Author name: Phil Nicholls

Four trade unions (Prospect, Unite, GMB and UNISON) have entered into a forward-thinking recognition agreement with leading renewables energy developer EDF Renewables UK and Ireland. It will cover the company’s 633 people who work across 5 offices, 8 service centres and 44 renewable energy sites across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.   The new agreement is […]

Join Virospack and connect with the world’s top premium packaging manufacturers on September 30th, October 1st and 2nd. Virospak can be found at booth RA18 in Grimaldi Forum, Monaco. The company’s expert team will unveil groundbreaking innovations in sustainable luxury packaging design and dispenser solutions at the show. Visitors will also be able to explore

Wrenbridge and Buccleuch have achieved a UK first, with their recently completed BREEAM Outstanding scheme, forward committed by IM Properties, scoring 100% in the final BREEAM Certificate, making it the highest UK certified assessment. Strategically positioned in a prime location, Nova is close to two of Oxford’s most influential science areas – Oxford Science Park

The partnership between two pioneering carbon tech startups on French soil gives a new hope for Europe’s competitiveness in the decarbonisation race. RepAir Carbon US Inc, a developer of a uniquely energy-efficient Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, and C-Questra, an independent European carbon storage startup, have announced a strategic partnership to develop the European Union’s

Promethean Particles announced the closing of a £8 million financing round. The investment was led by Mercia Ventures and Aramco Ventures, with participation from existing investors including the Midlands Engine Investment Fund I (managed by Foresight), the University of Nottingham, TSP Ventures, and the East Midlands Early Growth Fund (managed by the British Business Bank). MOFs are a class of materials composed

Marks & Spencer has announced it is the first UK retailer to move to paper packaging on garlic baguettes, removing 5.5 million units of plastic. All of M&S’ single and twin garlic baguettes are now available in FSC approved paper packaging which can be easily recycled as paper at-home. A popular choice with M&S customers,

Ofgem’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework is fast-tracking 26 major connection projects which will boost grid capacity and could deliver estimated savings of £1.5 billion.  A £3.4 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 500km cable between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to 2 million homes. Eastern

The National Forest, a pioneering environmental initiative in the heart of the UK, has announced a significant milestone in its journey toward regenerating the landscape: reaching 25 per cent forest cover across its 200 square miles of the Midlands. This remarkable transformation, from an industrialised area that was once one of the UK’s least wooded

On Nane Nane (Farmer’s Day) in Tanzania, Justdiggit Foundation launched Kijani, a free educational regreening app designed to benefit 350 million smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kijani (‘green’ in Swahili) will provide farmers with all the tools they need to successfully regreen their farms including digital courses on proven methods to improve yields, soil health,

Fashion for Good and its footwear focused partners adidas, Inditex, ON Running, PVH Corp., Reformation, Target, and Zalando announce an ambitious new initiative aimed at accelerating and validating the next generation of footwear innovations. Around 23.9Bn shoes are produced globally each year, they are often made using over 40 different components from a range of