Is ‘carbon insetting’ the new carbon offsetting?

Carbon Insetting enables companies to help firms in their own supply chain cut their carbon emissions, thereby delivering direct value back to carbon investor. But will it replace carbon offsetting?

Waste, recycling and responsible consumption: why our big brands need to do more

If retailers and food and beverage companies are serious about tackling food waste and promoting responsible consumption why is the BOGOF (buy-one-get-one-free) still being used as a marketing device to sell products?

Is your pension investment sustainable?

Do you know where the money in your pension is invested? If you are like the decreasing number of people in the UK who actually have a pension then the likelihood is that you have very little information about where your money is invested and how it is being used to generate a return.

When will sustainable business simply be business?

As with all sound moves in society and business in particular, there comes a time when there is no need to refer to a particular initiative specifically because it has been adopted universally and has become part of doing ordinary business. The question is, have we reached that tipping point where the majority of businesses not only recognise the need for sustainability but are now actively pursuing it?

Sustainability leadership: our top 10 environmental leaders

With environmental leadership floundering at the very top of our ‘greenest government ever’, we thought it would be a good exercise to look at who has brought about some real green leadership through their work and vision. So here is our ‘Top 10 Environmental Leaders’

Circular economy: bringing ‘closed loop’ into the boardroom…with a bit of help from Dame Ellen

The business case for adopting a ‘closed loop’ approach was previously easy to ignore. But rising commodity prices, expensive energy and increasing landfill costs have done much to push circular economy thinking into the boardroom. And the ‘Dame celebre’ of sailing, Ellen MacArthur, believes she can help it happen faster.

10 things your installer won’t tell you before you purchase a biomass boiler

After eight years of heartache, we have finally decided to decommission our Hertz pellet boiler because of all the problems that have befallen it. So, if you are a business considering investing in a biomass boiler using the Renewable Heat Incentive, here’s 10 things you should consider about yourpellet boiler before you buy it (and your installer won’t tell you about).

Thatcher’s green legacy: an Iron Lady tinged with verdigris

Margaret Thatcher undoubtedly helped put environmental issues on the agenda, but her flirtation with environmentalism is more likely the product of the growing green movement in the 1980s than any personal conviction and her obsession with free markets and libertarianism undermined all efforts at global environmental protection.

Influencing opinion through social media: what the green sector can learn from charities

Social media is being used to great advantage by charities and not-for-profit organisations that want to raise awareness and influence opinion around certain causes. So what can the green sector learn from these campaigns and can it tap into the power of social media to the same effect? We take a look at five of the best social media campaigns and explain why they made the list.

Budget: the Chancellor’s money myopia has failed those who seek to build a sustainable economy

Modern money is supposed to free us as individuals to operate as we choose in the world of the market. But there was precious little in the Budget to encourage people to put their money to use where it might produce something positive and sustainable for the economy as a whole.