Matt Mace

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have partnered to launch a new standard that helps businesses and governments align their activities with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As negotiations on the European Commission's proposed review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) begin this week, calls have emerged to ensure a stable and meaningful carbon price is delivered to assist with decarbonisation and electrification efforts.

As research reveals that UK reservoir storage is at half capacity across England, a freedom of information request has revealed that the Government has scrapped plans for wildfire prevention initiatives to be introduced.

More than 100 businesses and financial institutions have called on governments to kickstart a 12-month reform of subsidies and incentives that cause harm to nature and could impact long-term economic resilience, ahead of COP17 later this month.

Fashion brands such as Nike, Patagonia and Under Armour have been named as the founding members of a new alliance designed to reduce microfibre pollution from textiles.

The transition to a low-carbon economy is creating new greenwashing risks across a more diverse set of sectors, with links to misleading claims up 28% year on year.

Logistics real estate firm Prologis UK has reached a new milestone for sustainable development, with a new logistics unit at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), becoming its 100th development to achieve Planet Mark certification.

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has approved the controversial Jackdaw project, in a move that will increase domestic gas production by up to 6%, while also establishing a new low-carbon energy fund based on tax revenues from North Sea projects.

Following Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh’s approval of the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas project, edie drills into the numbers to see what this means for the UK’s economy, energy security and climate ambitions.

The Government’s approval of new oil and gas projects could become a Nightmare on Downing Street, with responses to energy security focused on treating symptoms rather than strengthening approaches to a clean energy transition.