Willmott Dixon has been appointed by Oxfordshire County Council to deliver its highly sustainable new headquarters building at Speedwell House in Oxford. The council is relocating from its current premises at County Hall, also in Oxford, to a new four-storey ...
Read More »Sybron becomes carbon neutral on its journey to net zero
“Our core values as a business are innovation and sustainability, so achieving carbon neutral status is a first and major step towards our ultimate goal to achieve net zero.” Sybron, a leading UK supplier of cleaning, hygiene and catering products ...
Read More »Rye Memorial Hospital achieves carbon neutrality
Rye, Winchelsea & District Memorial Hospital has become the UK’s first community hospital to achieve carbon neutrality. The installation of its new renewable systems was followed by confirmation from its electricity supplier that all power now comes from fully renewable sources ...
Read More »Tork brand offers a range of carbon neutral certified dispensers
Essity’s Tork brand is the first in Europe to reduce and compensate carbon emissions for the entire life cycle of selected soap, toilet paper and hand towel dispensers. The Tork brand now offers carbon neutral certification on a range of ...
Read More »Material Change
Andrew Jackson, Business Development Director EMEA, Shaw Contract on procuring flooring products and materials that contribute to a Circular Economy approach. If we are to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in accordance with the Paris ...
Read More »World’s first carbon neutral hand dryers launched by UK firm
British brand, Dryflow, has launched ten 100% carbon neutral electric hand dryers, as officially verified by ClimatePartner. The verification process saw each dryer meticulously analysed to measure the full extent of its lifetime’s emissions, from ‘cradle to grave’. This ensures ...
Read More »Clause for celebration
Saul Huxley, Organic Development Director at grounds maintenance and landscape creation specialists, idverde explains how carbon-neutral clauses can benefit the environment With greater pressures on Councils, retail parks and business spaces to create more sustainable, climate-friendly gains, there has been ...
Read More »Forbo reaffirms Marmoleum’s carbon neutrality
As part of its Live Forward campaign, Forbo Flooring Systems is underlining its commitment to sustainability and minimising the environmental impact of its products and processes wherever possible. This includes highlighting that its linoleum product, Marmoleum, is CO2 neutral without ...
Read More »Changing ideas
Think differently was the overriding message of the Workplace Trends Climate Change and The Workplace: Towards Net Zero Carbon event. Andrew Brown one of the chairs of the day reports As the Government is often keen on telling us: we ...
Read More »Future fuels
Simon Lawford, Technical Manager at Crown Oil explains how paraffinic fuels are leading the way in terms of providing an immediate and reliable solution to tackling air pollution Fuel is a global requirement for economic growth and is the cornerstone ...
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