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Labour's Green Prosperity Plan and corporate progress towards net zero

Editor's Blog

Labour's Green Prosperity Plan and corporate progress towards net zero

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June

clock 07 July 2023 • 1 min read
Nancy Mahon: 'Sustainability and social impact are increasingly everyone's job'

Management

Nancy Mahon: 'Sustainability and social impact are increasingly everyone's job'

Estee Lauder’s chief sustainability officer Nancy Mahon reflects on hiring people with 'a history of getting stuff done', and why Gen Z, women, and student organisers have big roles to play in reaching sustainable goals

clock 05 July 2023 • 6 min read
Closing the loop on circularity: Empowering clothing specialists to unstitch fast fashion

Recycling

Closing the loop on circularity: Empowering clothing specialists to unstitch fast fashion

BusinessGreen Intelligence explores how mend and repair start-up, The Seam, hopes to pick apart wasteful fast fashion trends

clock 04 July 2023 • 15 min read
Michael Jacobs: 'Timing, as much as quality, can dictate what ideas can come to life'

Management

Michael Jacobs: 'Timing, as much as quality, can dictate what ideas can come to life'

IBM's Michael Jacobs discusses storytelling inspiration from outdoor apparel and recreation firms as well as the need to dig deeper than ‘macro dialogue’ on climate change.

clock 27 June 2023 • 4 min read
Eye-in-the-sky: Trust, tech, and tracking illegal deforestation

Supply chain

Eye-in-the-sky: Trust, tech, and tracking illegal deforestation

Agrimetrics' chief operating officer tells BusinessGreen how the firm's satellite technology is seeking to root out unlicensed deforestation and help producers see the wood for the trees

clock 22 June 2023 • 16 min read
Olivia Whitlam: 'You have to be willing to fail in order to find the answer'

Management

Olivia Whitlam: 'You have to be willing to fail in order to find the answer'

From Olympic hero to net zero, former rower Olivia Whitlam - now Siemens head of sustainability - reveals why the freshest green ideas will come from people who aren't in the green space

clock 20 June 2023 • 6 min read
Fiona Ball: 'It's critical that we break out of our business unit silos'

Management

Fiona Ball: 'It's critical that we break out of our business unit silos'

Sky's sustainability director Fiona Ball discusses the 'obvious' need for businesses to invest in nature and reflects on historic, industry-wide, tendencies to overlook Scope 3 emissions

clock 15 June 2023 • 5 min read
Winning the war for green talent

Work

Winning the war for green talent

IN FOCUS: Whether you regard it as a war for talent, a full-blown skills crisis, or both, demand for sustainability professionals and clean tech experts is outstripping supply - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms can best...

clock 08 June 2023 • 34 min read
Lucy Wood: 'All of us in senior positions should take time to support young talent'

Management

Lucy Wood: 'All of us in senior positions should take time to support young talent'

Stantec's Lucy Wood discusses the importance of opening green jobs up to more diverse candidates, being 'constantly wowed' by industry newcomers, and ensuring no region is left behind in the race for more sustainable living

clock 07 June 2023 • 5 min read
Finding an ESG champion: Unifying 'cross-functional' sustainability efforts at Pinterest

Management

Finding an ESG champion: Unifying 'cross-functional' sustainability efforts at Pinterest

An image-focused social network boasting 450m monthly users, Pinterest kicked off 2023 by posting its first ever chief public affairs and sustainability officer. Dr LeMia Jenkins Thompson puts BusinessGreen in the platform’s climate picture

clock 01 June 2023 • 14 min read