Tata’s battery factory marks a turning point in UK’s EV history
By Gustavo Marqueta-Siibert, Group Business Development Director at WN Vtech.
Tata’s decision to establish its flagship electric car battery factory in the UK is undoubtedly a milestone for the nation’s EV industry. This strategic investment...
Electric waste vehicle directly recharged by customer waste
The first of a series of electric waste collection vehicles launched by fleet owner Grundon Waste Management is being powered directly by electricity generated from customer waste.
The direct recharging programme – believed to be...
Faith In Nature appoints Nature as a board director
Faith In Nature has become the world’s first brand to put Nature on its board of directors.
The Manchester-based company, which has been making ethical beauty care products since 1974, also recently achieved B corp...
The ‘polluter pays’ principle is about to get a lot more complicated for EU...
Confusion over the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is preventing companies from taking the necessary steps to ensure environmental standards are met inside and outside of Europe, says Jeff Sacre, Executive Director...
Companies struggle to measure carbon-cutting across supply chains
Most top firms (84%) have yet to set public science-based targets to reduce direct operational emissions from their supply chains.
And only 11% have disclosed science-based targets to reduce emissions in their supply chains.
The findings are revealed in...
Sustainable guidance for finance sector
New BSI guidance aims to ‘demystify’ sustainability principles for the financial sector.
Explaining the Sustainable Finance Standard (BS ISO 32210:2022), former UN High-Level Climate Action Champion Nigel Topping said: “The new narrative of change has...
Major boost for UK EV battery recycling
Precious materials have been successfully extracted from spent EV batteries, in a triumph for UK deep tech and Manchester University spinout, Watercycle Technologies Ltd.
The company, which is focused on developing sustainable mineral extraction and...
The ‘greenest’ storage and distribution hub in central England opens for business in the...
Midlands-based PGS Global Logistics Ltd has invested £10 million in the purpose-built carbon neutral warehouse, which the company says is already attracting strong interest from European customers.
The site – open from July - has...
A deodorant to ‘green up’ your armpits!
An award-winning deodorant with a refillable core is set to be an eco-friendly addition to the personal care market.
Small business owner Laura Meehan, from the Wirral, designed the 100% sustainable refillable cartridge made of...
How to: Protect your green inventions
The process of protecting green intellectual property can be as murky as it is resource intensive. Eleanor Maciver, partner and patent attorney at IP law firm Mewburn Ellis, explains how you can bolster your...