Business leaders and sustainability professionals have unanimously welcomed this morning’s confirmation that the government has set the fifth carbon budget at the recommended level.
Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at IKEA, has called on the government to introduce “clear policy signals” which he said could unlock “tremendous amounts of decarbonisation”.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has claimed that the UK’s vote to leave the European Union will not affect the country’s commitment to clean energy, and revealed the government’s response to the fifth carbon budget will be published as scheduled tomorrow morning.
Private sector businesses could achieve 60% of the cuts in global emissions pledged at last year’s COP21 summit in Paris, a new report issued by We Mean Business has claimed.
Portsmouth City Council (PCC) is preparing to award a tender offer worth up to £10 million which will see solar panels rolled out on council owned buildings across the city over the next four years.
Kingfisher is broadly on track to reach towards its 2020 sustainability targets after its latest update showed the company had reached several milestones on the way towards achieving its net positive ambition.
