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13th February 2020 In a bid to achieve their cities’ climate change targets, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (GCOC) and London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) are teaming up to develop and promote initiatives which will help businesses across the UK future-proof their operations by using circular economy principles. Circular Glasgow, an initiative of GCOC, and…

31st December 2019  Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has cautioned that Scottish Government plans to introduce circularity legislation to cut litter and waste must avoid placing unnecessary cost burdens on business. Rather the delivery of environmentally focused policy interventions should be progressed in parallel with achieving sustainable economic growth and should avoid “unintended consequences of policy…

28th November 2019  Glasgow should be free of unnecessary plastic by the year 2030 and phase out all single-use plastics by 2022, a new council strategy has proposed. Driven by concerns over the harmful impact plastic is having on the natural world, the Plastics Reduction Strategy has set out a 24-point action plan for preventing…

1st November 2019 Glasgow has been recognised as one of the world’s top five cities for its commitment to sustainable business tourism. The Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) published its 2019 rankings today (Thursday, October 31), with Scotland’s largest city climbing three places from joint-seventh to fourth. The announcement comes at the close of the…

30th October 2019 Glasgow Chamber of Commerce member Little’s, a Scottish chauffeur drive business, is again leading the way by being the first to introduce a single use plastic ban in all their chauffeur driven cars. Already known for their innovative outlook, Little’s are replacing all plastic bottled water with CanO Water, an infinitely recyclable…

Thursday 17th July A group of Glasgow pupils have received top marks in St. Enoch Centre’s Circular Economy themed art and design competition. Glasgow’s next generation of business leaders took part in the art competition over the summer months and the initiative culminated in a special award ceremony in the leading Glasgow shopping centre. The…

15th October 2019 Fifty prams abandoned at St. Enoch Centre have been given a new lease of life by Repair Café to help refugees and disadvantaged families across Glasgow. The collaboration was launched last summer when the centre noticed a number of prams left on the premises and in the surrounding area. Through its ongoing…

11th October 2019 This week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that projects helping Scotland transition to a net-zero economy by 2045 can apply to be included in a new green investment programme. The Green Investment Portfolio will give local authorities, developers and third sector organisations the opportunity to pitch for large scale investment to support…

7th October 2019 Glasgow has been set a target of becoming a carbon neutral city by 2030 following a decision of the council’s City Administration Committee. The decision marks the council’s formal acceptance of a key recommendation in the recent report by the city’s Climate Emergency Working Group, which set out 61 recommendations on how…