Opinion

IT

Digital carbon disruption: Using technology to lower emissions and Boost Innovation

Accenture's Justin Keeble considers how companies can cut carbon and boost innovation by embracing digital

clock 08 February 2016 • 4 min read

Supply chain

Back to the drawing board: a circular system for design and manufacture

In this edited essay extract Northampton Business School's Dr Kurt Yang Liu maps out new strategies for encouraging the take-up of greener design and manufacturing methods

clock 05 February 2016 • 4 min read

Automotive

The Defender is dead - Long live the 'electric' Defender!

Carbon Tracker's James Leaton makes the case for reviving the iconic Land Rover Defender as an electric vehicle - and getting chatted up at charging stations

clock 05 February 2016 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Putting green procurement into practice

In this essay extract University of Northampton's Liam Fassam considers how green procurement strategies could help cut waste in the food chain

clock 04 February 2016 • 5 min read

Investment

Climate risk and financial services - the road from Paris

PwC's Jon Williams outlines how the Paris Agreement will affect investor attitudes to climate risk

clock 03 February 2016 • 7 min read

Management

We have no option but to rethink the whole issue of flooding

Matthew Farrow of the EIC hopes flooding policy will finally improve after this winter's washout

clock 02 February 2016 • 3 min read

Energy

Of oil and stones - why the oil industry is overestimating the scale of the renewables challenge

E3G's Tom Burke argues oil giants' predictions of future demand masks the opportunity of the low-carbon transition

clock 01 February 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Emissions admissions

What we can learn from the VW scandal? Hopefully less smoke and no mirrors, says Stephen Porteous from Alliance Trust Investments

clock 26 January 2016 • 14 min read

Infrastructure

A low-carbon energy system will not build itself

Smarter intervention from government is needed, says WWF's Trevor Hutchings

clock 25 January 2016 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Storage is the vital ingredient for unlocking a low-carbon power system

Dr Nina Skorupska of the REA believes 2016 will be a breakthrough year for energy storage

clock 22 January 2016 • 3 min read