The Construction Industry Council (CIC) in partnership with built and natural environment think tank, the Edge, have published the ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment’. This is an underpinning framework for developing discipline-specific sustainability competence requirements across the ...

New research has revealed that 83 per cent of commercial buildings in seven major cities have an EPC below B. The analysis of commercial real estate in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle, carried out by the British ...

New statistics revealed in ‘Biodiversity Net Gain: The Story So Far’, from TerraQuest, the provider of Planning Portal, show that more than 75 per cent of non-householder planning applications have claimed exemptions from Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements since the ...

The answer to UK businesses’ energy supply and decarbonisation challenges could be found in their own car parks by installing solar carports according to new research from a renewable energy specialist. Ongoing independent research commissioned by RenEnergy has already found over ...

EARTHDAY.ORG the global leader in Earth Day advocacy, observed by over one billion people each April 22, is launching a new campaign inviting business leaders worldwide to champion climate education in schools, colleges, and vocational training programs across the globe. ...

The UKGBC has marked exceeding 100 innovative start-up members, (innovators who are striving to create a more sustainable built environment), with the announcement of a new initiative called “Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment” aimed at enabling more ‘on ...

By Akanksha Khatri, Head of Nature and Biodiversity, World Economic Forum Research shows that consumers are increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of the products they buy, with a 71 per cent rise in online searches for sustainable goods globally ...

The household and personal care sector could unlock $62bn of annual cost savings and revenue upside in a new nature-positive economy trajectory by 2030, according to recent guidance published by the World Economic Forum. The ‘Nature Positive: Role of the Household ...

Vegware, the Edinburgh-based packaging company, in partnership with the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA), will be running a webinar entitled, ‘What is the Bioeconomy and Why Should You Care?’ The webinar will explore the fundamentals of the bioeconomy and ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has published new guidance – Biodiversity and Nature Recovery Annex (BNRA) – detailing how it will protect and improve the natural environment across the extensive estate it manages. As the largest office property holder in ...