Sustainability

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7 of the best industries for careers in 2025 - from AI to green energy

Eddie Wighton (left) and Mike Pratt (right) of Invertay Homes

Why Scottish sustainable house building can learn lesson from EV sales

Lynsay Bell Manson is managing director at Studio LBA

Sustainability will shape buildings fit for the future - Lynsay Bell Manson

A poll of 1,000 adults with children aged between three and 10 found their offspring have as many as eight toys they have never enjoyed

7 in 10 parents say kids have 'piles' of unopened toys from Christmas

Ad Feature ScottishPower Foundation’s Marine Biodiversity Fund celebrates success

McLaren Packaging receiving the Innovation in Packaging accolade at the Spirit Business Awards 2024.

Ad Feature Sustainability in Scotch can mean many things

Climate Change

North Sea oil and gas workers must see a genuinely just transition to a net-zero economy (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

North Sea union leaders' 'No Ban Without a Plan' campaign is working Brian Wilson

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to raise a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms

BP job losses 'proof SNP and Labour turning backs on oil and industry'

A wildfire engulfs a home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles earlier this week (Picture: Apu Gomes)

LA wildfires show those who deny climate change put us all at risk Christine Jardine

Environment

The seafront at Largs is battered by a high wind and rain during a previous "weather bomb", in December 2014

‘Weather bomb’ to sweep strong winds and heavy rain into Scotland

The sea eagle’s wingspan can extend to eight feet

Farmer looking to quit farm as sea eagles 'devastate' his flock

David Richardson next to the overflowing bins

Man tackles rat infestation using oil and rubber gloves

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The company behind Bovaer - which is added in small quantities to cow feed - said the supplement can reduce methane emissions by up to 30 per cent.

Bovaer debate: Is popping a pill the solution to the methane problem?

The lab-grown diamonds market is expected to grow to over £30 billion in the next four years (2028)

Ad Feature Man-made diamonds are now the new standard for engagement rings

Trim Castle Hotel, in County Meath, was signed up to a bespoke deal thanks to Radius Energy's tailored service

Luxury hotel shaves thousands off energy bills by recruiting experts

With Glastonbury set to take a fallow year in 2026, here's the reasons why festivals undertake such a break - and those taking one in 2025.

Explainer Why is Glastonbury Festival taking a fallow year in 2026?

The SodaStream machine is still selling well, and prices have just plummeted

Black Friday SodaStream deal: Cheapest ever price on Amazon right now

Sustainable Golf Week started on Monday and runs through until Friday

Scottish golfers urged to take 'big swings for a better world'

Blue Sky Scrubs continues to explore new avenues for innovation in healthcare apparel design

Ad Feature Leader of healthcare apparel celebrates 21 years of innovation

Radius Energy can help business owners find better energy deals

Businesses are bringing in specialists to hunt for better energy deals

As part of the company’s search, Eurodita’s partnership program is offering several key benefits to potential B2B partners

Ad Feature Leading European timber company seeks B2B partners for UK expansion

Will Payne is Managing Director of Akela Ground Engineering, part of the Akela Group

We’re working hard to futureproof housebuilding

SSE is the latest firm to agree to take space at the Aurora building on Glasgow's Bothwell Street.

Energy giant strikes one of biggest office deals of year for new Scottish base

The Scottish TV presenter has teamed up with Recycle Your Electricals to encourage UK households to reduce e-waste.

Why Jean Johansson is calling on Scottish homes to recycle cables

It is traditionally worn by men to secure the ghutrah - or keffiyeh - in place on the wearer's head.

Ad Feature New London collection makes traditional Arabic male accessory for all

The Shelfy claims to be able to make food last up to 12 days longer

This gadget can make food last longer in your fridge - we've tested it

The SodaStream machine is still selling well, and prices have just plummeted

Amazon Prime Day SodaStream machines are now nearly half-price

Ad Feature Investing in marine renewables: opportunities from as little as £500

HPE Technology Renewal Centres have helped customers refurbish or retire their IT assets securely, as well as enable them to unlock value in their legacy infrastructure, which can be invested in new technology.

Inside Scottish warehouse resurrecting millions of ghost computers

Powering Futures launch at Portobello High School

The 10 major Edinburgh businesses helping empower the next generation

(Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Households warned not to use ovens or electric cars before Saturday

Jim McGill drove from Land's End to John O'Groats. Images David Smith

I drove from Land's End to John O’Groats on 100% sustainable fuel

Grangemouth industrial complex is home to an oil refinery, a petrochemical plant and a petroleum pipeline terminus

Analysis Can industrial manufacturing and climate action go hand in hand?

Stuart McMillan

Ad Feature Valuing nature-based solutions

Scran Live podcast at the Royal Highland Show 2024

Scran Live podcast at the Royal Highland Show

Ad Feature How AI and tech is transforming farming

Boats in Tenby bay at low tide with the town above. Pic: Tamas Gabor

Would you eat insects? They're on the menu in Pembrokeshire - Scotland on Sunday

The May edition of Scotsman Money looks at rural financial affairs

Scotsman money: welcome to a wealth of information

Tom Ham views sustainability as a concept that is almost
as old as the hills

Ad Feature Why succession and sustainability really matter

Duncan Peters, founder and CEO of IF technology company, which has created a miniature vapour compression distillation system without consumable parts or chemicals. The system works in 45 minutes to begin purifying previously untreatable water - and would get rid of parasites such as those seen in a recent outbreak in south-west England. Photo: IF/PA Wire

Tech firm creates purification system which makes canal water drinkable

Ad Feature Podcast: The future of Scotch

The Wee House Company on why modular construction is best

Installation view of Craft Scotland: Close to Hand at Somerset House, London PIC: Iona Wolff

Art reviews: Craft Scotland: Close to Hand | Jenny Matthews | Rae-Yen Song

Ad Feature Tackling ‘embodied carbon’ issue

Classic Cars

How new electric conversion regulations are keeping classic cars on the road

CCL is helping to facilitate Scottish and UK export trade in a much more sustainable fashion (Picture: stock/adobe.com)

Sustainable transportation of goods is now a necessity - Callum Bastock

These are the top 10 bathroom icks according to the nation

Cooking over an open fire has become a popular element of wild dining experiences.

Why Scottish wild dining experiences and foraged menus are proving so popular

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

The world’s biggest billboard lays in a field of British spuds

Rob West is Managing Partner & Chairman of ESG Committee, Clearbell

Paving the way to carbon neutrality in our buildings - Rob West

Dollar Academy may be 200 years old, but it is firmly focused on the future

Education and Careers: Rector of Dollar Academy Ian Munro on the power of collab...

'Surgeons Quarter Barbados might be a pipe dream for now, but it excites us to think about growth and partnerships beyond borders,' says Mitchell. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Interview: Scott Mitchell, managing director of Edinburgh's Surgeons Quarter