Author name: Phil Nicholls

FirstGroup has been named among the world’s top performing companies when it comes to sustainability and protecting the environment. The bus and rail company has again been recognised by three influential corporate sustainability assessments. This year, FirstGroup has increased its overall score from last year in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook, securing its place among the top […]

UKGBC has launched the Framework for a Nature Positive Built Environment, providing the sector long-needed clarity on how to translate the global ambition to halt and reverse nature loss into practical, scalable action. The launch comes at a moment of escalating urgency. The UK Government’s National Security Assessment has identified biodiversity loss and ecosystem breakdown

Heathrow is stepping up its industry-leading carbon-cutting programme for a fifth consecutive year with an ambitious target to go 2% beyond the UK’s 3.6% SAF mandate in 2026. Combined, this would see up to 5.6% of all aviation fuel used at Heathrow to be SAF, equating to around 350,000 tonnes, backed by over £80 million

The National Trust has legally released into the wild a family and pair of Eurasian beavers at two sites as part of a wider release across the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor in Somerset, to contribute to one of the most ambitious and innovative river and wetland restoration efforts undertaken by the conservation charity. Other animals

Deliveroo has launched a new packaging box for food delivery, featuring a locking mechanism design developed by Sheffield Hallam University’s award-winning apprentices. The new packaging, which has already hit the Deliveroo packaging webstore, is the result of a unique three-way partnership between Deliveroo, packaging producer Biopak and Sheffield Hallam University. The partnership was formed as

Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has confirmed that construction will shortly begin on four new solar parks, representing the diversification of its green energy portfolio which currently generates 335GWh per year, enough to power around 120,000 homes. This project represents a major milestone for STGP entering the solar market, supporting the UK’s transition to a

Exolum, Methanex Corporation and Ørsted, have announced the launch of the United Kingdom’s first commercially ready bio-methanol storage and supply service for shipping at the Port of Immingham. The Port of Immingham is the U.K.’s largest port by cargo volume and a critical gateway for energy and bulk materials, making it an important hub for

Eurocell, the UK’s leading manufacturer and recycler of PVC-U windows and doors, has announced the expansion of its successful recycling partnership with Biffa, following a highly effective trial designed to help the trade recycle more post-consumer PVC-U waste than ever before. The initiative, which has already diverted over 85 tonnes of domestic PVC-U from landfill,

McCain Foods, the UK’s largest manufacturer of prepared potato products, has announced plans to launch a new Farm of the Future in North Yorkshire, home of McCain’s GB headquarters for over 50 years. In partnership with the University of Leeds, this is McCain’s third commercial-scale research and innovation site to trial regenerative agriculture practices, marking

STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH, the globally active German company specialising in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey sorting plants, has successfully completed the comprehensive modernisation of the BZB (Bizkaiko Zabor Berziklategia) light packaging sorting plant in Amorebieta-Extano, Bizkaia. The upgraded facility was officially inaugurated on January 27th, 2026, with representatives from BZB, Ecoembes, STADLER and