Green Day released the single “See the Light” in 2009, as the closing track on their album ‘21st Century Breakdown’. As a counterpoint to the album’s depressing but omniscient title there is some good news going on in the heart of Corby, Northamptonshire, where See Limited is showing how

It all started in a field in Rutland. Back in the 1970s, a Rutland farmer was struggling to keep the batteries for his electric fences charged up, so he asked John Fawkes, a retired engineer, to come up with a solution. The Rutland Windcharger was born – a simple, reliable, quiet,

IKEA is a big beast. Statistics taken from its latest company report show it has 467 stores in 62 markets across the world. It employs 219,000 people. 860 million people visited those 467 stores (many of whom will have travelled in their cars). There are 9,500 products in

I set up a new business last year. So did 899,9991 other people. I did it online and followed the helpful steps on the UK government website as I went along. The process took approximately 15 mins and cost me £12. My new company was registered within 24 hours.

The last twelve months have seen a number of projects launched to help and support organisations in the county wishing to work on being cleaner, greener and ultimately more resilient. In May, the University of Northampton held a Sustainability Summit where it launched the Northampton Accord, a multi-stakeholder agreement crafted

As CA-WN Exchange contributor Harry Mellor pointed out in his Great Big Green Week article earlier in the week, three-quarters of all our greenhouse gas emissions come from consuming goods and services. Aside from trying to consume less overall, how do we as consumers try to choose more ‘sustainable’ and

Today's business environment is tough. Is effective collaboration the best way to navigate through it? When it came to researching this article, I couldn’t resist asking the Internet what the keys to business success are. This threw up a rabbit-warren of answers, some of them positive and

Take, make, use, dispose, pollute. These five words represent the traditional linear industrial system. It starts with extracting Earth’s minerals, metals, biomass and fossil fuels; these are then manufactured into products which are sold to consumers who - for the most part - will use them and then chuck

The average person in the UK has £17,365 savings, according to a report published in September 2022 by the Building Societies Association. Savings accounts are the most popular savings method amongst UK adults with over half using them, though when questioned, 23% of savers admitted to not checking the

Honeywell Bakes, Welford – committed to being good to each other and the planet and a proud B Corporation.

Unusual Rigging, Bugbrooke – committed to the tenets of the circular economy, zero waste, carbon reduction and resource efficiency by Alexina Cassidy Whether it was the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Ceremonies, Abba Voyage or I’m a Celebrity ‘Walk the Plank’ challenge, you will have seen Unusual Rigging’s work in