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Crowdfunding

Celtic Renewables crowdfunds to back green tech

Martin Tangney
Martin Tangney: promoting environmental change Cleantech innovation company Celtic Renewables has launched a crowdfund campaign on the back of investor appetite to fund companies with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.  ItsRead More

Consultation launched

Single use plastics could be banned in Scotland

Plastic waste
Scotland is waging war on plastic waste Plans to ban some of the most environmentally damaging single-use plastic items in Scotland, including plastic cutlery and plastic straws, have been publishedRead More

Green travel plan

Cash offer to swap polluting vehicles for ebikes

Michael Matheson and ebikes
Michael Matheson with Ben Cooper, Kinetics, and Ellie Grebenik, Energy Saving Trust (pic: Scottish Government) Micro business owners and commuters are being offered cash to buy a bicycle if theyRead More

Green jobs plan

CBI chief calls for ministers to issue green blueprint

Carolyn Fairbairn
Dame Carolyn Fairbairn: ‘we have the expertise’ (pic: Terry Murden) CBI chief Dame Carolyn Fairbairn will today urge the government to publish its promised climate blueprint and help unlock investmentRead More

Net zero plan

Investors urged to back green investment plan

Railfreight
David Stirling supporting net zero plan Investors are being invited to support more than £1 billion of low carbon, eco-friendly and recycling investment opportunities. Led by the Scottish Government, theRead More

Leif Erikson Award

Rocket firm Skyrora’s green credentials recognised

Skyrora launch in Iceland
Volodymyr Levykin, left, receiving his prize from the president of Iceland Scottish rocket company Skyrora has received environmental recognition from Iceland which recently hosted one of its launches. The country’sRead More

Waste management

Stewart bolsters Topolytics’ management team

Jane Stewart
Waste analytics company Topolytics has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Jane Stewart as non-executive director. A qualified chartered accountant, Ms Stewart has spent decades in theRead More

Emissions target

BrewDog to plant forest in carbon negative plan

BrewDog-Make-Earth-Great
Planting a future: BrewDog has raised its green ambitions BrewDog, the maverick Scottish brewer and pubs group, has taken another big step towards its goal of going beyond carbon neutralRead More

War on waste

Frightened Rabbit’s Kennedy swaps stage for plastic fight

Billy Kennedy of Frightened Rabbit
No longer all about the bass: Billy Kennedy is tackling waste Musician Billy Kennedy is swapping performing on stage for the fight against plastics. While the campaign against single useRead More

Friday Update

DB Live: Davidson for Lords; PM delays easing; Halo praised

Ruth Davidson at election rally
5.30pm: Halo praised Scottish businesswoman Marie Macklin’s urban regeneration project in Kilmarnock has been praised by SEPA and international sustainability organisation Global Footprint Network for its net zero vision. TheRead More