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Articles tagged with: green recovery
As COP26 kicks off, the UK horticultural industry provides the solutions to ‘greening our economy’ Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
As COP26 kicks off, the UK horticultural industry provides the solutions to ‘greening our economy’
Horticulture has a significant role to play to help the UK reach Net Zero and deliver a greener economy. With COP26 upon us, this potential must be fully recognised.
Chi Onwurah MP: 'There’s nothing more caring than saving the planet'
Coronavirus
By Radhika Sanghani
Chi Onwurah MP: "There’s nothing more caring than saving the planet"
As one of the few MPs with a background in science and engineering, Chi Onwurah has plenty of ideas for how the government could build back better and save the planet. She tells Radhika Sanghani greater urgency is needed to drive change.
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution
As COP26 approaches, the world will be talking more and more about how we meet the challenges of climate change. But John Godfrey, L&G’s Corporate Affairs Director, is more interested in actions than words. He tells us why “inclusive capitalism” is the key to the UK’s future economic and environmental success.
Government is failing to act on the climate emergency
Environment
By Matthew Pennycook MP
Government is failing to act on the climate emergency
It is now two years since the Commons formally declared an environment and climate emergency. Yet few, if any, would argue that the period since has been marked by a response commensurate with that declaration.
IKEA goes full circle as it leads the way on sustainability Partner content
Environment
By IKEA
IKEA goes full circle as it leads the way on sustainability
As it announces the launch of its new Circular Hubs, IKEA UK aims to prove that climate initiatives can be as good for business as they are for the planet.
We must decarbonise our steel industry to save it
Economy
By Dan Jarvis MP
We must decarbonise our steel industry to save it
The crisis at Liberty should be a turning point to invest in British steel and recast it as a world leading sustainable industry of the future.
Partner content
Economy
By OFTEC
We mustn’t let this pandemic halt progress on creating a greener economy, says OFTEC
With all the damage Covid-19 has done, let’s not let it put our decarbonisation goals at risk as well.
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery  Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery 
Now is not the time for the UK to risk undermining its credibility on the global stage at the COP26 and G7 summits, by allowing a keystone green stimulus measure to fail.
The Budget must match any ‘surge’ in new project investment with the capability to deliver successfully Partner content
Economy
By Association for Project Management
The Budget must match any ‘surge’ in new project investment with the capability to deliver successfully
Investing in people, as well as material resources, is essential to successfully building back better, according to Association for Project Management (APM).
Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing Partner content
Coronavirus
By Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing
We need to harness the energy of British science for the task of rebuilding our economy. Bringing capital expenditure into R&D tax credits is a simple, rapidly self-financing way to kick-start growth.
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
Coronavirus
By Simon Fell MP
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
There needs to be a plan for the North - to capture, direct and sustain investment: to pump prime our communities and unleash the opportunity which we, as their advocates, know are already there
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
Communities
By Darren Henry MP and Lilian Greenwood MP
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
In 2021, we want to see the government deliver a step change in its promise to ‘level up’, putting the Midlands at the heart of a green recovery.
Why buildings must be the linchpin of the UK’s climate and green recovery plans Partner content
Coronavirus
By ROCKWOOL UK
Why buildings must be the linchpin of the UK’s climate and green recovery plans
When the Chancellor stands up today to deliver his spending review, he should double down on his ambitions for the built environment.
The Chancellor’s irresponsible choices have damaged the economy, we now need an urgent path to recovery
Economy
By Abena Oppong-Asare MP
The Chancellor’s irresponsible choices have damaged the economy, we now need an urgent path to recovery
The Tories talk about levelling up, but the reality is that they've been letting people down. We need urgent action to recover jobs, retrain workers and rebuild business in every part of the country.
Build Back Better and the Ageing Society Partner content
Coronavirus
By Legal & General
Build Back Better and the Ageing Society
We are determined to reduce health and longevity inequalities; support the creation of a new and better system of long-term care, and ultimately, improve the way that we look after each other as we age.  
Planning reforms drive a bulldozer through plans for nature recovery in the Environment Bill
Environment
By Daniel Zeichner MP
Planning reforms drive a bulldozer through plans for nature recovery in the Environment Bill
Planning reforms and the Environment Bill are moving in opposite directions, pitting nature against economic development, as policy divisions within government descend into incoherent chaos
To hit zero carbon by 2030 we need traffic reduction, not just a ban on the sale of petrol cars
Environment
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
To hit zero carbon by 2030 we need traffic reduction, not just a ban on the sale of petrol cars
Electric vehicles do less damage to the climate than most petrol or diesel cars, but still contribute to carbon emissions. Electric charging points must use only renewable energy to make the switch to electric worthwhile.
We must tackle both the nature and climate crises together Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
We must tackle both the nature and climate crises together
It is clear that restoring nature and delivering for people go hand in hand, and that requires a stronger emphasis from government on nature in its environment plans.
The Prime Minister’s 10 point plan must focus on delivery Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
The Prime Minister’s 10 point plan must focus on delivery
The Mineral Products Association cautiously welcomes the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for the environment but as is too often the case, we are left asking about delivery.
Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET sets out key priorities within the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) believes the UK Government’s announcement of a Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution demonstrates the first meaningful steps made by this Government towards achieving net-zero by 2050 in the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
OFTEC comments on Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
Decarbonising heat from UK homes is a national priority that must be urgently addressed. However, we are concerned about the high costs rural households are likely to face under current government proposals to achieve this.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
MIMA's comment on The Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan on a Green Industrial Revolution
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director of the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) comments on The Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan on a Green Industrial Revolution;
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB responds to Government's Ten Point Plan
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to the government’s ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’. The plan seeks to create and support up to 250,000 jobs covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies across the UK.
Coronavirus
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry welcomes Prime Minister’s Ten Point Decarbonisation Plan and urges role for rail
The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Decarbonisation Plan and urged a greater role for rail.