Climate Action North community interest company will celebrate its sponsorship deal with Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination by staging a two-day EcoFest on 26 and 27 February 2022.

The Business Action Toolkit can be used by businesses in any location and is specifically aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises, which account for 99.9 percent of the UK business population.

The trio assumed their roles at the start of January 2022 as the community interest company prepares for intensified climate action work throughout the North of England.

A Pollinator Parks® garden to support nature’s recovery by supplying a haven for insects and birds has been created at Sunderland Enterprise Park.

The award-winning social enterprise has pledged to help the region’s companies take climate action after joining the North East England Chamber of Commerce.

A look back on an incredibly busy and climate positive 2021 for climate action. We’ve pulled together 12 months of our proudest and key positive highlights from the first retail park to have a Pollinator Parks garden to winning an award for Innovation, being part of the Herald’s COP 26 campaign and also winning important funding for an exciting Seagrass project.

An official declaration of climate emergency puts a government on a “wartime mobilisation” that places climate change at the centre of policy and planning decisions. But it’s not just governments and public organisations that can declare a climate emergency; businesses can too.

A cash donation of £666 alongside a £500 gift voucher from Waitrose has provided significant support for the Climate Action North’s Global Wilders® initiative.

The UK Government is committed to reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 100 percent by 2050, compared to 1990 levels.

This target is known as net zero and moving to a net zero carbon economy is now set in UK law. Most big firms will be forced to show how they intend to hit these targets, under proposed Treasury regulations.

Stay optimistic and carry on is the message from Climate Action North as COP26 negotiations enter their second week.