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Net Zero Lighting 2025 set to demystify sustainability credentials

18-03-2025 19:46 via electricalcontractingnews.com

The options open to lighting industry manufacturers to get their sustainability credentials independently certified can be bewildering – and making the wrong choice can have a big impact on customer perceptions and costs.
Science based targets, Ecovadis and B Corp certification all provide credible corporate sustainability assessments. But what are the similarities and differences? And to what extent do they require businesses to actively decarbonise and move towards net zero? Do they all

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South Yorkshire primary school goes green

18-03-2025 15:38 via electricalcontractingnews.com

Pupils and teachers at Marshland Primary Academy in Moorends, near Doncaster, part of Venn Academy Trust, are celebrating cutting their carbon footprint after successfully installing a modern ground source heat pump system and other state-of-the-art energy efficiency measures.
Working with Kensa, a manufacturer and installer of ground source heat pumps, the school is trailblazing how to go green, overhauling its old heating and hot water system and replacing the ageing gas boilers with seven new

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CEF partners Waste Experts and ROSI to develop solar panel recycling for UK

18-03-2025 14:52 via ewnews.co.uk

Electrical wholesaler CEF is teaming up with waste management and recycling company Waste Experts and ROSI – a French innovator in solar panel recycling, to offer UK wide collection capabilities for end-of-life solar panels. The partnership aims to directly address a critical issue in the renewable energy sector – the responsible recycling and treatment of end-of-life solar panels.
As the UK makes efforts to shift to clean energy, sustainable solar panel recycling and material recove

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Wholesaler invests £100k in net zero mission

18-03-2025 13:48 via ewnews.co.uk

Dron & Dickson, a specialist wholesaler supplying electrical equipment for harsh and hazardous environments, is leading the charge to become net zero by 2030.
Bolstering its efforts by investing more than £100,000 into sustainable practices across its portfolio, the Scottish company has deployed multiple innovative solutions to achieve its ambitious net zero by 2030 goal.
As part of its nationwide sustainability strategy the firm, which is located across the east coast from Aberdeen to

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