Rotherham Hospital to cut 49,620 tonnes of carbon with Veolia EPC
Veolia is working with Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a 20 year Energy Performance Contract (EPC) that will target savings of over £1 million per year at the 500 bed Rotherham Hospital. Backed by the necessary investment and payback through the Carbon and Energy Fund Procurement framework, the EPC will now upgrade energy provision, […]
Coal phase out forms key part of government’s Net Zero strategy
The deadline for the phase-out of coal from Britain’s energy system is planned to be brought forward a year to 1 October 2024, as outlined by the prime minister in a speech to launch COP26. The government will consult on bringing the deadline for ending unabated coal forward from 2025 to 2024, part of its drive to […]
New Net-Zero Assets Alliance signatories push initiative to $3.9 trillion
AXA, Aviva, CNP Assurances and Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) have joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, raising total assets under management targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 to more than $3.9 trillion. The Alliance is a group of the world’s largest pension funds and insurers committing to fully decarbonise their portfolios to avoid a […]
Grosvenor commits to net zero carbon operational emissions goal
Major London Property owner Grosvenor Britain & Ireland (GBI) has committed to achieving net zero carbon operational emissions from all its directly managed buildings, including historic listed buildings by 2030. The business will also report on, and seek to significantly reduce, its embodied carbon emissions – carbon created through associated supply chain and tenant activities. […]
GUEST BLOG: Taking cleaning carbon neutral
Lara Coutinho, ABM UK’s newly appointed Environment and Sustainability Manager reflects on the path to going carbon neutral… In the contemporary marketplace, green initiatives are not just about acting responsibly for local communities and future generations, but are also essential to remaining competitive. This is why sustainability products, such as ABM GreenCare and Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design certification […]
Government told to be ‘ambitious’ on UK’s emissions goals
The UK can end its contribution to global warming within 30 years by setting an ambitious new target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said. Ten years after the Climate Change Act became law, the Committee says now is the right moment to set […]
Welsh government sets out carbon goals
The Welsh Government has published what it calls a ‘robust and detailed cross-government plan’ to cut emissions and fight climate change. Prosperity for All: A Low Carbon Wales sets out how the country will meet its first carbon budget and lays the foundations for it will achieve an ambitious target of reducing the greenhouse gas […]
Shell ties exec pay to carbon reduction targets
Shell is linking its executive pay to carbon emissions reduction targets as part of a plan developed with its institutional investors on behalf of Climate Action 100+, an initiative led by investors with more than $32 trillion in assets under management. The company aims to reduce the Net Carbon Footprint of its energy products by […]