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22 March 2012

£103 million fund for renewables

Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a new £103 million investment fund which will drive the growth of renewable energy in Scotland for generations.

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21 March 2012

Launch of the Spatial Planning Assessment of Climate Emissions (SPACE) tool

Spatial planning decisions are crucial in delivering required new development in Scotland in a way that reduces greenhouse gas emissions from energy use, land use change, transport and waste. Planning is crucial to the delivery of Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as well as enabling the transition to a low carbon future. The Spatial Planning Assessment of Climate Emissions (SPACE) tool, the result of a partnership project between Scottish Government and SEPA, is designed as a bespoke tool for Scottish local authority planners to consider the climate emission from decisions they make on development plans. This in turn will help planners make more informed decisions and therefore help support the transition to a low carbon Scotland. SPACE was launched on the 21st March 2012 by Stewart Stevenson, the Environment and Climate Change Minister at the Public Sector Climate Action Group.

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20 March 2012

Oatally Mad about Recycling!

Resourcefulness comes as second nature to Nairn’s Oatcakes who have been baking Oatcakes since 1888. They have maintained excellent recycling figures segregating cardboard, paper, plastic, polythene, packaging and office paper. However, it has been a successful partnership with recycling and resource management business, William Tracey Group, which has seen the environment team at Nairn’s come closer to their goal to achieve zero waste to landfill.

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14 March 2012

The Greenest Greens in Golf

Dundonald Links on Scotland’s Ayrshire coast has moved the “green” indoors by achieving the accolade of Zero Waste to landfill! The Club introduced their waste management policy in 2007 and since then has actively reduced, reused and recycled waste generated on site.

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14 March 2012

Green Bank will focus on waste processing and recycling

The UK's first Green Investment Bank (GIB) will prioritise investment in commercial and industrial waste processing, energy from waste generation and recycling.

13 March 2012

New guide shows businesses how to go green and improve performance

A guide designed to show businesses how they can go green and improve their bottom line has been launched by Scotland’s Environment Minister.

12 March 2012

£50,000 prize for app to help businesses go green

A prize of £50,000 is on offer to software developers who can produce the best App to help businesses in Scotland reduce their carbon emissions. The Scottish Government, SSE, SEPA and Microsoft launched the national competition today [Monday 12th March] in an effort to produce an App targeted specifically at small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

9 March 2012

BT products first to achieve independent verification by Carbon Trust under new international standard

BT has become the first company in the world to have product carbon footprints independently verified by the Carbon Trust to the new GHG Protocol Product Standard. The independent verification covers three of BT’s most popular consumer products; the BT Home Hub, the BT Vision+ digital set-top box and the BT Graphite 2500 DECT phone.

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8 March 2012

Green Investment Bank to be based in Edinburgh and London

The Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today (8 March) that the first ever UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will be based in Edinburgh and London. The headquarters of the GIB will be located in Edinburgh, with the GIB’s main transaction team based in London. This arrangement will enable a greater commercial reach nationally than could be achieved from one location.

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7 March 2012

Power of Now Opens in Glasgow

An innovative and hands-on renewable energy exhibition – and the UK’s first dedicated free EV (Electric Vehicle) charging, hiring and parking facility – has opened in Glasgow.