Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that 2020 was Europe’s warmest year ever recorded, and seasonally winter 2019/20 and autumn 2020 were also the warmest recorded.

Over 300 companies including Anglian Water (the only UK water company to make the A list), AstraZeneca, Danone, Firmenich, HP Inc, KAO Corporation, Klabin S/A, Mars, Symrise AG and Mitsubishi Electric have today been named on this year’s A List by environmental non-profit CDP. This is a major increase on last year, despite the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19.

The UK government has today announced an new ambitious target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.

To mark the countdown to the UN COP26 climate change conference taking place in Glasgow next November, Anglian Water, Essex & Suffolk Water and Yorkshire Water will be joining forces to embark on a year of collaboration ahead of the event.

Water industry experts from Ricardo and Mott MacDonald have collaborated to create the pioneering strategy that will guide the UK water industry to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.