The new pilot projects in the UK will help the telecoms giant assess options and viability of repurposing its street cabinet estate for EV charging. read more

Heidelberg Materials celebrated the opening of its new cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana. Representing an investment of over US$600m, the state-of-the-art facility is the second largest cement plant in North America with a capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of cement a year, and one of the most sustainable ever built. read more

Neste – the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel – celebrates the opening of its Singapore expansion and establishes an SAF supply chain to Changi Airport. read more

Neste and Ryanair have expanded their collaboration to enable Ryanair to power its full schedule of flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a 40-per-cent blend of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from 1 April onwards. read more

National Water Agency PUB has announced a partnership with SP Group (SP) to participate in the Energy Market Authority (EMA)’s Demand Response (DR) and Interruptible Load (IL) programmes, making it the first government agency to do so. read more

New data from a global survey conducted and commissioned by Ecolab – a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services – has revealed high consumer expectations for the role of companies in water access and conservation. read more

Following audits by Bureau Veritas, speciality chemicals multinational Huntsman has achieved the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) for mass balance at its Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Wilton (UK, pictured) manufacturing facilities. read more

Executives from 'hard-to-abate' industries have called for increased financing to support decarbonisation efforts, following the release of a landmark report that outlines less than a third of organisations in such industrial segments believe they have adequate budgets to do so, and over half have not yet set net-zero targets. read more

From January 2023 onwards, all diesel-powered ground handling vehicles and machinery at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands will be using Neste MY Renewable Diesel (also known as HVO100), which is produced from 100-per-cent renewable raw materials. read more

For the second year running, Bridgestone EMIA has been awarded a Platinum rating in its annual EcoVadis sustainability assessment. read more

Tunnel construction specialist RVR projects has opted to use emission-free, electric, portable air compressors from Atlas Copco to sustainably build 10km of tunnel as part of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway – a new road connection that promises a safer route for commuters and to slash travel time between the two cities by 45 minutes. read more

Boutique investment bank DAI Magister – which offers full advisory services for transactions within the climate-tech, fintech, tech-enabled commerce and communications sectors – has announced a new partnership with established Asia-based investment bank TC Capital. read more

Neste and Rolls-Royce have agreed to build a strategic partnership on accelerating the use of renewable diesel as a lower-emission solution for diesel engines. read more

The 2022 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Scientia Professor Martin Green of the UNSW Sydney, Australia, for his innovation that has transformed the production of solar energy. read more

Bell’s next generation five-seater helicopter, the Bell 505, fuelled with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), recently took off from Seletar Airport in Singapore to record South East Asia’s first ever helicopter flight fuelled with SAF. read more

Welltec, a global high-tech solutions provider for the energy industry, has begun extensive testing to identify optimal materials for Project Greensand, an initiative that will store CO2 in the subsurface of the North Sea. read more

A hydrogen fuel pioneer has secured nearly £247,000 of funding to perfect carbon capture technology that will help lower the environmental impact of its waste-to-hydrogen plants, grant specialist Catax has revealed. read more

In a significant step forward in greening the UK logistics sector, DP World has announced the arrival of the first ever all-electric terminal tractor at a British port. read more

Valencia in Spain is set to become the international water capital from June 27-29, with over 100 experts in water cycle technology and management from more than 40 countries expected to convene in the city to discuss the main challenges in smart management, IoT technologies and the industry’s digital transformation. read more

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have inaugurated joint project HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage at Svartöberget in Luleå, Sweden. The rock cavern storage facility is the first of its kind in the world, and will pave the way for a new generation of sustainably produced iron and steel. read more