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£1bn commitment

Ineos invests in hydrogen plan for Grangemouth

Grangemouth
The Grangemouth plant will become net zero (pic: Terry Murden) Chemicals company Ineos will convert its plant at Grangemouth to run on hydrogen at a cost of more than £1Read More

Wooden show home

Modular home aims to prove case for Scottish timber

timber home
Homegrown timber features in the modular home A wooden ‘modular’ house will be showcased at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to show how Scottish timber can be used to buildRead More

Special aviation fuel

British Airways operates first carbon neutral flight

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The carbon neutral Airbus plane A British Airways passenger flight has used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time. The airline said the flight on Tuesday from London Heathrow toRead More

Recycling campaign

Morrisons trials ‘zero waste’ stores in Edinburgh

Morrisons recycling
Targeting waste: new facilities for consumers Morrisons has announced that its six supermarkets in Edinburgh will become “zero waste” stores in a pilot scheme which aims to recycle all packagingRead More

60 jobs planned

New Fife facility will tackle hard-to-recycle plastics

plastic garment hangers
Plastic garment hangers are hard to recycle Yes Recycling is to create 60 jobs at a facility in Glenrothes that will turn hard-to-recycle products such as garment hangers and printedRead More

Biodiversity

SLI trust buys Cairngorm land for carbon plan

Devils Point, Cairngorms
Land has been acquired in the Cairngorms Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLIPIT) has acquired 1,447 hectares of rough grazing and open moorland in the Cairngorms national park thatRead More

Climate pledge

Mars cuts post-pandemic business travel

business travel
Mars’ decision is a signal of big company intent Confectioner Mars is to cut corporate travel by half and book 145,000 fewer flights each year in one of the biggestRead More

Renewables

Cruden extends green deal with ScottishPower

Cruden Group HQ
Cruden HQ with solar panels Construction and development company, the Cruden Group, has signed a three-year enhanced green energy supply contract with ScottishPower which promises to supply electricity exclusively fromRead More

Equal to 1m petrol cars

UK plans to create hydrogen using fossil fuels

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Hydrogen will be produced in two ways Government plans to produce hydrogen using fossil fuels could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050, according toRead More

First deal

Landmark £430m green transition loan for Wood

Robin Watson
Robin Watson: ‘unstoppable momentum’ (pic: Terry Murden) Engineering and consultancy group Wood is the first ever recipient of a UK government-backed green transition loan to seize new clean growth exportRead More