Successful News Stories at Green Suffolk

Council named as national finalist for...

Mid Suffolk District Council has received national recognition for its work to boost biodiversity – investing in land for...

Suffolk’s community electric vehicles get their...

This spring, Sustainable Suffolk invited residents to help name the county’s fleet of 18 electric community vehicles. The competition...

Suffolk Climate Change Partnership wins national...

The Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP) has won the Working in Collaboration Award at the prestigious 2026 APSE Energy...

Suffolk Residents Invited to Vote for...

Sustainable Suffolk is calling on residents across the county to help choose the final names for Suffolk’s fleet of...

Help name Suffolk’s Car Club vehicles

Residents across Suffolk are being invited to put their creativity to the test by helping name their local Car...

Babergh District Council renews pledge to...

Babergh District Council has renewed its commitment to protect, restore, and enhance the district’s biodiversity after approving a new...

Craftivism will help ‘start climate conversations’

BBC News - Jon Wright A new climate hub inside an empty town centre shop will hold craftivism sessions...

Suffolk Climate Change Partnership Named Finalist...

The Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP) has been announced as a finalist in the 2026 APSE Energy Awards, supported...

Suffolk residents can now borrow thermal...

Over the last few years, Sustainable Suffolk have loaned out thermal cameras to community groups for free through their...

Suffolk residents urged to apply quickly...

Suffolk residents living in properties which are not energy efficient, could be eligible for funding to make their homes...

Our progress so far: the 2025...

16 December 2025 Back in 2021, the Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan set out how your public sector organisations were...

Almost £2 million pledged for biodiversity...

Mid Suffolk District Council has committed £1.8 million over the next three years to accelerate work which enhances biodiversity...

Nature recovery roadmap launched for Norfolk...

County councils in Norfolk and Suffolk have launched their respective Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS). These aim to address...

Students debate climate issues at councils’...

Ahead of global leaders gathering in Brazil for COP30 next month, students from schools across Suffolk have taken part...

New identity, same mission: Sustainable Suffolk...

Sustainable Suffolk is the new identity for the county’s collaborative effort to combat climate change, enhance our environment and...

32,000 solar panels and counting for...

The successful Solar Together Suffolk scheme is now open for registration for 2025. The group-buying programme enables Suffolk residents...

A new way to invest that...

Most savings leave communities and are put into national or international saving and investment products. But, through the Sustainable...

Fresh look, same mission

We've got a new name and a fresh new look, but we're still the same partnership working hard to...

Steve Backshall, guest speaker at the Suffolk Youth Climate Conference 2025

Steve Backshall empowers hundreds of students...

Over 200 Suffolk secondary school students came together on 2 July to learn, debate and take action against one...

Mid Suffolk’s £3m funding for scheme...

Elmswell and Woolpit are to be connected by a new footpath and cycle way thanks to £3m of funding...

Plug In Suffolk Car Clubs have...

On Wednesday 11 June, six electric vehicles were placed in three locations across Suffolk for communities to use as...

What a win for waste at...

The Suffolk Waste Partnership was presented with the award for the Best Stand Representing Education at this year’s Suffolk...

New street cleaning taskforce hits the...

A new street cleaning taskforce has hit the streets of Mid Suffolk to tackle litter, fly tipping, and graffiti...

Suffolk’s authorities supporting sustainability in schools

32 of Suffolk’s schools recently attended a conference to help them write their climate action plans and deliver sustainability...

Locations in Suffolk announced as the...

Ten locations across Suffolk will be fitted with electric cars that can be booked out by drivers in the...

Taxi drivers in Suffolk reveal their...

Suffolk’s taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) fleet emitted 9,118 tonnes of CO2 in the last year, which is...

International relations blossom as Tokyo looks...

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils hosted a delegation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government this week – showcasing their...

Suffolk Councils join the national campaign...

14 October 2024 The Suffolk Waste Partnership is delighted to join this year’s Recycle Week (14 to 20 October) to celebrate the...

Interest-free loans to make homes more...

7 October 2024 Suffolk County Council will offer interest-free loans to help make residents’ homes warmer, safer and cheaper...

Wild Reads is returning

27 September 2024 Suffolk Libraries’ annual Wild Reads programme run in partnership with Suffolk Wildlife Trust, has relaunched for 2024. First launched in...

Suffolk residents will be able to...

13th August 2024 A trial of electric community vehicles is set to launch next summer in Suffolk, with the...

Council bringing more community EV charging...

30th July 2024 Over 60 new community venues across Suffolk will have new electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints, as Suffolk...

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Hundreds of local businesses celebrated for...

12th July 2024 Suffolk County Council’s annual Carbon Charter event, hosted at the Coddenham Centre on 11 July 2024,...

Groups invited to bid as £23m...

12th July 2024 Suffolk Community Foundation is inviting eligible charitable and not-for-profit groups in East Suffolk to bid for...

250 young people take part in...

5th July 2024 250 local schoolchildren have pledged to write to their local Member of Parliament about climate change...

47 new electric vehicle chargepoints in...

31st May 2024 An additional 47 new electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints are now available in Babergh and Mid Suffolk...

Creating The Greenest County Award winners

28th March 2024 Schools, businesses and volunteers have been celebrated at Suffolk County Council’s Creating The Greenest County 2024...

500th business receives Carbon Charter award

25 March 2024 A business near Sudbury has been presented with a special award for their carbon reduction and...

Funding available for community action on...

29 January 2024 Funding is now available for community projects which are tackling climate change and carbon reduction. Applications...

Suffolk’s First Youth Climate Conference

14 July 2023 Suffolk’s first Youth Climate Conference, held on 5th July in Bury St. Edmunds, provided an opportunity for...

Creating The Greenest County Award Winners

8th March 2023 The votes have been counted and judges have chosen the winners for Suffolk County Council’s Creating...

News Stories

Council named as national finalist for nature recovery work