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His Majesty The King has been awarded a Green Blue Peter Badge to mark Earth Day 2026. The honour recognises his long-term work in environmental conservation and his efforts to promote global sustainability. The presentation occurred at Dumfries House, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation in Ayrshire. Blue Peter presenter Joel Mawhinney delivered the badge […]

Apple has announced that a record 30% of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content. The achievement, along with other key progress milestones Apple has shared, is the result of innovation by teams across Apple and deep collaboration with its global supply chain. As part of this work, Apple now

RWE, the UK’s largest power generator and a leading renewable energy company has signed a deal with Network Rail that will see around 65% of its non-traction electricity supplied by offshore wind. With this agreement, Network Rail has taken another major step towards powering all its offices, depots and managed stations with renewable electricity. Under

A revised version of the world’s leading standard for environmental management systems (EMS) has been published by BSI, with the update designed to better help organisations align with emerging climate commitments, ESG priorities and regulatory requirements. The new edition of BS EN ISO 14001 is designed to provide a framework for organisations of all sizes

Vinted Group, the international C2C second-hand marketplace, has announced its 2025 annual results, reflecting a successful year in which its members traded €10.8bn in gross merchandise value (GMV) (up 47% YoY), and it generated €1.1bn in revenue across its businesses with net profits of €62m. Focused on its mission to make second-hand the first choice

Platform Housing Group has been shortlisted for a prestigious UK Green Business Award, recognising its innovative approach to reducing emissions through fleet electrification. The organisation has been named a finalist in the Transport Project of the Year category, which celebrates projects that successfully reduce the environmental impact of transport and promote more sustainable ways of

Weymouth has taken a proactive step in tackling marine plastic pollution with the successful installation of its first BinForGreenSeas unit on the town’s busy seafront. The new recycling facility, located on the promenade opposite Rossi’s near the Jubilee Clock, was officially unveiled on Thursday 2 April by the Mayor of Weymouth, Councillor Caroline Nickinson and

Eurocell, the UK’s leading manufacturer and recycler of PVC-U window and door systems, has significantly expanded its post-consumer PVC-U recycling programme, rolling the service out to a further 53 branches to create a 142-strong national network for the trade. The expansion introduces the service to Scotland for the first time, with Eurocell branches in Edinburgh,

Botanical artist Dimitris Koutroumpas and floral designer Gaia Eros have won one of three coveted sustainability commissions at the world’s most celebrated flower show.  A sculpture built from reclaimed computer circuitry, lime-soaked hessian, native woodland flowers and living fungi will make its debut at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, after ‘Enmeshed: Positive Pathways’ secured one of

A temporary EV charging installation deployed by Kalema E-Mobility and CTEK, an Official Technical Partner for the Falun 2027 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, successfully demonstrated pop-up EV charging at the recent Cross County World Cup test event in Sweden.  The installation featuring 25 dual-outlet CTEK CC3 charge points, enabling up to 50 EVs to