Regulation

Abellio Greater Anglia has concluded its current programme of energy efficiency upgrades following the completion of electrical and lighting improvements at several rail stations in East Anglia.

Yesterday RBS announced that it had doubled its lending to sustainable causes to £1 billion in 2015, and intended this to grow to £3 billion by 2017 as its clean pipeline grows. But what does it mean amongst the wider sustainable financing scape?

Adidas has outlined its sustainability targets to 2020 in a report that shows the company was able to cut energy consumption by 15% since 2011.

Carbon Trust has launched a new fund designed to help small firms reduce their energy costs after a new survey found almost half of senior decision makers within SMEs worry over current energy spend.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to expand upon its own energy efficiency measures by testing new products in branches and offices.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that it doubled its lending for sustainable energy projects last year to £1 billion.

The Chinese State Grid Corporation has unveiled a proposal for a global electricity network worth fifty trillion dollars.

A technology platform enabling management of distributed energy assets has attracted significant levels of new funding, allowing it to move from pilot schemes to commercial deployment.

Dutch brewery Heineken has lauded the success of its corporate sustainability scheme and revealed it has saved the company more than €70 million in energy costs since 2009.