Net Zero Heroes – Lloyds Banking Group
EcoAct CEO Northern Europe, Stuart Lemmon speaks to Olivia Cropper, Senior Sustainability Manager at Lloyds Banking Group to find out about the bank’s net zero journey, what’s behind its ambitious sustainability drive and what are the main challenges of transitioning to net zero. Can you tell us about your role at Lloyds Banking Group? I […]
Net Zero Heroes – Trainline
EcoAct CEO Northern Europe, Stuart Lemmon speaks to Victoria Biggs, Chief Communications Officer at Trainline to find out about the company’s net-zero journey, what’s behind its ambitious sustainability drive and what are the main challenges of transitioning to net zero. Can you tell us about your role at Trainline? My name is Victoria Biggs, and […]
Ahead of critical COP26, which businesses will make the top 10 corporate climate ranking
EcoAct’s upcoming annual climate reporting and performance report will look at corporate climate progress following a global pandemic, rising climate impacts and a stark warning from scientists that the window for climate action is rapidly closing. Global context: The significance of reporting climate action in 2021 For more than a decade EcoAct has assessed corporate […]
Net Zero Heroes – NatWest Group
EcoAct UK CEO, Stuart Lemmon spoke to NatWest Group’s Lesley Holloway, Head of Environmental Delivery and Allan Wickham, Head of Property Specialist Services to find out about NatWest’s net zero journey, what’s behind their ambitious sustainability drive and what are the main challenges of transitioning to net zero. Where is NatWest on its net zero […]
Net Zero Heroes – Compass Group
EcoAct UK Managing Director, Stuart Lemmon speaks to Compass Group Global Head of Sustainability, Laura McMullen to find out about Compass Group’s net zero journey, what’s behind their ambitious sustainability drive and what are the main challenges of transitioning to net zero. Can you give us a summary of where Compass Group is on its […]
What is best practice for communicating your climate commitments?
With ongoing debates and the ISO standard on carbon neutrality still in discussion, are you looking for solid guidelines for exemplary communication about your commitments? Faced with the pitfalls of corporate greenwashing, communicating about your climate efforts can feel like a minefield! The lack of a standardised framework and methodology on corporate carbon neutrality or […]
Net Zero Heroes – easyJet
EcoAct UK CEO, Stuart Lemmon talks to easyJet’s Director of Sustainability, Jane Ashton about the airline’s net zero journey, its challenges and how senior buy-in helps to push the sustainability agenda across the business Can you give us a summary of where easyJet currently is on its net zero journey? easyJet has always been hugely […]
The EU adopts the Fit for 55 roadmap towards a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030
European Commission has just adopted Fit for 55, a package of proposals that outlines the EU’s path towards climate neutrality via its 2030 Climate Target. Jordan Hairabedian from EcoAct’s Research and Innovation Team explains what exactly that means. In June 2021, European Climate Law set a new binding target of –55% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 vs 1990 […]
IEA World Energy Investment 2021 review: Stop fossil fuel investment and push clean on energy investments for post-Covid recovery and net zero alignment
This year, the IEA World Energy Investment report gives the latest data and analysis on energy investment flows through the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as full-year estimates of the outlook for 2021. It looks at how investors are calculating risks and opportunities across all areas of fuel and electricity supply, efficiency and research […]
