Researchers, civil society groups, and business representatives gathered in Brussels on the 20 June to call for a ‘Materials Framework Directive’ to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Our event “Material world: The EU’s path to a 1.5°C future”, hosted in collaboration with Zero Waste Europe, was held to discuss [...]
The UK Government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery, with a consultation set to be launched in the autumn. The proposed ban follows plans by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to do the same and builds on England’s ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds [...]
The IPCC climate report on Monday (9th August) provided a stark wake-up call for humanity. The window for action to prevent the worst impacts of climate change and limit global temperature rises to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is rapidly closing. This grim outlook has made for difficult [...]
New procurement rules have entered into force for companies bidding for large government contracts, with those seeking to win these contracts needing to prove that they have credible plans for reaching net zero by 2050 by the end of September 2021. Our principal consultant Duncan Oswald explains what this means [...]
City centres shut down in spring, slowly opened in summer, and now many are questioning what role they’ll play in an autumn overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In August, the UK government launched its post-pandemic ‘Build back better’ stimulus package. Planning restrictions were adapted to boost development, the public were [...]
We are excited to have reached a new milestone in our growth, recently passing the 100 employee mark, as well as growing by 94% in terms of sales revenue and number of staff in the last five years. We now have 105 employees across three continents, working alongside national governments, [...]
The second of two water fountains that we have sponsored as part of the wider Refill and Plastic Free Greater Manchester campaigns has been officially unveiled. In March 2019 the first water fountain opened in Bury with the support of Bury Council, United Utilities, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and [...]
Turkey could reap annual environmental benefits worth ₺705 million and reduce CO2 emissions by 260,000 tonnes by introducing a deposit return system (DRS). The Turkish Government confirmed in early 2019 that it will introduce deposits on beverage containers by 2021 as part of its zero waste initiative and efforts to [...]
Our North America office has seen huge growth in the eighteen months since it opened its doors, delivering high-level, influential projects across the US and Canada – and expanding by 200%, with further recruitment planned to accommodate the growing portfolio of work. North American municipalities and businesses are beginning to [...]
Darebin City Council (DCC) in Melbourne, Australia were the first in the world to declare a climate emergency in December 2016. We have been appointed to help the council to determine what practical actions they can take to meaningfully reduce the amount of carbon that they currently emit through their [...]
