Following a £2 million investment a new business aimed at guiding organisations through the carbon-offsetting journey has been launched. The brainchild of Renwick Drysdale, Akre builds on his forestry heritage and is an evolution of the woodland creation consultancy, Kilrie Trees.
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ScottishPower has announced its biggest ever recruitment drive, with at least 1,000 new jobs to be filled in the next 12 months.
Scottish Enterprise has launched a free online 'Net Zero Accelerator' tool to support more businesses to develop net zero plans and further the economic development agency’s commitment to embedding sustainability across its work. The new tool helps businesses by making recommendations across f
Scottish renewable energy company, Orbital, reached a significant operational funding milestone with financing from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB).
NatWest has announced the launch of a new platform to assist UK businesses in managing fuel and running costs to promote greener growth. NatWest surveyed 250 businesses in May this year and found that more than 72% of businesses expect their business will face increased difficulty in light
Up to 30,000 high-quality jobs will be created in the north east of Scotland under plans to transform the region into the ‘Net Zero Capital of Europe’.
Plans for an innovative £20 million facility in West Dunbartonshire to turn waste plastic into hydrogen, which will be the first of its kind in Scotland, have been approved.
Rural businesses in the Highlands and Islands are doing more to invest in new technologies and move towards low carbon ways of working than those in the rest of Scotland, according to a new report. However, the latest Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) business panel survey also notes that the r
Family-run Brewster Brothers has secured more than £450,000 grant funding from Scottish Enterprise to create 22 new green jobs as part of its ambitious expansion plans. The sustainable resource management company, which recycles 99% of all construction, demolition and excavation (CDE) waste it
Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2 billion by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today.
Faith institutions with more than £3.1 billion of combined assets under management in the UK, Ireland and across the world have announced their divestment from fossil fuels. The move, announced in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, represents the largest-ever joint divestment a
The Scottish Government no longer supports unlimited recovery of hydrocarbons including oil and gas, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The co-operation agreement signed by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party earlier this ye
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has unveiled a limited edition blended Scotch whisky to be enjoyed by world leaders, delegates and visitors to the COP26 conference. The whisky, which has a run of just 900 bottles, represents the Scotch whisky industry’s commitment to sustainability from gr