This autumn will see the launch of the UK’s first #carbon #neutral eco summit. Taking place on Tuesday 13 October, the Youth Against Carbon Conference (#YAC Con) aims to understand the role young people will play in the climate crisis – in response to fears it is taking a back seat during the Covid-19 crisis recovery. Research by the organiser, #Zurich Insurance, suggests young people in particular are concerned that climate change has fallen off the public agenda following t

An innovative project in Nottingham that converts #carbon dioxide into clean animal feed is one of nine pioneering agricultural technology projects set to benefit from £24 million of government funding. Nottingham based consortium #React-First will receive over £2 million to generate clean, sustainable food for fish and poultry with an up to 75% smaller carbon footprint. Led by Nottingham company Deep Branch Biotechnology, the project will use its unique technology to turn ca

#Coutts, the wealth manager and private bank, has targeted a 25% reduction in #carbon emissions in its funds and portfolios by the end of 2021, according to its newly launched 2020 Sustainability Report. The #bank, which already tackles sustainability differently than much of the wealth management market by embedding #ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) thinking across the entire investment process – rather than offering specific products – launched the report to demon

#TetraPak has reconfirmed its strategic priority in driving the sustainability transformation by setting an ambition for net #zeroemissions across the value chain by 2050, supporting this with an intermediate 2030 target of net zero #carbon emissions across its own operations. The company will also set emissions reduction targets in line with 1.5°C according to the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative across scopes 1, 2 and 3. Tetra Pak was founded on the idea that a #packa

One of Europe’s leading poolers of sustainable #wooden #pallets to the retail supply chain is bucking a worrying global trend by working with customers as part of the #circular economy in order to reduce their #carbon footprint by more than one million unnecessary miles every year. According to a new The Circularity Gap Report 2020 launched this week in Davos at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum only 8.6% of economies operate ‘circularly’. And, for the first time

With heating accounting for 37% of UK #emissions, latest research from #clean #tech company #Vestemi has uncovered that over half of people surveyed had no idea their home #heating is contributing to the UK’s #carbon levels. When asked how they felt about the fact heating was contributing to UK emissions, a staggering 75% said it made them feel helpless and unsure about how they could change this. However, when asked if they would put measures in place to help reduce emission

The inventor and entrepreneur behind #Choose Water, a 100% biodegradable #water #bottle, is now expanding his range to include #containers for common domestic items such as washing up liquid. In May 2018, James Longcroft made headlines when he launched his company Choose Water. Experimenting with materials on his kitchen table, science graduate James developed a water bottle that totally #biodegraded within a matter of hours! Created from a combination of non toxic, sustainab

The #Carbon Footprint of #Carton #Packaging 2019 study, carried out by the Research Institute of Sweden (#RISE) in partnership with #ProCarton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard Manufacturers, has reported that 326 kg CO2e is emitted per tonne of converted cartons manufactured by the carton packaging industry in Europe. RISE used a carbon footprint methodology that considers all emissions and removals associated with forest based products, including aspects u

Finnish #woodbased #plastic is generating international interest – #Woodly’s innovation is a carbon neutral alternative to plastic. You don’t often hear us say ‘plastic is fantastic’. You do hear us talk about the fact that growing trees is sustainable and that paper based boards are very eco friendly. But what If you could make plastic from wood based materials too? All of a sudden, it becomes an environmental option. That is exactly what is happening at Finnish company, Woo

The UK could save 16,433 tonnes of carbon a year by sending one less unnecessary e-mail a day. #OVO Energy is calling upon the UK to ‘Think before you thank’ – sending fewer #e-mails won’t solve the climate crisis, but it does prove the point that by cutting down on junk we can all improve our lives as we reduce carbon. New research reveals the UK could reduce its #carbon output by over 16,433 tonnes, simply by each adult sending one less unactionable e-mail a day. The resear

Northern #peatlands store approximately one third of global soil carbon, namely around 500 gigatons. Because the peatland #carbon cycling is largely controlled by partly anaerobic soil conditions, the carbon stored in these soils is extremely vulnerable to climate warming that is expected to reduce soil moisture and therefore increase soil aeration. Understanding the interactions between warming and soil moisture is particularly important in peatland types found in boreal and