Ingka Group appoints Erika Intiso as chief sustainability officer
Effective 15 November 2026, Erika Intiso will become new chief sustainability officer at Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer. She succeeds Karen Pflug, who will remain with Ingka Group until the end of the year, working alongside Erika to ensure a smooth transition.
‘35 by 35’: COP31's electrification goal will only cut emissions if grids decarbonise as fast as demand grows
Ahead of COP31, the Greenly Carbon Institute has published ‘35 by 35: Powering the Future’, a study measuring how far each of the 38 OECD economies and China stand from the Turkish presidency's proposed goal of supplying 35% of global final energy use with electricity by 2035.
DitchCarbon appoints Matthew Yamatin to advisory board
DitchCarbon, the Scope 3 emissions platform for large organisations, has appointed Matthew Yamatin, formerly of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to its advisory board.
Progress on UK greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing
ONS provisional estimates have been released that show that UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 see an encouraging 1.0% downturn in emissions on a residence basis from 2024 levels, however, household emissions registered yet another year on year increase.
COP31: Paris Agreement faces hard reality check
Exactly ten years ago, on 4 November 2016, the Paris Agreement entered into force, the pledge by nearly 200 nations to keep global warming, below 1.5 degrees.
