Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

On 18 December, the European Commission published two regulations on the verification by national authorities of CO2 emissions from cars and vans in service: the 1st one outlining the guiding principles and criteria (Delegated Act), and the 2nd one detailing the more technical procedures for in-service verification tests (Implementing Act).  This “in-service verification” is a […]

Interest in rewilding the land has boomed in recent years, especially after the success of the rewilded Knepp Estate in England. But what about rewilding the sea? Esther Brooker tells us about her research on marine rewilding. In the UK, the Knepp Estate has sought to lead the way on rewilding, turning an intensively farmed […]

Featuring the art of Ellie Biggs, F. Curtis Lubbe, Rebecca Buchs, Jude Wild and Vicky Bowskill. Mediums include: pen and watercolour, ceramics and pipe cleaners, ballpoint pen, AI and oils on canvas. These artworks come from Australia, The Czech Republic, Switzerland and the UK. Ellie Biggs On the Jatbula trail, by Ellie Biggs [pen and […]

The newest batch of highly innovative clean technology projects will receive funding from the EU’s Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. Today 36 large-scale projects selected in July 2023 following the third call for large-scale projects and one project from the reserve list of the previous […]

Lenka Kuglerová, John S. Richardson, Timo Muotka, Darshanaa Chellaiah and Jussi Jyväsjärvi talk to us about their latest perspective article which suggests that locally developed and adjusted targets for riparian buffers must move away from vague objectives. A switch towards quantifiable goals that specify what is supposed to be achieved and protected will help to […]

Jackery’s Solar Mars autonomous robot wins the prestigious TIME Best Inventions of 2023 award in the “Green Energy” category. Jackery, a leading global provider of innovative portable power and green outdoor energy solutions, created in its 11th anniversary the award-winning Jackery Solar Mars Bot featuring expandable solar panels to produce clean energy. The Jackery Solar […]

Rolls-Royce introduces the Space Micro-Reactor model for Moon exploration at the UK Space Conference. In March 2023, Rolls-Royce received a funding boost of £2.9m from the UK Space Agency to support the research on using nuclear power for a future Moon base. Rolls-Royce scientists in collaboration with strategic partners, have been tackling various aspects of […]

  Sustainability is a challenge for football, horse racing, motorsports, and indeed every form of UK sporting venue.  This article explores the challenges and opportunities and concludes with an early case study of how a horse racing venue is taking early steps to improve. The Environmental Footprint of Sporting Events Sporting events have long been […]

Fernando Tuya Cortés, from ECOAQUA’s Biodiversity and Conservation Group, discusses his article: ‘Strong phylogenetic signal and models of trait evolution evidence phylogenetic niche conservatism for seagrasses.’ Seagrasses are a group of flowering plants fully adapted to life in the sea. Aquatic flowering plants Seagrasses are a group of marine angiosperms (i.e., flowering plants) fully adapted […]

T-Omega floating wind turbine prototype was successfully tested with the launch of the 1/16 scale model in New Bedford, MA. T-Omega’s test marks a major achievement for both T-Omega Wind, Inc. and the offshore wind industry, which is encountering challenges with rising deployment and maintenance costs. T-Omega Wind’s innovative and lighter prototype demonstrates that adopting […]