WRAP worked with Heinz to reduce the amount of material used in its can ends and can bodies, and ultimately the amount of household waste produced. This project has established a new lightweight... (316 words more)

Zurich is an insurance-based financial services company providing investment, protection, pensions and insurance for employers, business and personal customers and brokers. One of the world’s... (254 words more)

In the next 11 years, BAA will invest over £8 billion in its south east UK airports alone including Terminal 5 at Heathrow. The biggest construction site in Europe, building began in September 2002... (313 words more)

The long awaited RoHS Regulations 2005 were finally issued in the U.K. on 20 October. The Regulations set strict new limits for permissible quantities of certain hazardous substances used in... (176 words more)

With operations in almost every country in the world, Nestle is the world's biggest food and beverage company. Nestlé’s Harrismith factory in South Africa formed a special work team comprising... (141 words more)

Aviva is the world's fifth largest insurance group and the biggest in the UK. It is one of the leading providers of life and pensions products in Europe and has substantial businesses elsewhere... (150 words more)

Shields Environmental is a medium sized company offering environmental solutions to the telecommunications industry. Headquartered in Essex, with offices in North America and Europe, the company... (459 words more)

Liftshare was founded in 1997, based on Mitfahrzentrale (the German car-sharing scheme). With the UK having the worst congestion, longest commuting time and second highest road utilisation in the EU... (438 words more)

Northern Ireland based eco-company Irish Polymers began trading seven years ago and collected plastic bottles for recycling from 12 sites spread across three local council areas. The operation has... (442 words more)

An important element of the sustainable development challenge is to find ways of achieving greater prosperity whilst minimising environmental damage. The recent re-launch of Make a Corporate... (638 words more)