The UK government may be watering down its commitment to net zero but the construction industry must not let up on its own commitment to reduce its impact on climate change – that’s the message from a consortium of leading organisations behind the launch of the ground-breaking Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD). The project, which…
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Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council is rolling out a new fleet of electric collection vehicles in partnership with Veolia. With dedicated collection vehicles for each waste stream, the new fleet will also help to expand the food waste service, bolstering recycling rates and driving ecological transformation across the borough. The fleet of 27 new electric…
Knight Frank Investment Management is partnering with EV charging company Mer to install charge points at more than 100 client-owned sites in the United Kingdom. Karl Anders, Mer UK managing director, explains: “Following an in-depth tender process, it is a privilege to become the exclusive EV charging partner for a leading real estate investment manager.…
Wates is accelerating plans to decarbonise its commercial van fleet with a major investment to replace 45 small diesel supervisor vans with new electric cars. The electric cars will be used across the Group’s UK-wide fit-out, refurbishment and maintenance services for social housing properties and non-domestic buildings. Forming part of a long-term plan to electrify…
Inefficient hand dryers are costing UK businesses up to £234 million annually according to a study by Initial Washroom Hygiene. An analysis of more than 600 hand dryers photographed on washroom walls in April found the average unit runtime to be 22 seconds with the average power rating reported at 1.94kW. Researchers concluded that upgrading…
Early detection of health issues in dairy cows reduces methane production by up to 15 per cent, a trial of a smart health monitoring system at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein agricultural centre in Austria has found. Researchers at one of the country’s leading research and teaching centres for farming assessed the sensor-based smaXtec Health System which…
Roger Kerr, Chief executive of Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), calls for stronger targets and a much more coordinated approach to reducing Greenhouse gas emissions following publication by the UK government of its Net Zero Growth Plan and Nature Markets Framework policy papers. As the UK’s largest certifier of organic land, OF&G is urging the…
Food systems transformation will take centre stage at Food4Climate’s first Pavilion at the UN climate summit in Egypt next month. The Food4Climate Pavilion which is supported by ProVeg International, Compassion in World Farming, Food Tank, FOUR PAWS, IPES-Food, A Well-Fed World, and 16 other NGOs, think-tanks – as well as commercial organisations, plans to highlight…
With world leaders gathering in New York for Climate Week, Zero Emissions Day was a critical reminder of the need to take action to keep our planet and people healthy, says Adam Savitz, Sustainability Director EMEALA at Johnson Controls. Surging energy prices and gas shortages are crippling business worldwide, but it should serve as a…
UK outdoor compliance specialist OUTCO has signed a two-year deal with Volkswagen Financial Services Rent-A-Car as part of an initiative to modernise its fleet and reduce emissions with new vehicles that feature efficient and Euro 6 compliant engines. The leasing deal replaces an older fleet of owned and hired vehicles with 16 vehicles for OUTCO’s…