Chevron Group signs up to United Nations Global Compact

The Chevron Group which includes Chevron Traffic Management has signed up to the United Nations Global Compact, an internationally recognised best practice sustainability framework, to drive its ambitious climate and sustainability actions. This announcement comes on the back of the traffic management provider’s commitment to set Science-Based Targets and is the next step in leading […]

Aggregate Industries ‘builds progress’ for a sustainable future

Aggregate Industries has launched a new sustainability strategy which sets out the business’ vision to become the UK leader of innovative and sustainable building solutions and its ambition to embed sustainability in the future of construction. The strategy, Building Progress for a Sustainable Future brings together former management plans and policies into a more holistic and […]

Europe’s greenest city has free public transport and highways for bees

As cities around the world scramble to find greener modes of living, one European capital is already leading the way in the race for sustainability. Tallinn, the capital of Estonia and the most northerly of the Baltic cities, has implemented a number of drastic changes in order to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050. […]

Tarmac launches new guide to sustainable road building’

Tarmac has launched a new online framework designed to  support those involved in specifying and maintaining the UK’s crucial network of roads and highways: the Guide to Sustainable Road building.  “Its launch reflects our approach as a business and is rooted in the principles and targets set out in our 2030 sustainability strategy. The guide also highlights solutions, technological advances […]

Jacobs announces sustainability strategy

International professional services firm Jacobs says it is upping the ante by unveiling its global sustainable business approach, PlanBeyondSM 2.0 — delivering beyond the company’s purpose to create a more connected, sustainable world. The enhanced plan is Jacobs’ companywide foundation for what sustainability means to its clients and the planet — propelling the integration of […]

Sustainable electric motor company seeking expansion funds

The British company Advanced Electric Machines is seeking £250 million investment to grow its business making unique electric vehicle motors which do not require rare magnets. The Telegraph reports that AEM, which was spun out of Newcastle University in 2017, wants boost UK production capacity of its “switched reluctance motors”, which operate without permanent magnets. […]

Balfour Beatty launches ‘refreshed’ sustainability strategy

Balfour Beatty, t is set to Go Beyond Net Zero Carbon, Generate Zero Waste and Positively Impact More than one Million People by 2040 across its UK, US and Hong Kong operations through its refreshed Sustainability strategy. “Building New Futures”, which launched yesterday, recognises the importance of embracing and embedding more sustainable practices across the […]

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