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Despite UK’s tough legislation on carbon, nearly half of the FTSE 100 do not have carbon reduction targets or they’re mostly short-term.

The study, provided by the Carbon Trust, has found forty of the FTSE 100 either lack numerical targets on carbon emissions, or their carbon reduction targets are for previous years and have now expired, without being renewed. The carbon reduction targets set by FTSE 100 companies are mostly short-term, with goals for

New Green League reveals that more than a fifth of UK universities still don’t have a publicly available carbon management plan.

This year’s Green League reveals universities’ carbon emissions have gone up an average 24% so far, despite setting an ambitious target to reduce its carbon emissions by 48% between 2005 and 2020, and 10% by 2012-13. The average increase per university is 7.4%.

What is more, 22% (more than a fifth) of universities who took part

New research shows a majority of SMEs have taken steps into sustainability, but those who didn’t are missing out on £5.7 billion of economic growth.

New research from Lloyds TSB Commercial discovered 91% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have taken some steps towards becoming more environmentally sustainable, with almost a third (30%) of them having already seen their business grow by an average

Organisations can achieve energy savings and capitalise on the financial incentives from carbon emissions reduction by implementing an effective sustainable strategy.

A potential £1.6bn of available energy savings can be achieved in the UK corporate sector every year, yet hardly a fraction of these energy savings are being realised, according to a Carbon Trust estimation.

A sustainability tool known as the Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curve, prioritises

Mayor of London announced the construction of the UK's first urban cable car, for which carbon emissions savings remain uncertain.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced that work will start shortly on what is being hailed as the UK's first urban cable car. The scheme forms part of the East London regeneration programme, and is being hailed as a low- carbon emission transport alternative to cars and buses, with no impact on air quality, although, the scale

New survey reveals that sustainability strategies deliver wider commercial and operational benefits for businesses, but requires meaningful benchmarks.

Major new survey of senior global executives has revealed that corporate sustainability strategies are delivering a wide range of commercial and operational benefits for many of the world's leading companies. Consultancy giant KPMG and the Economist Intelligence Unit commissioned the survey that polled over 370 senior

New report claims the UK carbon floor price will cut carbon emissions 5.3% by 2020, but could put the UK at a competitive disadvantage with Europe.

New research released today from Thomson Reuters Point Carbon suggests that the UK’s proposed carbon floor price will cut carbon emissions from the UK energy industry 5.3% by 2020, but could undermine the country’s competitiveness by imposing a £9.3bn burden on British businesses.

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Pharmaceutical giant has laid out a guide to help the company reach its goal of a carbon neutral value chain by 2050.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) laid out a road map last week aimed at guiding the company towards its goal of a carbon neutral value chain by 2050. This follows the GSK’s recognition in its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report that it’s an ambitious target, and that it doesn’t know exactly how it will meet this objective, or its other newly-set 2015 and 20

Leading sports brand expects new reporting method will measure the carbon footprint of its supply chain.

PUMA is to publish an environmental profit and loss (EP&L) statement in an attempt to more accurately measure the success of its green initiatives. As recently announced by luxury brand group PPR that owns the sports and lifestyle firm, supply chain analyst Trucost will be in charge of measuring the full economic impact on ecosystem services of PUMA and its operations.

Speaking at the first UN climate talks session of the year in Bangkok, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres asked to address shortfalls in climate action.

Climate change negotiators have gathered at Bangkok on Sunday looking to make further progress on the deals agreed at Cancun last December. Although the climate talks from 3 April to 8 April could be overshadowed by the nuclear crisis in Japan, they will look to debate the details of accor