(MENAFN - Swissinfo) The European Parliament has adopted new laws to rein in companies for human rights abuses in global supply chains. Th
Decathlon, the global sports retailer, has expanded its buy-back scheme to allow customers to swap out and repair old sporting equipment while earning store vouchers, in a bid to promote responsible consumption and provide circular economy for all its products.
As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie delivers this member-exclusive weekly round-up of five of the best sustainable business success stories of the week. In this week's edition, Co-op’s partnership with ScottishPower Renewables for sustainable energy procurement, and much more.
BT has announced a partnership with the UK Business Climate Hub (UKBCH), aimed at assisting UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in reducing their carbon emissions by half by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev has announced the plans for this year's UN climate conference, stating that leaders and policymakers must focus on keeping 1.5C target alive by delivering on “previous promises.”
New research from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed the urgent need for a six-fold increase in global energy storage capacity, with battery storage accounting for 90% of this growth, in order to meet the global 2030 climate targets.
New research has found that a victory for Donald Trump in the next US election would all but extinguish hopes of restraining global warming below 1.5C. edie spoke with Katie McGinty, former deputy assistant to ex-President Bill Clinton, to discuss the implications of a Trump-win for US climate policies and…
Labour’s shadow environment secretary has stated that the Party would deliver on the UK’s commitment to protect at least 30% of the land and sea by 2030, in the same week that investors published new benchmarking tools to assess corporate approaches to nature and biodiversity.
In another blow to the UK Government’s plans to decarbonise heating through the use of hydrogen, plans to trial a “hydrogen neighbourhood” in Scotland look set to be delayed until at least 2025.
Registration is now open for an upcoming virtual webinar, exploring how businesses can uncover the financial opportunities and data requirements to gain backing for onsite renewable and low-carbon onsite solutions.
This new series profiles the members of edie's 30 Under 30 - a nomination-based community of 30 hugely talented young sustainability and energy professionals who have already achieved great things or are showing fantastic promise. Up next, Ciarán Tragheim, sustainable sourcing lead at Nando’s.
Registration is now open for edie’s Circular Economy Action Sessions, two back-to-back webinars featuring experts and end-user businesses such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BSI, to help sustainability professionals implement closed-loop products and systems.
Environmental organisation Bank Green has ranked more than 100 banking institutions in the UK based on their climate impact, uncovering that some of the banks prominently advertising their environmental concerns are among the most detrimental offenders.
The Government has issued a revised timetable for the long-delayed introduction of a UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), which is now expected to launch in 2027.
As part of a new multimedia channel launch, we sit down with climate experts at GSK and the UCL Centre for Sustainable Business to explore corporate approaches to offsetting and whether it is an essential part of net-zero strategies.