The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has issued its inaugural standards—IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 —ushering in a new era of sustainability-related disclosures in capital markets worldwide.
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) agreement on shipping climate targets expected next month could be the starting gun for the radical climate action our planet desperately needs.
The Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board have announced that they will independently disinvest from fossil fuels.
At the 2023 Paris Air Show, the UK Government announced £218 million funding to help develop cutting-edge green aviation technology and grow the UK’s share of the global aerospace market.
According to The Progressive Policy Think Tank (IPPR), with public investment well below the G7 average and business investment at the bottom of the league, the UK has little hope of breaking out of its growth doom loop without sustained investment.
Leading UK businesses, including BT Group, Royal Mail and Openreach push the Government to set targets for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) to clean up the UK’s roads in order to meet the 2030 targets to phase-out petrol and diesel cars.
CCC launch a report presenting a set of benchmarks to guide an effective business response to Net Zero, alongside key actions for Government to unlock this.
Funding from the President’s Investing in America Agenda will help seven states, three tribal nations to strengthen grid resilience and deliver cheaper, cleaner energy to communities across America.
UKFT launch a £4 million textile recycling project to improve circularity in the industry.
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has launched the Green Careers Hub, a brand-new government backed resource to give insight into the green jobs of the future.
A joint letter to the Prime Minister and three Secretaries of State, coordinated by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), has been signed by more than 100 businesses from across the built environment sector.
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which entered into force in January 2023 represents a significant expansion of mandatory sustainability reporting. EcoAct’s Stefan Holzheuser and Jordan Hairabedian guide us through this important directive and next steps for both EU and non-EU businesses.
Lidl has announced that it will be incorporating Prevented Ocean Plastic™ into its water bottles – becoming the first UK supermarket to make this change.
Current corporate targets disclosed through CDP will not reduce emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, new data from CDP reveals.
Decarbonization is only the first step in the global automotive industry’s sustainability transformation.
New data from energy think tank Ember shows that wind and solar produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels in May, for the first full month on record.