How to: Protect your green inventions
The process of protecting green intellectual property can be as murky as it is resource intensive. Eleanor Maciver, partner and patent attorney at IP law firm Mewburn Ellis, explains how you can bolster your...
Siemens outlines decarb roadmap for giant UK industrial estate
Siemens has proposed a roadmap for decarbonising Manchester’s Trafford Park, one of Europe’s largest industrial estates.
The plan is in support of Trafford Council’s aim to achieve net zero by 2038.
The Low Carbon Trafford Park...
Choosing a ‘positive impact’ pension
Online pension provider PensionBee has calculated that UK pension savers could make a big dent in their carbon footprint if they moved £1 trillion to ‘positive impact’ funds.
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hat figure represents the approximate value of...
Scope 3 emissions aren’t just your suppliers’ problem
Companies can’t pretend that scope 3 is out of their control, says Dr Torill Bigg, Chief Carbon Reduction Engineer at Tunley Engineering.
A company’s scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions are sometimes misunderstood as simply being the scope...
Is green air travel possible?
Thomas Power, founder of sustainable holiday company, Pura Aventura, tackles the matter of sustainable travel – in particular, dialling into aviation and what can be done to reduce the environmental impact of flying.
Aviation and...
Key steps to becoming a truly sustainable business
The drive to create more sustainable businesses has reached a bit of an impasse, says Jennifer Rippe, Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Marks. Find your way forward by making full use of your own...
Don’t waste energy: how utilities providers can recharge, reshape, & renew for tomorrow
Utility providers have a fundamental role to play in our transition to more sustainable living. Mike Carruthers, General Manager – UK & Europe at Gentrack, unpacks the learnings of 30+ years of partnering with...
The need for trust and transparency in global supply chains
Given the socio-political landscape and energy crisis, it remains critically important that organisations can assure their global supply chains and take demonstrable action towards climate goals. Ian Spaulding, Chief Growth Officer at LRQA, examines...
Accelerating the UK tertiary education sector to Net Zero
What is the biggest unlocker for tackling the climate crisis? Sector leadership and system-wide collaboration. SB+CO Director Penny Baxter explains how The Platinum Jubilee Challenge has a vision for the UK tertiary education sector...
We can’t return to ‘business as usual’
Will the government perform yet another U-turn on sustainability? It’s looking likely, says Professor Ian Thomson, Director of the Centre for Responsible Business at the University of Birmingham Business School.
Whoever manages to hold onto...