A global survey by PwC found the UK ranks highly for putting sustainability at the heart of the boardroom: companies appointed about as many CSOs in 2020-21 as in the prior eight years combined.
Report highlights “lost decade” of sustainability progress in the construction industry, citing a lack of client demand for sustainability and the perceived financial costs of sustainable projects as barriers.
Bond yield would be linked to targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy generation, and could be one of Britain’s great economic success stories
Andrew Coburn, CEO of Cambridge-based, ‘deep-tech’ start-up Risilience, outlines the opportunities presented by integrating climate considerations into business strategy — and the risks of not doing so.
April 2022 saw the first anniversary of Savills Earth, the energy and sustainability wing of the FTSE250 real estate services group. Ian Grant discusses its origins, the net zero agenda and energy, with its head David Jackson and directors Chris Cummings and Nick Green.
Exploring how market and regulatory forces around ESG & sustainability are creating unprecedented demand for talent, and how service providers are responding strategically. Experts from specialist advisory, training and recruitment firms offer tips for building world-class ESG capabilities.
Avieco, the UK-based sustainability consulting boutique, and Belgian sustainable engineering and advisory group Greenfish join Accenture Sustainability Services
New global practice set to be one of the largest global networks of sustainability experience providing client-related services, data-driven research, and assets and capabilities
David Harper, financial trainer at Fitch Learning, explains the development of ESG in credit risk analysis and how Fitch is embedding ESG within its decision making
RSK expands renewable energy design, as well as renewable services capabilities, with two latest acquisitions - Absolute Solar & Wind and Inis Environmental Consultants - bringing total to 28 for this financial year
Lead consultant Royal HaskoningDHV, alongside partner consultants Mott MacDonald have been tasked with producing an environmental impact assessment report and a natural impact statement for Irish offshore wind park
Owner and CEO of UK-based ESG consulting and risk management specialist InvestAssure says companies need to ensure the sustainability of their operational performance matches up to their official ESG ratings
Global professional services firm sees doubling of earth & environment revenues through FY21 largely thanks to Golder acquisition, and embarks on three-year growth plan focused on ESG, technology and innovation
Group CEO and CFO take Environment Analyst through the year’s highlights, as international firm delivers solid results and pipeline going into 2022 against backdrop of lingering pandemic, inflationary pressures, energy market transition, and the ‘great resignation’
The UK government is on course to miss its net zero targets due to a lack of policy detail and clarity regarding financial incentives, says the House of Lords committee
Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy, RBC Wealth Management, looks at some of the current challenges to achieving net zero, some feasible solutions, and what the world of tomorrow might look like if these solutions are not only implemented, but effectively paid for.
