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WRAP ‘superbody’ to target SMEs

WRAP ‘superbody’ to target SMEs

WRAP is to work more closely with small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) when it becomes the new single Government ‘superbody’ on resource efficiency for England next month.


SMEs encouraged to exploit growing low carbon export market

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) today told 170 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) how they could exploit the fastest-growing low carbon markets in the world as it produced figures showing that the low carbon sector is already worth some £112 billion and employs 900,000 people in the UK.


E.ON launches new services to improve energy efficiency in UK businesses

Within a week, energy company E.ON has launched two new services aimed at improving the energy efficiency of UK businesses – one mainly for SMEs, one for high energy users.


Mexico unlikely to deliver climate treaty

Hopes for drawing up a global climate change treaty this year appear to be fading.


Foundations for recovery: can the construction industry green build itself out of the recession?

Foundations for recovery: can the construction industry green build itself out of the recession?

The UK construction industry is experiencing the worst slump in decades and it's not over yet. So is green building the answer to its woes? Louise Bateman reports.


UK manufacturers embrace resource efficiency but reject eco-design

Despite their greater commitment to resource efficiency, UK manufacturers – particularly SMEs – are reluctant to invest in ‘eco-design’ to reduce the environmental impact of their products.


Clean fuel and floating office come together to provide zero carbon work solution

A UK company that has found a way to store the energy from intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, and turn them into hydrogen, is to test its off grid clean fuel technology in a Dutch-designed floating office, with the aim of delivering a world first in sustainable, zero carbon building solutions.


REA questions new Government guidance on regional renewables targets

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has today questioned whether new Government guidance designed to help regional authorities assess their areas’ potential for renewable and low carbon energy, will do anything to help regions meet their renewable energy targets.


Major retailers sign up to new food waste and packaging targets

Major retailers and brands have signed up to new food waste and packaging targets that will see them focus on the carbon impact of packaging rather than its weight and include reducing the carbon impact of all grocery packaging by 10 per cent by 2012.


British cleantech firms partner on ‘carbon negative’ building projects

Two British clean technology firms have joined forces to deliver commercially viable, large-scale ‘carbon-negative’ buildings.


European Commission faces lawsuit for withholding biofuel data

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the European Commission over its refusal to release documents that allegedly contain previously undisclosed information on the negative impact the widespread use of biofuels in the EU is having on climate change.


'Green' wood technology could revolutionise use of MDF

A low carbon technology that waterproofs, strengthens and extends the life of softwood by up to 50 years has been shown in trials to be able to turn MDF into a product for outdoor use that could revolutionise the use of the wood composite.


Solar and wind developer launches to take advantage of FiT

A new company has formed to partner with landowners, commercial property owners and managers, to build, own and operate wind and solar power generating assets on sites across the UK.


Environmental consultancy launches graduate training scheme

Environmental consultancy RSK Group has launched a graduate training scheme to attract new talent to the company and improve skills in a sector that is expected to help create the green jobs of the future.


Hemp-based natural fibre breathes new life into insulation market

A new insulation product made from sustainably sourced hemp is offering a renewable and low carbon alternative to synthetic equivalents.


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