The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment (The Roadmap) detailing the necessary actions government and industry must take to achieve net zero across the sector.
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has said that waste and resources should be pushed up the global political agenda if the world is to stay within the 1.5C threshold.
Construction and FM firm Kier has joined the EV100, the Climate Group’s global initiative for companies committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
Legal firm Burness Paull has become the first accredited ‘Menopause Friendly’ employer in Scotland – and the first law firm in the UK to achieve the status.
The built environment industry has not been going “far or fast enough” when it comes to tackling climate change, COP26 delegates heard at the conference’s day of events dedicated to the sector.
The UK is lagging behind on heat pump installation compared with other European countries such as those in Scandinavia, according to the CEO of an energy company.
JPMorgan Chase and EDF, Britain’s biggest generator of zero-carbon electricity, today announced (10 November) a collaboration to help power the investment bank’s UK offices with 100 per cent renewable electricity.
Six of the UK’s key regional economic centres risk not achieving their net-zero targets unless significant action is taken to upgrade and improve their commercial real estate in the next 10 years, according to analysis by JLL.
Catering and hospitality provider CH&CO has appointed a sustainability business partner to deliver its CSR strategy across the whole group and its clients.
