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Tesco Bags of Help reaches 10,000 local projects milestone

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced that 10,000 community projects have now been funded through its Bags of Help scheme. Run in partnership with environmental charity Groundwork, Bags of Help uses the money raised from carrier bag sales to fund local projects. No profit is made on the sale of these bags and Tesco has now donated over £43 million to fund great causes across England, Scotland and Wales through the programme, which began in 2015. Through Bags of Help, Tesco customers vote in-store for their preferred local project, using the blue token…

Amey launches Nature Positive Strategy to embed biodiversity into UK infrastructure

Stuart Mitchell

Amey, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure and public services providers, has today launched its first Nature Positive Strategy, a landmark commitment to place biodiversity and ecological resilience at the core of its operations. The strategy sets out how Amey will design, deliver, and maintain infrastructure that actively supports nature, helping clients meet their sustainability goals while building a greener, more resilient future for the UK. It aligns with the Government’s Industrial Strategy 2025 and national priorities to restore nature and accelerate the UK’s transition to a low-carbon economy. With…

Innovate UK invests in digital solutions for mental health

Stuart Mitchell

Government announces Innovate UK investment in digital therapeutic solutions for mental health. Innovate UK is investing over £3.6 million in business-led projects developing therapeutic extended reality (XR) solutions to provide mental health care services. The funded projects are part of a targeted investment to unlock the transformative power of XR technologies, including: creative virtual reality (VR) augmented reality mixed reality haptics immersive software and audio These technologies will be developed and trialled over 12 to 18 months, with the ambition to deliver next-generation digital therapeutics for people living with moderate…

Fifty years of technological progress bring Enhanced Geothermal Systems to the cusp of large-scale deployment, finds new CATF report

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) finds that Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) are closer than ever to large-scale commercialization after more than five decades of development. Drawing on a database of 103 historical and current EGS projects, the report documents steady improvement alongside recent step-change innovations that could enable EGS to scale rapidly and at lower cost if supported by sustained policy action, investment, and research.  “Fifty years of global Enhanced Geothermal Systems development have brought us to a turning point,” said Terra Rogers, Program Director for…

Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…