Revealed: Companies committed to reducing their carbon footprints
The impact of climate change continues to be in the news – e.g. rising sea levels and erratic weather patterns, both of which constitute a danger to humans and wildlife. Thankfully, a strategy is now in place to reverse the effects of climate change and restore harmony to the planet. Back in June 2019, the […]
UK government pumps £350 million into ‘green recovery’
UK industry will receive around £350 million to cut down carbon emissions under new plans to step up efforts to tackle climate change. The multimillion pound investment package will build on progress towards the UK’s target to reach net zero by 2050, by helping businesses to decarbonise across the heavy industry, construction, space and transport […]
WHITE PAPER: Why Net Zero is so hard to achieve
By Simon Potts, Managing Director, Future Motors The UK government’s aim is to get carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2050, placing ‘clean economic growth’ at the heart of its industrial strategy. With the stakes so high – environmentally and economically – why has the move towards net zero been so hard to achieve and why have […]
‘Superfunds’ should drive Britain’s green future, says think tank
New British pension ‘superfunds’ should be created to invest in infrastructure for country’s green recovery. That’s the view of the Social Market Foundation, which also says that ministers preparing for a ‘green recovery’ from coronavirus should be ready to take more risks and spend public money up front to support innovative ‘pathfinder’ infrastructure projects and […]
Don’t let COVID-19 wreck your Net Zero plans
By Onsite Energy Projects We all need to refocus on the big issue of climate change, but we are facing a significant recession in the next few years. I predict that capex budgets are going to evaporate, and as a result investment plans are going to be put on hold. The consequence could be to derail […]
How can businesses be more sustainable post Covid-19?
When faced with great change, we often tend to focus on the negative implications, and in doing so, lose sight of the positive opportunities for our lives and our businesses. These not only help us to protect our businesses and our employees, but allow you to make a positive and lasting improvement to the environment. […]
Can a data centre achieve Net Zero?
By OnSite Energy Projects Achieving net zero is a challenge for any business but data centres are amongst the most power hungry users. Globally data centres consume >3% of total power generation (that’s 140% of the entire UK power generation). So can data centres ever attain net zero? Some data centres simply buy “green tariffs” which […]
Carbon Offsetting – An Exciting Strategy
One of the biggest challenges the UK is facing is how to tackle the issue of climate change. As our populations and economies grow, the environment is feeling the strain of our increased energy needs. This means we all need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint, and quickly. Over the past decade […]
Netherlands praised for green energy policies
The 2020 Sustainable Energy Production (SDE+) plan in The Netherlands’ spring budget will make its CO2 reduction target feasible and affordable, say analysts at GlobalData. The Dutch Government plans to double the green energy subsidies to €4bn in 2020, from a previously planned €2bn, to meet its promise to cut CO2 emissions. The Dutch Climate […]
Do you have a Net Zero strategy?
The UK has become the first major economy to pass laws requiring all greenhouse gas emissions to be net zero by 2050. The electricity grid is decarbonising (its carbon intensity has dropped by over 50% since 2011 to where it is today – 254 g CO2 per kWh) and is forecast to drop another 50% by 2030. Grid costs are rising to […]