Avainsana: UK

Posted in environmental news en

Research funding aims to address 500,000 tonnes of electrical waste lost each year

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

Unemployment: Planned redundancies twice the rate of last recession

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

Here come the girls? UK club faces lawsuit over ban on women members

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en recap en

Pound continues fall as Brexit fears rear up again

The pound has fallen against major currencies as the prospect of a no-deal Brexit returns. Sterling was already nudging lower after the government ramped up…

Lue lisää
Posted in environmental news en recap en

Report models how UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025

A report from Greenpeace has modelled how UK supermarkets could make significant reductions to the amount of plastic they produce by focusing their attention on…

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

Johnson tells EU to agree trade deal by Oct. 15 or ’move on’

Britain has set a deadline of Oct. 15 to strike a free-trade deal with the European Union, and if none is agreed both sides should…

Lue lisää
Posted in Chief editor choice

Climate activists disrupt UK newspaper deliveries

Climate change protesters in Britain blockaded two printing presses Saturday, disrupting the distribution of numerous national newspapers as they step up 10 days of protests…

Lue lisää
Posted in environmental news en

Report: Circular economy can halve emissions of UK infrastructure projects

Transitioning to a circular economy can assist in the net-zero transition, with a new report supported by AECOM stating that carbon reductions of up to…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

Airlines urge UK, U.S. to start London-New York passenger testing trial

Major airlines want the U.S. and British governments to launch a passenger testing trial for the coronavirus for flights between London and New York to…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

UK: Daily cases highest since mid-June

This is still much lower than the 5,000 new cases a day in April, at the peak of the epidemic. Cases have been rising across…

Lue lisää
Posted in environmental news en

UK’s carbon emissions fell by almost a third over the lockdown period

New data analysis reveals that the carbon emissions resulting from six key consumer spending categories in the UK fell by almost a third during the…

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

UK lockdown slump cut consumer carbon emissions by a quarter

A slump in UK consumer spending during the coronavirus lockdown has erased almost the same carbon emissions as produced by the city of Nottingham in…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

Asylum seekers in last-minute UK legal bid to prevent removal

Dozens of asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on small boats are due to be put on charter flights over the next two days,…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

UK plans law to force big companies to clean up their supply chains

Britain said on Monday it would start a consultation process on a potential new law which would force big companies to clean up their supply…

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

UK : Travel firms ’desperately need’ government help

The UK’s travel industry has reached a ”critical point” and is calling for further support to stem job losses. Measures to curb the pandemic have…

Lue lisää
Posted in environmental news en

UK port to host innovative tyre recycling plant

A Norwegian company developing the chemical recycling of waste tyres has chosen the UK port of Sunderland to construct its first facility. Wastefront announced in…

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

Diluting English river standards a backward step, campaigners warn

Wildlife and countryside campaigners are urging the head of the Environment Agency not to weaken key rules which are driving the clean-up of rivers in…

Lue lisää
Posted in vauen vaufien

UK tots up £6bn in climate finance for developing counties since 2011

The UK has mobilised more than £6bn in public and private finance towards tackling climate change in developing countries over the past nine years, funnelling…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

UK second city could be heading towards a local lockdown

Birmingham residents have been warned that the UK’s second-largest city could be heading towards a local lockdown if steps aren’t taken now to ”halt the…

Lue lisää
Posted in csr news en

UK household finances worsen in August over job worries

The financial health of British households deteriorated in August at a faster pace than last month, in an unpromising sign for the economic recovery from…

Lue lisää