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The UK’s New Government Announce Plans to Cut Departmental Carbon Emissions by 10% Within 12 Months

May 17, 2010

The new energy and climate change secretary, Chris Huhne, has announced plans to cut government emissions by 10%. Speaking to staff at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) this morning, with prime minister David Cameron, he announced plans for department headquarters to publish online in real time their energy use. Mr Huhne, one [...]

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Puma to Become the World’s First Carbon Neutral Sportswear Company

April 26, 2010

The world’s third largest sportswear retailer, Puma, announced yesterday at ‘The Business for the Environment Summit’ held in Seoul, South Korea, that it plans to become the first carbon neutral company in their industry. ‘To be the first carbon neutral company is the next logical step in our mission to become the most desirable and [...]

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US Start-Up Announce Plans for Carbon Neutral Cement

March 22, 2010

Follwing on from our story last year about professor Pal Mangat’s development of carbon neutral cement, a start-up company based in the US says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. Calera is trying to capture carbon in the production [...]

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Paington Zoo to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Elephant Dung

March 8, 2010

Paignton zoo in Devon is hoping to reduce it’s carbon emissions by 10% by utilising one of their home-made resources – elephant dung. The zoo hopes to burn biogas produced by the dung to generate electricity. Both Paignton and its sister zoo in Newquay have signed up to the 10:10 campaign and pledged to reduce [...]

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Marks & Spencer Aims for 100% ‘Eco / Ethical’ Product Porfolio by 2020

March 1, 2010

One of the UK’s biggest retailers, Marks & Spencer are to step up their efforts to sell only products that have at least one ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘ethical’ attribute. The retailer has planned for half of their products to meet this standard by 2015, and by 2020 M&S aims to have that figure at 100%. To [...]

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Green is the New Black at New York Fashion Week

February 22, 2010

Last Thursday marked the end of New York City Fashion Week, which brought together the world’s best designers and brands to showcase the coming trends in Autumn and Winter clothing. Winter Fashion Week 2010 had all the usual hallmarks: big names in design like Vera Wang, Stella McCartney and Jil Sander. But one aspect of [...]

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