Anglian Water announces routemap to reach net zero by 2030

Anglian Water is launching a routemap which sets out in detail how the company will reach net zero carbon by 2030. The net zero target will cover all of the company’s operational activities and those of its supply chain as well as a commitment to cut capital carbon by 70 per cent against a 2010 baseline. Last month, the water company made financial history as it became the first utility in the world to launch a sustainability-linked bond connected directly to achieving its interim carbon targets. By 2025, Anglian has…

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Anglian Water launches new financial framework to issue net-zero based green bonds aligned to new carbon targets

The Anglian Water Group is the first ever  utility company to publish a sustainability linked bond framework to enable it to launch green bonds connected directly to achieving its interim carbon targets by 2025.  The company is committing to reduce capital carbon by 65 per cent from a 2010 baseline, and operational carbon by 30% from 2019/20 levels, by 2025. Building on its strong track record of utilising green finance, Anglian will be able to raise net zero bonds aligned directly with achieving these tougher targets.  These are the most stretching targets yet from any water company in the UK, as the industry became the first sector…

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Water Companies vow to protect rare chalk streams

Thames Water, Anglian Water, Affinity Water and Southern Water have vowed to invest millions of pounds to protect the country’s chalk streams by reducing the amount of water they abstract from them for public drinking supply and cutting pollution. The pledge was made at an online Chalk Stream Summit organised by the Chalk Rivers Action Group (CRAG) and attended by water minister, Rebecca Pow, along with representatives from several environmental groups plus senior leaders from Thames Water, Anglian Water, Affinity Water and Southern Water. At the summit each water company…

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New national drinking water scheme backed by water companies to cut plastic bottle use by millions

In an ambitious drive to help fight plastic waste, water companies will join forces with the Refill campaign to create a national network of high street retailers, coffee shops, businesses and local authorities offering new refill stations for the public to top-up their water bottles for free in every major city and town in England by 2021. People will be able to use an app on their phone to find out where the nearest refill point is, or look out for special signs in shop windows. As well as being…

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