Professional services firm Grant Thornton Promotes is asking its employees to take the train to help it achieve its net-zero targets.

Yes, they are back and open for entries. The fifth annual National Sustainability Awards are here. As always, we are looking for your stories of innovation and impact that will build a more sustainable future. This year we have added extra categories so that more organisations from an even wider range of activities can help demonstrate their commitment and share best practice.

TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have announced the final investment decision of the second phase of the Northern Lights development, which will increase the project transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million to more than 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year from 2028.

A new Government plan to reduce waste across industry has been unveiled by Environment Secretary Steve Reed.

Just Stop Oil’s demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, somewhat erasing the group’s core reason for existing. As a result the group is calling for a final action in Parliament Square on 26 April, after which it will stop protesting, but it is unlikely this is the end of the story.

Scottish Ministers have granted consent for Vattenfall’s Ourack wind farm in the Scottish Highlands.

The demand for EV batteries is rising, but they require exact engineering and intricate assembly, and disassembly. Robotics can help increase speed, accuracy, and scalability of the processed dramatically. From handling delicate cells to seamless welding, robots can transform battery manufacturing and can also create safer processes.

The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has pledged to invest around £250m, or three per cent, of its £8bn fund value in environmental solutions assets, to support its net-zero ambitions.

Provisional statistics published by DESNZ show UK emissions were 371m tonnes carbon equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2024, down from 385 MtCO2e in 2023 and 54 per cent lower than they were in 1990.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released its Renewable Capacity Statistics 2025 detailing a significant increase in renewable power capacity during 2024, reaching 4.5TW. The 585 GW addition last year indicates a 92.5 per cent share of the total capacity expansion, and a record rate of annual growth (15.1 per cent).

The Chancellor’s Spring Statement had little for renewables, but one winner was the announcement on green hydrogen and the reduction of electricity costs on its production.

UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell made a speech in at the Europe 2025 Conference calling on Europe to move faster on renewables.