Green Alliance
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
| Type of business | Charitable trust |
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| ID | 962705 |
About Green Alliance
Green Alliance is a charity and an independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979, it works with influential leaders from the NGO, business, and political communities.
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... " Green Alliance, an independent think tank, said disposable vapes wasted resources like lithium which are needed for batteries to power electric cars, and recycling them was costly...
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... These environmental messages have been shared by charities including Green Alliance which said: " The key is to buy less and buy better...
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... Aearlier this year by think tank the Green Alliance estimated that delaying ELMS by two years would reduce the savings in agricultural emissions delivered by 2035 by half...
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... The 25 charities, including Save the Children, Age UK, End Fuel Poverty Coalition, WWF, Green Alliance and Greenpeace, said emergency funding was needed to support the most vulnerable...
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... But Shaun Spiers, executive director of environmental think tank Green Alliance, said while the plan was welcome it would not happen fast enough...
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... Positive step Mr Sunak first mentioned SDRs in July and has announced these next stages for the requirements in the report: Sam Alvis, from the Green Alliance think tank, said it was a " positive step in greening the private sector"...
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... In fact, the Green Alliance says the UK has to recycle only the plants, a third of the coated containers in circulation...
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... ”Libby Peake from the UK Green Alliance told BBC News: “These new standards are a massive step in the right direction and could result in nearly 50 million tonnes of CO2 emissions savings...
Energy firm E. On apologises for sending socks to customers
Energy supplier E. On has said it is " incredibly sorry" for sending socks to customers in a bid to encourage them to turn the heating down.
It is The Second major supplier to admit to a marketing gaffe when customers are facing a cost of living squeeze driven by energy prices.
Earlier in the week, Ovo's founder said he was " really embarrassed" about energy saving advice including " doing a few star jumps" and cuddling pets.
Energy bills are set to soar in April.
A new price cap looks set to add about £600 to the annual gas and electricity bill of a household with typical energy usage.
The socks were sent out by E. On Next - an arm of the energy giant which sells and promotes renewable electricity.
The footwear came with a message encouraging people to leave " lighter footprints" by turning heating down and lowering carbon emissions.
However, some customers reacted with anger and Perplexity - especially when they were sent to elderly relatives. Now, The Company has apologised.
Writing on Twitter, it said: " If you recently received a pair of socks from us, we would like to say We Are incredibly sorry for how we have made Some People feel.
" In light of the seriousness of current challenges that many people are facing, this mailing should have been stopped and We Are sorry. "
, The Company said it sent the socks to 30,000 customers who responded to an energy saving campaign Last Year .
In a subsequent statement, a spokesman for The Company said: " This activity was in no way designed to detract from the seriousness of the current energy crisis
" This campaign originally went ahead Last Year and was intended as a fun way to encourage people to think about 'lightening your carbon footprint' and isn't meant to be anything to do with the current challenges many people are facing. "
He Said E. On had invested billions of pounds into better insulation, efficient heating, and advice to customers.
E. On is the UK's second biggest energy supplier, after British Gas .
Stephen Fitzpatrick, The Founder of the third-largest, Ovo, said earlier in the week that " someone had a bad day" when a link was sent to customers directing them to a blog encouraging them to save energy by hugging pets.
The latest gaffe comes on The Day an alliance of charities called on the government for urgent action to tackle the energy bill crisis.
The 25 charities, including Save The Children , Age Uk , End Fuel Poverty Coalition, WWF, Green Alliance and Greenpeace, said emergency funding was needed to support The Most Vulnerable .
Source of news: bbc.com
