News for: Environmental

Stockport based business, Elsa Recycling Group, has secured planning approval from Stockport Council to expand its operations onto a neighbouring site. Based on Station Road, Reddish, Elsa Recycling Group currently handles 700 tonnes of paper and card recycling per week. After purchasing … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester has published its finalised Clean Air Plan to help tackle air pollution across the city-region, and has secured £120 million in government funding to help businesses comply with the new emissions rules. Applications for funding will open from November to allow local businesses … [Read more...]

A huge Mount Rushmore style sculpture depicting the G7 leaders made of electronic waste has been erected in Cornwall ahead of this week’s G7 Summit. Commissioned by Stockport based tech reseller musicMagpie, ‘Mount Recyclemore’ is designed to highlight the damage caused to the planet from … [Read more...]

Businesses in Stockport and across Greater Manchester are being urged to take part in a series of Growth Company workshops to kickstart the region's SMEs on a journey towards net zero carbon emissions. The Growth Company's 'Journey to Net Zero' is a series of fully-funded workshops for the … [Read more...]

Ahead of the the UK's government's hosting of the COP26 global climate change conference later this year, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has called on the nation's small businesses to sign their SME Climate Commitment and pledge to take steps to reduce their … [Read more...]

B Corp schoolwear supplier Rowlinson Knitwear has launched a carbon literacy programme to educate its colleagues about the climate crisis and money-saving carbon reduction techniques. A first in the schoolwear market, Rowlinson’s programme is approved by The Carbon Literacy Trust and launched to … [Read more...]

Energy sector regulator, Ofgem, has announced support for new electric vehicle charging points as part of a £300 million investment in low-carbon infrastructure and transport. The investment will deliver cabling necessary for 1,800 ultra-rapid charge points at motorway services and other other … [Read more...]

Alok Sharma MP has urged business leaders in the UK and worldwide to accelerate climate action as the UK prepares to host the COP26 global climate change summit in November 2021. The former Business Secretary is COP President-Designate and called on the world's businesses to take action on … [Read more...]