Greener Business News

19 November 2008

The UK's first commercial wave power scheme is to be built off the coast of Cornwall.

17 November 2008

The fifth annual Enterprise Week, part of the first ever Global Entrepreneurship Week, is to be launched today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State for Business, Peter Mandelson.

13 November 2008

Faber Maunsell has been commissioned by the Communities and Local Government department to carry out a review of the Code for Sustainable Homes internal water use calculator.

13 November 2008

UK AWARE, the green and ethical lifestyle show, has announced two new UK dates, following the success of its May 2008 inaugural show LONDON AWARE 08.

13 November 2008

Peel Holdings has announced it will develop wind farms on land-owned by Doncaster-based UK Coal.

12 November 2008

The International Energy Agency on Wednesday predicted world energy demand will rise 1.6 percent per year on average between 2006 and 2030 and called for massive investment in energy infrastructure to prevent a supply squeeze.

12 November 2008

Waste facilities in Gloucestershire will see major improvements after Defra today awarded £92m in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits.

11 November 2008

There are now only three bidders in the running to build a demonstration carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant for the Government.

10 November 2008

Bristol has knocked Brighton and Hove from first place in the second annual Sustainable Cities Index, which ranks the 20 biggest British cities according to social, economic and environmental performance. Hull came bottom.

10 November 2008

Manchester-based Co-operative Group said it has reduced the amount of energy it uses by 12.5%.

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