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The LEGO Group unveils plans for on-site solar park, marks significant progress at its U.S. factory

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group has revealed plans for a solar park at its U.S. factory, LEGO Manufacturing Virginia. The project will significantly expand the site’s on-site renewable capacity and marks a significant milestone towards the ambition of sourcing 100% renewable energy for the facility’s annual needs. Construction of the solar park, located on-site at the company’s Chesterfield, Virginia factory, is expected to begin this summer. The project will feature over 30,700 ground-mounted panels with a total capacity of 22 MWp, occupying nearly 80 acres. The company also plans to install 10,080…

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Financing agreed on pioneering investment in industrial decarbonisation in Paraguay

Stuart Mitchell

A pioneering Green Climate Fund-financed project to establish one of the world’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen-based fertilizer plants has taken a big step towards implementation. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partner, the International Finance Corporation, signed financing documents for the Villeta Green Fertilizer Project in Paraguay, developed by ATOME PLC, at a ceremony in the country’s capital, Asunción, on 13 March.  This flagship investment in green hydrogen and the fertilizer industry supports Paraguay’s goal of transforming its abundant renewable energy into higher value-added industrial production. The financing is…

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New ClimateWise Briefing Identifies Insurability as Early Warning Signal for Systemic Risk

Stuart Mitchell

Insurability is one of the earliest signals of whether assets, sectors, and entire economies can survive the accelerating impacts of physical climate risk, according to a new briefing by ClimateWise. The briefing, published today by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s ClimateWise, is titled “The canary in the coalmine: Insurability as a resilience signal.” It warns that when insurance becomes unavailable or unaffordable, it triggers a “vulnerability spiral”. This feeds into a domino effect that can quickly render assets unbankable and uninvestable, leading to systemic economic and social risks. To…

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Co-ordinated business investment into Nature-based Solutions can reduce economic risk and unlock growth in the face of environmental disruption

Stuart Mitchell

Norfolk and Suffolk, like many regions across the UK, are experiencing increasing economic risk as water scarcity, pollution and flooding disrupt businesses across sectors including agri-food, development, infrastructure, water and energy. Co-investment in nature-based solutions by businesses and local government offers a nationally replicable model that can reduce these risks and unlock growth, A new report from the Green Finance Institute (GFI), Developing Regional Economic Resilience through Nature‑based Solutions: Norfolk and Suffolk, outlines how strategic co-investment in nature-based solutions by businesses and local government can support regional growth plans and…

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Nature, wildlife and Mother Earth claim primetime slots across Ocean Outdoor’s UK network

Stuart Mitchell

Drops in the Ocean champions grassroots projects in London, Scotland and more than 40 countries overseas Environmental charities and non-profits working to restore and protect the natural world, combat climate change and create access to sustainable clean water supplies have been chosen as Ocean Outdoor’s 2026 Drops in the Ocean partners.  The scheme gives six beneficiaries the chance to appear at scale across some of the best Digital Out of Home (DOOH) screens in 18 UK cities to promote their work and build public support. They include long-term public participation programmes in London, Scotland, and grassroots conservation work in more than 40 other countries.  Now in its fifth year, Ocean donates 2% of its annual reported revenue in Digital…

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