News for: Environmental

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a £10.7 billion rail programme to improve intercity connections between Greater Manchester, Leeds and York, has published a report detailing sustainability achievements from April 2019 to March 2024. The TRU has published its first Sustainable Development … [Read more...]

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, unveiled a new Five-Year Environment Plan for the city-region that outlines how Greater Manchester can meet its 2038 target for net-zero. The plan, revealed at the Greater Manchester Green Summit on Monday 9th December, sets out how public and private … [Read more...]

The North West's emerging hydrogen sector has called for additional input from government to support the low-carbon fuel's transport and storage to help meet net zero goals. In a report published by the North West Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA), while progress at policy level has been made in … [Read more...]

Volunteers from Stockport's Vernon Building Society are planting oak and alder tree saplings at the RSPB site at Dove Stone Nature Reserve this National Tree Week (23 November to 1 December). Nine employees are spending two days planting the trees (on 26 and 28 November) at the reserve to help … [Read more...]

The UK's AI innovators are being invited to take part in the second round of the government's Manchester Prize competition and submit potential solutions for how the technology can help meet the country's clean energy needs. The second round of the Manchester Prize invites teams of innovators, … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester businesses looking to understand their climate impact can now access a new calculator to accurately measure their energy use and discover their biggest sources of carbon emissions. The new carbon calculator tool has been developed by Green Economy and GM Business Growth Hub on … [Read more...]

CEO Ken O'Toole hailed the impact of the group's sustainability, education and community efforts as Manchester Airports Group (MAG) publishes in annual CSR Report for 2023/24. Detailing the progress against the delivery of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy, ‘Working together for … [Read more...]

Stockport Council has completed improvements at nine of the borough's parks and outdoor spaces since April 2024. Some of Stockport’s best-loved parks have been given a boost with new play equipment installed at a range of sites over the past six months. Oak Meadow in Cheadle Hulme is one of those … [Read more...]