Greener Business News

Triple boost for greener councils
9 March 2010

Housing Minister John Healey has today announced a triple boost for councils tackling climate change by updating planning rules, granting nearly £10m to improve green skills and backing further progress by the "second wave" of eco-towns.

Environment Agency identifies hydroelectric sites
8 March 2010

A study by the Environment Agency has identified almost 26,000 sites where small-scale hydroelectric turbines could be installed.

Red tape could strangle renewables boom
8 March 2010

Around 60,000 heating engineers are interested in fitting renewable energy devices but are put off by the three-year certification process.

Energy plant planned for Lostock
5 March 2010

Brunner Mond has announced plans to build a sustainable energy plant on the site of a disused power station at Lostock.

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Features/Analysis

Surplus Match

Greater ‘year on year’ landfill tax charges and tighter regulation driven by new legislation mean that builders, developers, merchants & manufacturers should now be looking even more closely at the 'greener' options when it comes to dealing with their surplus building materials. »

Property carbon targets miss the point

The country’s biggest property developers have welcomed government plans to introduce zero carbon commercial buildings from 2018, but have warned that carbon reduction targets will be missed unless existing buildings are tackled. »

The case for a new climate centre

Researchers from the UK’s Carbon Trust and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi argue for global network of Climate Innovation Centres »

Walmart makes its move

Supermarket giant Walmart, the owner of Asda, says it will develop a worldwide sustainable product index - meaning that only suppliers who can "green" their products have a long term future supplying the company. »

FTSE companies snub climate risk

The UK's biggest companies just don't seem to grasp the impact that climate change could have on investors says IBM. Why? »

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