United Utilities has completed a project in Leigh to improve biodiversity around its wastewater treatment works in the town by transforming non-operational land into valuable woodland habitat.

The Government has announced confirmation of a second new national forest for the Ox-Cam corridor, and a competition will launch in early 2026 to determine the location of a third national forest in the Midlands or North of England.

Scottish Water is getting ready to plant over 80 hectares of land at Talla Reservoir with native woodland to help make the catchment more resilient to climate change in the future.

Scottish Water has planted thousands of native trees on land at two South Lanarkshire sites, helping to boost biodiversity and lock up carbon.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released its first assessment of the new Government’s progress on reducing emissions - the independent, statutory body says that with more action UK will hit its legally binding climate targets.

Yorkshire Water is planting over 38,000 native trees to create a new woodland on its land outside Cottingham, near Hull. The new 25-hectare woodland will see 38,325 native trees planted in collaboration with the Woodland Trust.

Scottish Water is on track to hit a major milestone of 500,000 trees planted through its woodland creation programme by the end of this planting season. More than 245 hectares of the water company’s land will be planted with native woodland before March 2025.

Scottish Water is creating a new woodland in the Lomond Hills, close to its Lomond Hills reservoir complex in Fife to capture up to 16,000 tonnes of carbon and boost biodiversity.

High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has gone out to tender with a major contract for Green Asset Maintenance & Management Services with an estimated value of up to £209.4 million.

More trees are set to be planted across the region as Yorkshire Water continues its commitment to plant one million trees by 2028.