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Carbon Trust launches Energy Efficiency Accelerator for ASEAN food and beverage companies

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust has launched the UK-ASEAN Energy Efficiency Accelerator (the Accelerator) to support businesses across Southeast Asia scale up energy efficiency improvements. Set to run until March 2022 the Accelerator will primarily focus on the food and beverage sector in Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, supporting companies at different stages of their energy management journey to help them realise the importance of energy efficiency.  The food and beverage sector has been identified for this targeted support as it is one of the most energy consuming industrial sectors in…

Volkswagen AG donates €10 million for European environmental projects under agreement with European Investment Bank

Stuart Mitchell

Volkswagen AG is donating €10 million for European sustainability projects under an agreement entered into with the European Investment Bank (EIB). A decisive criterion in the selection of the projects was their proven experience in major environmental protection measures. The future of sustainable mobility was a further key factor. The donations are being made under an agreement between the EIB and Volkswagen AG as part of commitments made in connection with the diesel crisis. In 2009, the EIB granted the Volkswagen Group a loan that was repaid in full in…

Grosvenor launches £90m programme to reduce emissions from historic portfolio

Stuart Mitchell

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced a £90m programme to retrofit and future-proof its historic London estate as a key component of its 2030 commitment to becoming a net zero carbon business. They are one of 25 leading UK property companies that made a Climate Change Commitment in 2019 to publish and report annually against a net zero carbon pathway. Recently launched, the Pathway focusses on their biggest levers for change: Reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from our historic London estate in Mayfair and Belgravia by over 70%…