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Businesses are being encouraged to invest in climate adaptation projects that aid children in developing countries through a new initiative being launched today by UNICEF UK.
Envirowise, the Government-funded programme helping UK businesses be more sustainable, has created a virtual ‘Green Street’ providing companies with practical environmental advice.
The Environment Agency has opened a simulation facility in Oxfordshire that will test products designed to defend businesses and homes from the effects of flooding and encourage new ones to be developed.
Water and other resources should be given equal importance to carbon by policy makers if the country is to remain competitive and provide jobs.
A new report from the Environment Agency puts the overall bill for the floods that devastated large parts of the country in the summer of 2007, at around £3.2 billion – with the costs to businesses accounting for almost a quarter of this total.
GreenWise assesses the extent of the damage to businesses affected by the latest floods in England and finds out what they can do to protect themselves against them in the future.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent not-for-profit organisation that encourages businesses and organisations to measure and report their carbon emissions, has launched a new tool to help investors and businesses evaluate companies’ ability to operate successfully in a world where water is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity.
A campaign to encourage UK businesses to save over £6.4 billion every year by taking simple environmental steps and by building resource efficiency into their everyday working lives was launched today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Scallop stocks in UK waters are growing because of climate change, according to a new study published in the research journal Marine Biology.
Many businesses are not aware of the steps they can take to reduce the impact of future water shortages – yet the adoption of water recovery and re-use technology could become a make or break issue for UK plc in years to come, the sustainability advisory service Envirowise has warned.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has released a draft water strategy in a bid to protect the capital's future water resources.
Lafarge Cement has won a top UK water efficiency award, having reduced its water use by an impressive 95 per cent.
Food labels should include information indicating food companies’ stewardship of water, a new report recommends this week – though it could be several years before we see these labels on the products on our supermarket shelves.
American scientists have announced the arrival of El Niño, the climate phenomenon that has a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries.
Almost 500,000 cubic metres of water – the equivalent of nearly 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools – have already been saved by the UK’s leading food and drink manufacturers, according to a report issued by the Federation House Commitment (FHC).