Day: 18 May 2026

Mars accelerates clean energy transition in Europe through landmark agreement in Lithuania

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated, a leading snacking, food and pet care services and nutrition provider, today announced it has entered into a long-term virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with European Energy for most of the output from the planned Skuodas Wind Farm in Lithuania. The agreement represents the latest milestone in the Mars Renewables Acceleration Program and supports the company’s broader efforts to extend clean, renewable electricity across its full value chain and advance progress toward its net zero ambitions.   The contract includes bundled guarantees of origin, enabled by renewable electricity…

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Triodos Bank UK backs Nature Impact’s acquisition of 102-acre Kent farm for habitat restoration

Stuart Mitchell

Nature Impact, a UK natural capital developer, has acquired a 102-acre site in Wrotham, Kent, to restore degraded farmland into permanently protected habitats, backed by financing from Triodos Bank UK. The acquisition marks Nature Impact’s third habitat bank site and the latest step in its ongoing partnership with Triodos Bank, following earlier projects in Kent and East Sussex. The Wrotham Hill Nature Reserve will see underutilised grade 3 farmland, alongside ancient woodland and hedgerows, restored and permanently dedicated to nature, with habitats secured and independently monitored under the UK’s Biodiversity…

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‘Conflict costs’ in renewables sector pose significant material risks, but are largely hidden, finds new report

Stuart Mitchell

With global energy security a pressing concern and raising demand for renewables, a new report launched today warns that the renewables sector is facing a less visible constraint – unmanaged conflict with communities, which is largely untracked despite the enormous material and operational risks it poses to the renewables roll out and achieving climate targets. IHRB’s latest report – The Hidden Bill of Green Conflict: Derisking Renewable Energy by Strengthening Community Trust – draws on two years of research and engagement with industry to examine how unmanaged company-community conflicts are…

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Berkeley Publishes 20-Year Transition Plan to Achieve Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Berkeley has published its Net Zero Transition Plan; a 20-year roadmap setting out how the UK’s leading brownfield specialist aims to decarbonise homes, construction works and its supply chain to achieve net zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2045, ahead of national targets. The Transition Plan responds to the scale of the challenge facing the sector, which accounts for around 25% of the UK’s carbon emissions, and reinforces the unique contribution Berkeley makes through prioritising homebuilding on sustainable brownfield sites close to existing infrastructure.  The roadmap establishes how…

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Ocado Retail launches ‘Future of Food Edit’ aisle on Earth Day to support a more sustainable food system

Stuart Mitchell

Ocado Retail has launched a new Future of Food Edit aisle, a curated aisle of grocery products designed to showcase and support next-generation brands focused on healthier and more sustainable food. The new aisle, launched last month on Earth Day, is developed in partnership with Future of Food – the free, not-for-profit platform that discovers and spotlights entrepreneurs shaping the future of food – with sustainability product claims independently verified through Provenance, the claims data platform used by over 300 leading consumer brands. Every product is assessed against three core…

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