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Dover District Council and Veolia achieve 7.5% reduction in carbon emissions

Veolia’s commitment to supporting Dover District Council to achieve its objective of carbon net zero by 2030 has made a positive start. A decrease in carbon emissions has been achieved in Dover as part of the new environmental services contract ...

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New HSE training report showcases attitudes towards climate change

Some UK companies are still dragging their feet when it comes to aiming for net zero by 2050, according to a new study released by health and safety training specialist Astutis Ltd The 2022-2023 Health, Safety and Environmental Training Report ...

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Amey hits key milestone on journey to net zero

Infrastructure services and engineering company, Amey, has gained verification of its carbon footprint from 2019 to 2021 with the British Standards Institution (BSI). Achieving verification with the globally recognised ISO 14064-1 (quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals), ...

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Local authorities must decarbonise UK public buildings ‘five times faster’ to meet net zero targets

The UK government is currently missing one of its core Net Zero commitments to reduce CO2 emissions by 101 years, according to the Public Building Energy Efficiency Report. CO2 emissions from public buildings need to be reduced five times faster ...

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New report focuses on benefits of a technology-agnostic approach to achieve Net Zero

The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) and Partners’ latest report brings together expertise from across the industry to explain why incorporating a diverse range of low-carbon technologies into heat and buildings policy is crucial to delivering Net Zero. Government policy should ...

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Access to data is a major challenge faced by the property sector as it decarbonises

The British Property Federation (BPF), in partnership with JLL, has released a report today that identifies the key challenges the property sector faces as it decarbonises and provides a series of policy recommendations. Access to data is a major challenge ...

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UKGBC assembles Task Group to accelerate commercial retrofit

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has put together a team of cross-industry experts who will support its mission to accelerate action on commercial retrofit. The energy required to heat, power and operate commercial buildings accounts for nearly a quarter ...

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Sodexo cuts carbon emissions by a third

Sodexo UK & Ireland has reported a 33 per cent reduction in its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since its baseline year of 2017, equating to over 300,000 tCO2e. According to the company, the reduction in ...

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Mitie’s net zero experts share decarbonisation predictions and advice for 2023

Mitie has gathered insights from its decarbonisation experts, to share predictions and advice for what the year ahead has in store. In its latest decarbonisation insights paper: Net Zero Navigator 2023, the company’s experts cover a range of areas including ...

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Cloudfm sets net zero target for 2035

Cloudfm is aiming to lead the facilities management industry with a full-scope net zero emissions target for 2035. The company has already met its scope 1 and 2 science-based emissions targets and is now setting its sights on scope 3. ...

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