Sash Window Workshop cuts carbon by 39%
Sash Window Workshop achieved a 39% reduction in its carbon emissions last year against 2019, despite opening a new workshop and doubling its manufacturing capabilities.
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The Bracknell-based company set itself a target to reduce its...
GGF gains ISO14001 and urges members to follow
The Glass & Glazing Federation has secured ISO14001 accreditation, a key step it says the on the path towards the glass and glazing industry becoming carbon neutral.
Group health, safety and environmental manager Lauren Mawford...
Govt scraps Green Homes scheme after less than 10% take-up – but skills funding...
The Government has scrapped the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme for householders just six months after its launch and only days after Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee warned of a roadblock to its 2050 Net...
New retrofit plan to tackle ‘blight of inappropriate work’
DLHC ministers have published new plans they say will remove barriers to owners of older properties making energy efficient improvements ‘without the blight of ugly or inappropriate retrofit damaging these properties.
The Government has published...
More pressure to extend Green Grant as Environmental Committee warns of Net Zero roadblock
Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has backed calls for the Green Homes Grant to be extended beyond the end of this month as well as a further boost to other schemes if it is to...
Schüco goes HVO for greener haulage
Schüco is aiming to save over 380 tonnes of carbon emissions in the next 12 months alone after converting its entire fleet of diesel-powered haulage vehicles to operate on sustainably sourced Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil...
Sunak picks Shapps for new Net Zero role
Rishi Sunak today announced the creation of a new government department for Net Zero as part of a break-up of the former Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
He has appointed Grant Shapps as secretary...
Pilkington reveals second hydrogen furnace breakthrough
Pilkington has taken another step in replacing fossil fuel in glass production with the announcement this week that it has run a furnace for a whole five-day period using a blend of hydrogen and...
Reps on the road go electric with Sternfenster
Sternfenster has taken a fleet of Kia EV6 electric cars for its sales team as part of its company-wide sustainability initiative.
“The pandemic in 2020 accelerated our ambition to move as much of our customer...
Sash Window Workshop gains Carbon Neutral Plus
The Sash Window Workshop has achieved Carbon Neutral Plus status. The company, that was earlier this year audited to have reduced its emissions by 39%, then went on to not only offset all its...
