Facebook’s former sustainability chief: Business needs to get vocal to reach net-zero

Facebook’s former sustainability chief: Business needs to get vocal to reach net-zero

Facebook’s former sustainability director and Google’s former clean energy czar Bill Weihl has called on businesses to “go beyond their own four walls” and lobby for policies that create net-zero national economies in a “just” manner. Speaking at The Business Booster in Paris last month alongside Mary Robinson, former Irish President and incumbent chair of the UN Elders, Weihl was asked to give a brief summary of where he believed corporate leadership on climate justice currently sits, and what more must now be done to deliver a just transition to net-zero.

Black Sheep Coffee: London brand grew to £110m success without using single-use plastics

Black Sheep Coffee: London brand grew to £110m success without using single-use plastics

A London-based coffee chain, which grew from a stall in Camden, became a £110 million success in just six years without using any single-use plastics for their products. Black Sheep Coffee owes its success to its unique business model with co-founders Gabriel Shohet and Eirik Holth constantly…

London theatre Royal Court to ban visitors from bringing in single-use plastic bottles

London theatre Royal Court to ban visitors from bringing in single-use plastic bottles

A London theatre is banning single-use plastic bottles as part of a mission to become a net-zero carbon venue by 2020. The Royal Court theatre in Chelsea announced it was scrapping its plan to put on a month of of shows focussing on the climate emergency, according to the Guardian.