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...
Pilkington Mirai earns climate upgrade for NSG
Pilkington UK owner NSG Group has been upgraded in its CDP environmental rating following the introduction of its low-carbon Mirai glass.
The not-for-profit charity (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has upgraded the group’s Climate Change...
Ultraframe backs ISO 14001 with 1000 solar panel plan
Ultraframe is installing about 1000 solar panels on its Clitheroe HQ.
Operations director Andy Crowe said: “During maximum generation periods, the solar panels will see us become completely self-sufficient in terms of our energy needs...
Allumette puts £1m into cleaner, greener fleet
Allumette Group, the parent company of Vertik-Al and Ikon Aluminium Systems, has invested around £1million upgrading its delivery fleet to low emission large goods vehicles (LGV) and replacing its company cars with electric or...
Low Carbon Homes heads for Liverpool
The online retrofit conference Low Carbon Homes Liverpool goes live from Tuesday, January 19, for three days of knowledge-sharing to consider how Liverpool can rapidly scale up the retrofitting of housing across the city...
Glasgow seeks to scale up low carbon retrofit for 70,000 tenement dwellers
Up to 70,000 residents in pre 1919 Glasgow tenement homes are among the targets for home retrofitting when Low Carbon Homes meets online to discuss how the city can meet its 2030 net-zero target.
The...
Consumer confusion over plastic waste ‘a warning of things to come’ – McGlennon
A seriously muddled perception of plastics in the environment has emerged from a new poll where homeowners seem to be seeing PVC windows in the same light as plastic bottles and other single-use plastic...
Reynaers secure SBTi approval for sustainability goals
Reynaers Aluminium has been recognised for its global emission reduction targets with official validation by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The organisation has confirmed that both the company’s 2019 baseline targets as well as its...
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...
Energy Security Strategy ‘a missed opportunity’ for 29m inefficient homes – FMB
The Government’s Energy Security Strategy completely misses the mark in tackling energy consumption in the UK’s 29 million energy inefficient homes with no significant to help cut bills and lower emissions, said FMB chief...
