'We need to eat less and better meat and dairy' say campaigners
Friday 20 April 2018
Eating Better and its partners including Friends of the Earth, Sustain, WWF and Compassion in World Farming have released a report which sets out how a ‘less and better’ approach to meat and dairy is better for people, animals and the environment.
The latest in a series of highly successful SNI training events, which focussed on carbon management, providing delegates from the public and voluntary sector with the tools and information needed for measuring and managing their organisation's carbon footprint.
A Project Ideas Lab, organised by Sustainable Northern Ireland in partnership with SEUPB, which focused on promoting EU funding streams and identifying and developing sustainable development projects which may be elegible for EU funding.
Blog: What is the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland?
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Michael Scholes and Aidan Stennet from the NI Assembly Research Matters Team investigate the myriad of factors which lead to a gender pay gap and investigates the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland.
A pioneering new pilot project in Nottingham aims to make select households ultra-low carbon and fit for the future by renovating them using the 'Energiesprong' techniques used in the Netherlands.
Post-Brexit farm payments to be used to help the environment
Wednesday 28 February 2018
The UK Government has published a consultation on its plans for agriculture after the UK leaves the EU. The consultation entitled ‘Health and Harmony: The Future for Food, Farming and the Environment in a Green Brexit’ proposes that public money will no longer be given to farmers for the amount of land they own. Instead it will be allocated for the delivery of sustainable production, environmental enhancement, animal welfare and trialling new technologies.
Ireland 2040: €22bn to turn State into low–carbon economy
Wednesday 28 February 2018
The Irish Government’s new national development plan envisages a radical overhaul of how the State tackles climate change, allocating €22 billion – one fifth of the entire budget – to a series of measures that will turn Ireland into a low–carbon economy by 2050.
Starbucks trial 5p cup charge in bid to reduce plastic waste
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Starbucks have started charging 5p for disposable coffee cups in 35 London stores as part of a three-month trial. Starbucks’ announcement comes weeks after MPs called for a general 25p latte levy on disposable coffee cups.
Starbucks has introduced a 5p charge for single-use cups in its central London locations in an attempt to help tackle a plastic waste epidemic plaguing the UK.
Customers who bring their own mug will not have to pay the extra 5p in 35 Starbucks branches for the duration of the three-month trial which began in February 2018. If it’s successful the company may roll it out to other outlets, the Seattle-based coffee giant said.
The first–everEuropean Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy adopted on January 16, 2018 will transform the way plastic products are designed, used, produced and recycled in the EU. Better design of plastic products, higher plastic waste recycling rates, more and better quality recyclates will help boosting the market for recycled plastics. It will deliver greater added value ºfor a more competitive, resilient plastics industry.
Work has begun on UK Stakeholder for Sustainable Development (UKSSD) plan to drive action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UK. The project looks at each of the 17 Goals and 169 targets and analyses the UK’s performance. It outlines the opportunity the Goals offer and the type of actions needed if we’re to achieve them by 2030.
