University of Hull commits to creating a hedgehog-friendly campus

The University of Hull has pledged to create a hedgehog-friendly campus by signing up to a national scheme that aims to protect the animal’s population. The Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative encourages universities, schools and colleges across the country to make improvements to campus grounds, creating safe and secure spaces for hedgehogs to live. A team of students and staff are supporting...

High-profile speakers to headline The Waterline Summit 2021

A green energy entrepreneur and an electric vehicle adventurer will be among the headline speakers this year’s pioneering The Waterline Summit. The flagship event is returning next month, bigger and more ambitious than before, linking the Humber to the global COP26 climate change conference. Held from October 18-22, just a few weeks before COP26, the summit will link innovative decarbonisation...

Humber SMEs have their say on UK’s net-zero targets in major business study

More than 650 small and medium-sized businesses across the Humber region have shared what net-zero means to them, in the first comprehensive study of its kind in the UK. Aura has announced the results of its Humber Future Net Zero Survey, as momentum builds for the UK’s hosting of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November. A large majority of businesses surveyed – 80% -...

Businesses and residents encouraged to take part in day of engagement as flagship COP26 event rolls into Hull

The region’s business community, together with interested residents, are invited to take part in a flagship COP26 event as the Carbon Battle Bus visits Hull city centre. The battle bus, which is travelling the whole of the UK as part of Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Tour, is being brought to the region by the HEY LEP. This whole-day event, taking place on Monday, October 18 at Hull City Hall, will...

University of Hull returns as Waterline Summit partner as ‘eyes of the world on the Humber’

The University of Hull is back as a founding partner of the Waterline Summit as the “eyes of the world” turn to the Humber region’s low-carbon and renewable energy sector. The five-day conference, hosted by Marketing Humber and taking place from October 18-22, will position the Humber as central to the global climate challenge facing world leaders. On the eve of the global COP26 climate summit...