
News: Innovation in green transportation sees SPMT workhorse of heavy industry switch to electric power, cutting CO2 and NOx, noise and waste.
Continue readingFairtrade shea campaign targets beauty brands
News: Cosmetics industry invited to invest in sustainable women shea entrepreneurs and consumers urged to tag a beauty brand on social media.
Continue readingSustainability will be measured in heat pumps
Heat pumps have become the new metric of success for sustainability in the built environment, argues Jim McClelland in this opinion piece.
Continue readingCOP28: Health check for the climate agenda
COP28: A new focus on health at the end-of-year climate summit looks tailor-made for the built environment sector, argues Jim McClelland.
Continue readingMillions of jobs in circular economy for Global South
News: Circular economy offers job creation worldwide, but report shows research is ignoring the Global South, where most work will be found.
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