Buildings with brains
Posted on 4 Feb 2013 by
Investing in building management technology is a smart choice, finds Tom Moore.
Environmental Sustainability
Five of world’s 100 most sustainable companies are British manufacturers
Posted on 29 Jan 2013 by
Five UK manufacturers, and nine UK companies in total, feature in the Global 100, a list of the 100 global companies that score highest for ‘clean capitalism’.
Efficiency is more than the sum of your products
Posted on 29 Jan 2013 by Tim Brown
A product's efficiency is only part of the equation. Intelligent control can make much larger efficiency gains by switching off or turning down the load, says Steve Brambley of Gambica.
UK wind turbine manufacturer triples sales
Posted on 23 Jan 2013 by
Evance Wind Turbines, a UK designer and manufacturer of small wind turbines based in Leicestershire, tripled its sales in 2012 as companies and home owners sought to cut their energy bills.
French company takes majority stake in OpenHydro
Posted on 23 Jan 2013 by
French naval defence manufacturer DCNS is taking a majority stake in renewable energy company OpenHydro after predicting a surge in the tidal sector.
Biggest firms acknowledge climate change risk but suppliers unwilling to respond
Posted on 22 Jan 2013 by
New research says that 70% of surveyed companies, including Walmart, EADS, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Nestle, believe that climate change is affecting their revenue but suppliers to these big firms are not setting emissions reductions targets.
Why UK manufacturers should welcome new Energy Bill legislation
Posted on 18 Jan 2013 by
The Government has said that the Energy Bill will offer relief to industry hit hard by rapidly increasing energy costs by making energy-intensive companies exempt from costs associated with the move to a low carbon economy.
Half of all food produced is not eaten
Posted on 10 Jan 2013 by Aiden Burgess
As much as half of all food produced in the world ends up being thrown away, a new report has claimed.
UK food and drink sector cuts 34 million wheelie bins of waste
Posted on 12 Dec 2012 by
Food and drink companies in the UK have adopted environmentally-friendly changes that have saved over 34 million wheelie bins' worth of supply chain food and packaging waste in the last five years.
Value Chain Manager to ‘revolutionise’ carbon reduction
Posted on 3 Dec 2012 by Tim Brown
Carbon Trust and CRedit360 have launched the Value Chain Manager, which uniquely brings together the combination of leading Cloud-based sustainability software with unrivalled expertise and carbon reduction data, based on a decade of Carbon Trust experience.