News
Dairy industry to go green
02 May 2008
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has released plans to assist the dairy industry in reducing its impact on the environment.
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Green loans for businesses
02 May 2008
Barclays Commercial Bank has launched a new loan with cash back payments to support businesses in financing green initiatives.
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Other News
- Tesco trials carbon labelling - 29 Apr 2008
- Black cabs go green - 23 Apr 2008
Interview
Conserving Britain's global lead
Shadow Environment Secretary Greg Barker tells Colin Chinery that climate change is Britain's opportunity and the Conservatives are best placed to seize it
Centrepiece of the re-branding of the Conservative Party was a green and blue pastel motif, replacing - with its unconscious later-day carbon inferences - the former flaming torch.
Voters are urged "Vote Blue, Go Green" and in the May local elections did so in sufficient numbers to turn Blairite faces puce and white. Environmentalism is a distinctive Cameron Footprint and next month the party publishes its "Quality of Life" Review.
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Lead Story
Wind of change
For businesses wishing to use green energy, Britain's planning system seems as efficient as a becalmed sky says Colin Chinery. So will the new Planning White Paper start to drive the turbines through their restrictive red tape?
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Features
Keeping it under WRAP
The food industry disposes of millions of tonnes of organic waste each year, yet new legislation means that landfill will soon cease to be an option. Jayne Flannery looks at the processes which the most far-sighted in the industry are adopting
npower business vs British Gas
The power sector currently contributes 24 per cent of greenhouse gas released into our environment, so if the UK is to meet the 60 per cent carbon reduction by 2050, energy providers seriously have their work cut out for them
Something in the air
Air travel has expanded dramatically over the past 20 years. What is the environmental impact and what are operators, manufacturers and businesses doing to reduce it? Ruari McCallion takes a bird's-eye view
