Government planting less than half its target of trees, say MPs July 19, 2023 The government is planting less than half of its annual target of trees, raising concerns about how it will meet its nature goals.
Just Stop Oil offer nothing in the debate over our energy future May 31, 2023 The UK’s energy future and, environmental goals are debates of real consequence, and Just Stop Oil should no longer featured in it.
Three Ways To Make Financial Services More Human March 22, 2023 Bowler hat. Three-piece pinstripe suit. A classic umbrella with a wooden curved handle. It would be easy to think that the financial lending market still carries an air of old-school attitudes and thinking, based on its formal and traditional roots. Arguably, the financial services sector has had the privilege of operating from a position of [...]
Lifting the ban on onshore wind was step one. Now Britain must move faster August 6, 2024 Labour’s reversal of the de facto ban on onshore wind is encouraging, but Britain must do more to get building again, writes John Caudwell One of Labour’s first acts in government was to lift the de facto ban on onshore wind. This change in planning policy means that onshore wind projects no longer need to [...]
British companies could face tougher climate scrutiny under new G20 rules June 26, 2023 Companies will face more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed global rules aimed at helping regulators crack down on greenwashing. The norms published on Monday have been written by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) as trillions of dollars flow into investments that tout their environmental, social and [...]
What’s bubbling up as we boil the ESG ocean? December 9, 2022 The globe is warming. Regulators are warning. Investors are calling. Climate change is felt by every one of us and it dominates discussions from the sofa at home, to the office, to the world’s leading conference stages. Whatever your perspective: concerned citizen or commercial entity (and the two are by no means mutually exclusive) we [...]
Minister backs sports fans to intervene in Just Stop Oil protests – but DON’T ‘do a Jonny Bairstow’ July 7, 2023 Sports fans have been backed by a Home Office minister to intervene against protesters as a funder of the Just Stop Oil environmental group insisted its activists’ actions are “vital”. Events have been told to put more stewards and injunctions in place to prevent disruption from protesters as policing minister Chris Philp backed spectators acting [...]
Without reform, the UK will sleepwalk into another cost of living crisis February 27, 2024 Decades of complacency got us into the cost of living crisis, and we'll face another one if we don't change our ways, writes Adam Hawksbee.
Mark Carney’s climate alliance expands as 23 venture capital funds join net zero group April 25, 2023 Mark Carney’s global alliance of financial firms fighting climate change expanded into the venture capital sector today with the launch of the Venture Climate Alliance (VCA). Consisting of 23 venture capital (VC) firms across the U.S. and Europe, VCA members have committed to supporting a rapid, global transition to net zero or negative carbon emissions [...]
The authentic part of the Bahamas, with secret beaches and amazing food September 2, 2024 Arriving into a tiny airport after a twenty minute hop from Nassau International, we’re driving down the dusty palms highway to Freeport. The trees are ragged, stripped of their leaves and dead. Fields of new ones have been planted, but like anything beautiful in nature, patience is the virtue. It’s something the Grand Bahamians have [...]