Legal opinion - no surprise, directors do need to consider nature related risks
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, together with Pollination, commissioned a legal opinion from a team of corporate and financial law barristers on the duties of UK company directors and the need to consider and assess nature related risks. For regular readers of our blogs, it will come as no
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 11, 2024)
Transition: it's not like-for-like; directors must consider nature related risks; EV charging on a neighbour's driveway?
Sunday Brunch: the building blocks for a good strategy
Financial accounts might sound like they are only for financial specialists. But that would be wrong. The financial Annual Report should also be about sustainability.
The dawn of the industrial heat pump age?
There has been a lot of coverage (including from us) on the development of heat pump technologies for home heating. And it's not impossible to see residential heat pumps overtaking gas fired boilers in say the next decade. One approach that might accelerate this is heat as a
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 10, 2024)
Obesity increasing, green fertiliser (or not), and the dawn of an industrial heat pump age ?
Sunday Brunch: Agriculture needs less complex tech?
If we are to build a more sustainable agricultural system globally, we need technology that is cheap, modular, and easy to implement and operate.
A more sustainable shift to EVs
The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is an essential element in our efforts to decarbonise transport. But just building more EVs is only part of the answer. How the vehicles are manufactured is also important. For many a ‘clean car’ is about more than just what powers the engine. It
The implications for sustainability of falling gas prices
Energy Source (from the FT - so behind the paywall) recently highlighted just how much gas prices have fallen in many regions around the world. As they say, the Russian invasion of the Ukraine triggered disarray in the energy markets. And one consequence was a massive spike in gas prices.
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 9, 2024)
Scaling access to cleaner stoves; lower gas prices and sustainability; more sustainable shift to EVs
Are vertical farms ahead of their time?
The BBC (among other outlets) reported on a vertical farm in Gloucestershire, that they describe as one of the country's most technically advanced. The facility grows lettuce, basil and other herbs under special lights, in a warm humid atmosphere (27 degrees C and 75% humidity). They claim they
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 8, 2024)
Vertical farms ahead of their time?; Better governance can lift valuations?; Limits of sequestration
Sunday Brunch: What does a CSO actually do? Part 2
Many companies seem to want the upside that comes from better sustainability optics, without doing the hard work involved in integrating sustainability into their operational processes and strategy formulation - Alison Taylor