Sustainability
Sustainability represents the integration of environmental health, social equity and economic vitality in order to create healthy, diverse and resilient communities, organisations and economies for our current generation and generations to come. The practice of sustainability understands how these issues are interconnected, requires a systems based approach, an acknowledgement of longer term dependencies, and the imperative to collaborate, innovate and resolve sustainability challenges.
Sustainability articles
Facing the climate emergency challenge in local government
It’s well recognised that the public sector has the opportunity to work towards a national net-zero landscape that goes well beyond improving on its own performance; it can also influence through procurement and can direct through policy.
Disgraced environmental consultant Peter Lovebrother is another month nearer retirement…
The UK government’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) strategy is based on optimistic techno-economic assumptions that are now outdated, Carbon Tracker has warned.
The UK’s new biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements could create 15,000 hectares of woodlands, heath, grasslands, and wetlands and absorb 650,000 tonnes of carbon each year.
The UK government’s latest Public Attitudes Tracker has found broad support for efforts to tackle climate change, although there are significant concerns that bills will rise.
Multinational corporations are undermining their net-zero commitments with excessive air travel and no plans to reduce ‘the low hanging fruit’ of carbon footprints, a study by Transport & Environment has found.
The UK government’s climate adaptation plans are ‘inadequate’ and falling ‘far short’ of what is required, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned today.