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  • Businesses welcome UK government decision to keep ambition on carbon cuts

    THE PRINCE of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group have welcomed the news that the government would stick to its commitment to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2027, as indicated by the UK’s Fourth Carbon Budget.          … Read More

  • British businesses making sustainability top priority for 2014

    NEW RESEARCH from Lloyds Bank reveals that a quarter of British SMEs plan to make sustainability a top priority for 2014.   The research also showed that over half of those surveyed recognise the cost benefits of implementing sustainable business… Read More

  • Low carbon procurement back on the menu

    A GROUNDBREAKING partnership between public and private sector promises to create demand for lower-carbon products in the catering sector. Nick Hughes reports.   The shift towards a low carbon economy was one of the pillars of David Cameron’s promise –… Read More

  • Low-carbon procurement is high value

    NEW COMMITMENTS made by leading UK companies and government departments in three joint ‘Procurement Compacts’ will drive low carbon sourcing in more than £1bn of spending.   The new initiative, spearheaded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)… Read More