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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew reduces fossil fuel consumption by 22% in one year on journey to become climate positive by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has announced a significant reduction in fossil fuel consumption and core carbon footprint, with the use of fossil fuels down by 22% and core emissions falling by 17% year-on-year, across both its botanic gardens, Kew Gardens in London and Kew Wakehurst in Sussex. This is a big step towards RBG Kew’s goal to become climate positive by 2030: reducing its core carbon footprint by 46% this decade, and balancing remaining emissions with high-quality carbon sinks. The latest figures mark an important step in Kew’s…

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Schneider Electric Establish Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Sustainability Ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced a strategic partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew.  As Kew’s official Energy Sustainability Partner, Schneider Electric, recognised for two years running as the World’s Most Sustainable Company by TIME and Statista, will play a critical role in helping the world-famous botanic gardens meet its goal to become climate positive by 2030.  As a UNESCO World Heritage site with a sizeable footprint, Grade 1 and 2 listed buildings, and high visitor numbers, Kew Gardens faces…

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Plans submitted to renovate Kew’s iconic Palm House into the first net-zero glasshouse of its kind

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to undertake a landmark renovation of the iconic Palm House and Waterlily House.  The proposed renovation aims to create the first heritage net-zero glasshouses of their kind, conserving two of the UK’s most iconic buildings while radically reimagining their design for a more sustainable future. Both the Palm House and Waterlily House are currently showing serious signs of deterioration, having last undergone a renovation in the 1980s. Without urgent work the listed…

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew commits to become climate positive by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew releases its first Sustainability Strategy, setting out a series of ambitious commitments to rapidly reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint and utilise its trusted voice, alongside its workforce of leading plant scientists and network of global partnerships, to call for the change needed to tackle the environmental emergency. The overarching target is to go beyond ‘Net Zero’ with Kew committing to becoming ‘Climate Positive’ by 2030, setting a science-based carbon emissions reduction target. This ambitious target is one of the commitments outlined in Kew’s new 10-year…

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