Category: Vision for a sustainable future
Laura Spiers from the Sustainability and Climate Change group at PWC has provided us with an insider perspective from the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (Rio+20) in the below blog:
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
Sustainability is a big idea. At its most basic it is about people and communities, and about giving them a great life. Whilst community projects, wellbeing and strong economies are the real delivery of modern and satisfying lives - a strong, healthy, natural environment is key. This is at many levels: from provision of food, water and clean air; to the more subtle but essential pleasant environment to relax in and enjoy. A poor environment means a poor economy, and it is logical to assume the opposite is true.
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
Britain has significant entrepreneurial potential, especially in the low carbon sector. Yet a number of barriers impede rapid business growth. Government support for green initiatives has proved inconsistent demonstrated most recently through the FiT fiasco and the questionably ‘green’ budget. Conditions now appear increasingly unfavourable for SMEs who face a funding deficit of up to £190m over the next 5 years. What options for growth are there available for deserving, innovative UK SMEs operating in the green space?
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
As the environmental consequences of our business actions have become harder to ignore, so has the increase in the number of start-ups that place environmental values at their core. Having been mobilising UK businesses on climate change and resource depletion since 2007, The Mayday Network also provides invaluable support to emerging businesses keen to harness the economic advantages of starting green.
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
Delivering a revolutionary approach to deal effectively with growing volumes of UK large-sale electrical and electronic waste
Bob Clarke, CEO, WEEE Systems
Many of you will have watched aghast recently as BBC’s Panorama http://bbc.in/jJQLQ8 highlighted the ultimate fate of much of the millions of tonnes of e-waste produced annually in the UK.
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
Our guest blogger this month is Dusty Gedge -urban ecologist, passionate green roof campaigner, Tv presenter, a "London Leader" President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations and founder of the resource livingroofs.org.
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Category: Vision for a sustainable future
At Alliance Boots, we believe we all have a part of play in facing the challenge of climate change. We believe that the success, or failure, of the world to solve this issue will depend on literally billions of individual decisions taken by businesses around the world. We have to act now before it is too late and while we still can influence the outcome.
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