Professor Jenna Ward, dean of the College of Business and Law, explains why Coventry University’s business education isn’t embracing sustainability as a nice to have – it is essential skill for graduates. When I speak to industry leaders, the message is clear: they don't just want graduates who can maximise profit – they want ethical, responsible decision makers. That is why, at Coventry University, we are embedding sustainability and responsible leadership throughout our b

Reconomy, the international circular economy specialist, has become a signatory to the British Chambers of Commerce Circularity in Practice pledge, to help its customers and other UK businesses go further and faster in embedding circular economy practices. Circularity in Practice is a nationwide initiative inspired by His Majesty The King, building on his lifelong commitment to environmental stewardship. It brings together a voluntary taskforce of businesses from across sec

The Zero Waste Foundation, a main stakeholder of London Climate Action Week, advanced a COP31 focused climate diplomacy agenda in London from 22 to 25 June, using high level finance, city and diplomatic engagements to place zero waste, circular economy and human centred climate justice at the centre of global implementation efforts as COP31 prepares to be held in Türkiye. ‘London Climate Action Week showed that the climate agenda must now move from promise to delivery,’ said

Small businesses across the UK say sustainability means different things depending on the work they do and the pressures they face. From the day to day realities of metal fabrication in Newcastle Upon Tyne, to a jewellery maker in Surrey, to protecting wellbeing in Sussex. New interviews from Series 11 of the Novuna Sustainable Business Podcast show how business owners are adapting and shaping sustainability around the realities of their daily work. That picture is backed u

Groundswell, the regenerative two day agricultural festival, welcomed over 10,000 people to its tenth event at Lannock Farm in Hertfordshire last week. Hosted by the Cherry farming families, the celebrations brought together over 500 speakers, both UK and international, over 375 exhibitors and a wide range of VIP’s including HRH, The Duchess of Edinburgh, leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Emma Ren

The Green Block (TGB) is targeting a significant expansion of its globally patented Mobile Segregation Unit (MSU) network following the success of its waste management solution across some of the UK's busiest transport hubs. Having already deployed 10 MSU units at major locations including London Victoria, London Bridge, St Pancras, London Waterloo, Stansted Airport and Birmingham Airport, TGB plans to increase the number of units by between 80 and 100% by the end of 2026 a

A pioneering pilot led by independent environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy has demonstrated how sustained behaviour change activity can improve both the physical environment and people’s perceptions of their local area – delivering cleaner streets, stronger community pride and renewed economic confidence without putting additional pressure on council budgets. The 12 month ‘Love Where You Live Heckmondwike’ programme, funded through the Litter Pact and delivered in collab

Researchers from The University of Manchester are advising parliament on the growing energy and environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres, as part of a new inquiry into their implications for the UK’s net zero ambitions. Data centres have been designated as critical national infrastructure due to their importance for economic growth, but their electricity consumption is projected to quadruple by 2030. The inquiry will assess how this increasing

Across the UK, innovation, business and research activity is making progress towards a circular economy. However, too much activity remains focused on recycling and waste management rather than preventing waste in the first place, according to a new report by the University of Portsmouth's Global Plastics Policy Centre (GPPC). Commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the report – Progressing Beyond Recycling for a Circular Economy – r