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Reverse Logistics Group, the parent company of CCR Logistics Systems AG and its UK subsidiary, CCR UK Ltd, and Budget Pack have agreed a working partnership which acknowledges their shared commitment to providing a forward-thinking compliance scheme solution and ‘return-to-value’ waste management approach for companies and organisations of all sizes across the UK.
Under the new partnership agreement, Budget Pack will take on the compliance scheme services of CCR UK, which are currently provi... [more]
Natural Power has just been appointed to provide Commercial Back Office Support Services on Hall Wind Farm for renewable energy development company RidgeWind. The service will see Natural Power delivering financial and commercial administration services during the construction phase of the wind farm, which is due to begin on 16th January 2012. Hall Wind Farm is located approximately 5.5km north of Beverley and 14km west of Hornsea and is set to comprise of 12 x 2.05MW turbines with a maximum ins... [more]
Three water industry professionals have recently become Chartered Environmentalists through the Institute of Water.
The Chartered Environmentalist qualification is now the recognised standard of excellence for environmental practitioners. To be awarded the status practitioners must be able to demonstrate competence against key criteria including the ability to analyse and evaluate problems from an environmental perspective and being able to demonstrate leadership in sustainable management an... [more]
In the UK the concerns for future climate change are centred around the effects it will have on the south-east. However, recently published research has highlighted that future climate change will put considerable stress on the water resources of the city of Birmingham so that, coupled with expected increase in demand, adaptation measures to increase supply and/or reduce demand will be required. With the recent publication of the Water White Paper emphasising the importance of societies’ involve... [more]
Loch Fyne Oysters has been working to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint and has managed to cut down CO2 emissions by 160 tonnes in 2011 compared to 2008.
At their base in Argyll, Loch Fyne has achieved this by changing its light bulbs and fittings to low energy appliances, installing motion sensors in the chills, putting timers on the under floor heating and removing the use of shrink wrappers and replacing with strapping machines.
There has also been support from workers, who have ... [more]
The world’s first “climate-friendly cocoa” will be produced in Ghana as part of an ongoing collaboration between Olam International Ltd. and Rainforest Alliance.
Working with cocoa farmers in the Western region of the country, this $1 million project will have huge impact on informing Ghana’s emerging national REDD+* strategy and its Low Carbon Development plans.
This programme has been launched in the Juabeso / Bia district, an area that borders a national park and a forest reserve. Cocoa... [more]
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