Tag: Net Zero

UK Sport sets ambition for net positive environmental impact by 2040

Stuart Mitchell

UK Sport has set out a new ambition to move beyond net zero and deliver a net positive environmental impact by 2040, warning that climate change is already affecting athletes’ health, training and performance. The refreshed approach builds on the organisation’s Sustainability Strategy published in 2023 and reflects growing concern about the increasing impact of environmental damage on high performance sport. It comes as new research commissioned by UK Sport shows strong support among young people for environmental action from the sector, with 69% of 11 to 15 year olds…

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2 Sisters Food Group Accelerates Sustainable Feed & Higher Welfare Strategy To Drive Net Zero By 2035 & Injects £50m To Strengthen Food Security

Stuart Mitchell

2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) recently announced a major step forward in its sustainability journey, unveiling an expanded deforestation-free commitment and a significant shift toward British-grown protein in poultry feed. These initiatives form part of the company’s wider “NextGen” Strategy, aimed at achieving Net Zero by 2035. Expanded Deforestation-Free Commitment 2SFG will extend premium payments to South American Soyameal farmers to cover all land conversion – not just deforestation – helping protect vital ecosystems such as native grasslands and supporting biodiversity beyond standard industry pledges. Sourcing from farms where deforestation…

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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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Virgin Media O2 doubles down on renewable energy to future-proof its network resilience as part of its journey to net zero

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is taking further steps toward its net zero carbon emissions goal through a new long-term Power Purchase Agreement with The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG).  As part of the 10-year agreement, TRIG will provide the company with renewable electricity, providing around 15% of Virgin Media O2’s total energy supply.  The agreement begins from April 2026, where TRIG’s wind farms – Earlseat in Scotland, and Garreg Lwyd, Wales, will help to power the company’s sites across the UK.  It means Virgin Media O2 has secured a long-term renewable energy…

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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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