Under the governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s next five-year plan, China will promote “scientific and technological self-reliance” and a sustainable, low-carbon future. The key strategic pillars of the five-year plan for 2021-2015 were published this week, following four days of private meetings between President Xi Jinping and the CCP’s top decision-making body, the Central Committee. … Read more
Tesco has joined a group of large businesses including Dixons Carphone, E.ON, Heathrow, Lime and SSE that have called on the Government to bring forward the date for when new petrol and diesel vehicles should be banned from sale to 2030. The original 2040 date for the ban was announced in 2017, although some MPs … Read more
Google has announced that it aims to power all its data centres and offices with carbon-free energy by 2030, matching pledges by rival Apple earlier in the year. In a blog post, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote that the firm has always valued sustainability and said the world “must act now” to avoid the worst consequences of … Read more