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Orbit releases updated Sustainability Strategy

|Date: 28 August, 2025

Orbit releases updated Sustainability Strategy

Not-for-profit housing provider, Orbit, has released an updated Sustainability Strategy to ensure it can ...

Not-for-profit housing provider, Orbit, has released an updated Sustainability Strategy to ensure it can maximise its impact in meeting people’s needs now and in the future, to secure a sustainable fu ...

28 August, 2025
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Schools could face ‘heatwave’ like temperatures for 10 weeks a year, while flooding could make Peterborough uninhabitable this century

|Date: 30 June, 2025

Schools could face ‘heatwave’ like temperatures for 10 weeks a year, while flooding could make Peterborough uninhabitable this century

The UK’s most vulnerable places to overheating, flooding, and other climate risks are revealed in a major ...

The UK’s most vulnerable places to overheating, flooding, and other climate risks are revealed in a major new report, the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap. It warns that climate change means some schools ...

30 June, 2025
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Mapping the future of timber in construction

|Date: 13 June, 2024

Mapping the future of timber in construction

LABM Editor Claire Clutten speaks to Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Structural Timber Associati ...

LABM Editor Claire Clutten speaks to Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Structural Timber Association, Andrew Orriss, Chief Operating Officer at the STA and Alex Goodfellow, CEO of Donaldson Off ...

13 June, 2024
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Timber industry hosts its first Net Zero event in Scottish Parliament

|Date: 2 May, 2024

Timber industry hosts its first Net Zero event in Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) brought the timber and wood products industry together at Ho ...

The Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) brought the timber and wood products industry together at Holyrood for the first time on the 30th April to host a reception about driving Net Zero awarenes ...

2 May, 2024
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housing association teams up with climate champions

|Date: 22 April, 2024

housing association teams up with climate champions

believe housing has become a sponsor of Climate Action North to help it continue tackling the climate and ...

believe housing has become a sponsor of Climate Action North to help it continue tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. The North East housing association’s ‘gold sponsorship’ of the organisati ...

22 April, 2024
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Pitched Roofing Insights with A. Proctor Group

|Date: 15 February, 2024

Pitched Roofing Insights with A. Proctor Group

Proctor Air: Revolutionising pitched roofing amidst climate change challenges. Recent weather in the UK h ...

Proctor Air: Revolutionising pitched roofing amidst climate change challenges. Recent weather in the UK has shown the effects of Climate Change. The UK climate change projections programme (UKCP) show ...

15 February, 2024
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ACO paves way to Net Zero by 2045 with decarbonisation roadmap

|Date: 29 January, 2024

ACO paves way to Net Zero by 2045 with decarbonisation roadmap

With climate change more apparent than ever, ACO Technologies has announced ambitious plans to be Carbon ...

With climate change more apparent than ever, ACO Technologies has announced ambitious plans to be Carbon Net Zero five years ahead of the Government’s deadline. The drainage and water management solut ...

29 January, 2024
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Equans to progress the UK’s first net zero neighbourhood

|Date: 23 January, 2024

Equans to progress the UK’s first net zero neighbourhood

Equans has been appointed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) to deliver on plans for the UK’s f ...

Equans has been appointed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) to deliver on plans for the UK’s first Net Zero Neighbourhood. The landmark project in Brockmoor will look to tackle climate chan ...

23 January, 2024
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London under-prepared for flooding and extreme heat, new report warns — climate charity Ashden highlights inclusive solutions

|Date: 18 January, 2024

London under-prepared for flooding and extreme heat, new report warns — climate charity Ashden highlights inclusive solutions

The interim report of the London Climate Resilience Review should prompt decision-makers to bring proven ...

The interim report of the London Climate Resilience Review should prompt decision-makers to bring proven solutions from around the UK to the capital, says climate charity Ashden. London boroughs, the ...

18 January, 2024
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Pioneers powering decarbonisation

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Pioneers powering decarbonisation

In an era defined by the urgency of climate change, the need to reduce carbon emissions has never been mo ...

In an era defined by the urgency of climate change, the need to reduce carbon emissions has never been more pressing. While conversations often focus on individual actions, one pioneering project in C ...

11 January, 2024
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