Month: August 2025

Two years since COP28 tripling pledge, global 2030 renewable targets up by just 2%

Stuart Mitchell

A new analysis by global energy think tank Ember reveals that, two years after the COP28 agreement to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, national targets have barely made progress — with the total global ambition increasing by just 2% since the agreement. This gap between global ambition and national planning risks undermining not only climate progress but also energy security and economic resilience of countries. National renewable energy targets collectively now add up to 7.4 terawatts (TW) for 2030 — just over double the 3.4 TW installed in…

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Frasers Property UK signs corporate power purchase agreement with MAPP to deliver renewable energy for occupiers

Stuart Mitchell

Frasers Property UK has signed a new corporate power purchase agreement with MAPP to deliver sustainable energy to occupiers across its seven managed UK business parks.  Located near Llanedi, Wales, the solar farm will provide 27 MW of carbon-free renewable energy directly to multi-let buildings across all Frasers Property UK’s business parks in the Midlands and South East regions. This will support occupiers in achieving their sustainability objectives and in some cases, will also support the reduction of Scope 1, 2 or 3 emissions depending on the occupier and their…

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Whole Foods Market and Mad Agriculture Launch National Effort to Wild U.S. Farmland

Stuart Mitchell

Whole Foods Market and Mad Agriculture today announced a transformative collaboration to launch a national biodiversity highway initiative aimed at reconstructing native ecosystems across American farmland. This visionary program, beginning in and around the Lowery Creek Watershed in Wisconsin, seeks to create a connected highway of climate-resilient habitats restoring biodiversity, improving soil and water health, and strengthening the long-term resilience of the food system. The future of food depends on healthy, functioning ecosystems. Yet America’s farmland is under intense pressure—biodiversity is disappearing, soil health is declining, and the land’s ability…

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Suntory Beverage and Food GB&I invests £920,000 into Ribena berry resilience

Stuart Mitchell

Suntory Beverage & Food Great Britain and Ireland (SBF GB&I) has today announced an investment of £920,000 over the next five years to continue its blackcurrant breeding programme with the James Hutton Institute. This investment will accelerate work to develop new varieties of berries that produce consistent yields in the face of climate challenges. They will be bred to withstand extreme weather, pests and diseases while preserving the signature Ribena taste that consumers know and love. This year saw the warmest and driest spring on record, delivering more sunshine by…

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Iberdrola and Echelon create a joint venture to develop data centres in Spain

Stuart Mitchell

Iberdrola and Echelon Data Centres, a leading owner and operator of large-scale data centre infrastructure in Europe, have announced a strategic joint venture to build and operate data centres in Spain. This is the largest binding agreement of its kind in Europe between an energy company and a developer of this type of technology infrastructure. Under this agreement, Iberdrola will hold a 20% stake through its subsidiary CPD4Green and will be responsible for identifying and securing land with connection to the electricity grid where the centres will be developed. It…

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