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Generation Y’s finance scepticism ‘could challenge sustainable investment’
Generation Y are sceptical towards the financial industry and have little interest in long-term savings or making investments in a sustainable infrastructure, research has found.
Read MoreRecycling rates continue to rise in Wales
Reuse, recycling and composting rates in Wales have increased by two percentage points, to 54 per cent. The Welsh government has set a recycling target of 58 per cent by 2016 and 70 per cent by 2025.
Read MoreToyota switches on 13,000-panel solar array
Toyota UK has switched on a new solar array at its factory in Deeside, North Wales. Designed and installed by British Gas, the array comprises nearly 13,000 panels.
Read MoreHerefordshire watermelons go on sale in Tesco
Watermelons grown in Herefordshire with the help of biomass heating have gone on sale in Tesco.
Read MoreWWF win against Peabody Energy warns industry over misleading advertising
WWF has won its case against Peabody Energy, with the UK Advertising Standards Authority ruling that the coal company’s use of the term ‘clean coal’ in a newspaper advertisement was misleading.
Read MoreSMEs offered toolkit on renewable energy markets
Built environment SMEs have been offered the Renewable Energy Toolkit, a free package of market intelligence on the main onshore renewable energy technologies.
Read MoreGlobal report finds businesses see CSR as ‘good financial sense’
A new global survey has found that the main driver towards more sustainable business practices is cost management, while among UK businesses consumer demand was the driving force.
Read MoreTwo-bladed offshore wind turbines get go-ahead from Crown Estate
The UK’s first offshore demonstration of two-bladed turbines will take place off Methil in Scotland, after the Crown Estate entered into an Agreement for Lease with Forthwind.
Read MoreScotland sets out strategy on marine litter
Scotland’s environment secretary Richard Lochhead has announced a new strategy to tackle marine and coastal litter.
Read MoreDavid Cameron responds to solar industry’s concerns
David Cameron has written a letter to the Solar Trade Association, emphasising that solar ‘has the potential to play a valuable part of the UK’s renewable energy mix’, but did not address the policies currently obstructing large-scale projects, says the STA.
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