Month: August 2023

Industry-led hospitality benchmarking framework tool announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance), the leading global network for responsible hospitality publishes a report, in collaboration with EY, outlining a new sustainability benchmarking framework and tool, to track and compare sustainability progress within the Hospitality sector. Earlier this year, the Alliance published its Pathway to Net Positive Hospitality, to provide a roadmap for the industry to accelerate action towards a sustainable and contributory future and make this vision a reality. The Pathway sets out manageable and clear milestones, and provides guidance and tools to measure sustainability performance, supporting…

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ZeroAvia Successfully Completes Initial Dornier 228 Flight Test Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

ZeroAvia recently announced the completion of its initial prototype ZA600 flight testing campaign at Cotswold Airport in the UK. The 10th flight in the initial series was completed last week, and saw a cruise test to establish projections for future ranges using the system, thus teeing up the first cross-country flights as the next stage of testing and demonstration.  Over the course of the last six months, ZeroAvia has sequentially tested different areas of performance following the breakthrough, world-first flight of the system in January. The campaign has seen the…

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H&M, C&A and Primark discarding clothes they promised to save -investigation

Stuart Mitchell

Three quarters of clothing donated to major fashion stores to be reused or recycled are actually destroyed, abandoned in warehouses or sent to an uncertain future in Africa, the results of the largest tracking investigation of its kind suggest. The pressure group Changing Markets Foundation used Apple AirTags to track 21 perfect condition coats, trousers, jackets and other used clothes as they passed through take-back schemes. The Dutch NGO donated the items to H&M, Zara, C&A, Primark, Nike, The North Face, Uniqlo and M&S stores in Belgium, France, Germany and…

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Celebrating sustainability leadership: Entries OPEN for edie Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s largest and most prestigious sustainable business awards scheme has officially opened for entries, offering organisations and individuals the opportunity to be recognised and celebrated for leading on sustainability, energy and climate action. Now in their 17th year, the renowned edie Awards celebrate the individuals, projects and partnerships driving bold and brilliant climate leadership. The Awards recognise and reward a range of projects, spanning net-zero carbon programmes, green innovations, climate partnerships, social sustainability initiatives, and grassroots change-makers. The entry deadline is Friday 13 October 2023. The Awards ceremony will then take place at the Park Plaza…

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Drax Foundation pledges £1.5m to help UK schools save energy and reduce their carbon footprint

Stuart Mitchell

The Drax Foundation, which is the corporate foundation of the renewable energy company Drax Group, has committed £1.5 million this year to help schools install energy-efficient LED lights and solar panels, and deliver energy saving monitoring and education. The firm, which owns Drax Power Station near Selby, established the Drax Foundation earlier this year to provide grant funding to non-profit organisations in the regions where it operates.   The installation of energy-efficient LED lighting initiative is currently being piloted at the following five schools local to Drax’s operations in England:   Barwic…

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