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June 15, 2026 Jim McClelland

Watch and wait for make-or-break Carbon Budget

Opinion: As UK government commits to climate goal, Jim McClelland explains why smart money will play a waiting game with 7th Carbon Budget.
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June 3, 2026 Jim McClelland

How energy codes power industrial green building

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How energy codes standardise sustainability as the metrics of success for green building in industrial real estate.
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May 20, 2026 Jim McClelland

Sustainability strategy in days of Starmer Drama

Opinion: As the UK Prime Minister fights for survival, Jim McClelland asks: What do days of political upheaval teach us about sustainability?
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May 13, 2026 Jim McClelland

How climate change is remapping livestock disease

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How climate change redraws the map for livestock disease across continents, as parasites and pathogens migrate.
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April 15, 2026 Jim McClelland

Heat of the night: How bad sleep hits hard at work

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: Why organisations should not ignore effects of rising nighttime heat on employee performance, health and wellbeing.
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June 23, 2026 Jim McClelland

Bank on wood for touch of premium sustainability

News: Forget putting it on plastic, what today’s conscious consumer wants from premium banking is the look and feel of a wooden payment card.

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Close-up of griddled-brown mycelium steak being cut with a knife on wood chopping board to show reddish-pink interior texture similar to beef.

Funding for steak substitute from fermented fungi

Close-up of yellow and brown spiral latticework design in sunlight.

Baker’s yeast on rise in architecture and interiors

Close-up of person in white coat and blue surgical gloves using dropper to apply sample to Petri dish in laboratory setting.

Biotech startup to grow rubber from dandelions

Onshore wind turbines pictured at sunset by water's edge.

Onshore winds of change blow hard across Europe

Channel: Circular Economy

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March 18, 2026 Jim McClelland

Rethinking agri-waste for a circular food economy

Guest Blog by Kent Swisher: How farmers and food producers are finding ways to create value for people and planet from agricultural waste.

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Multiple clear Petri dishes in lab setting on off-white surface, some containing bright white powder or liquid, others green pine-like leaves.

Funders back cellulose roll-out at industrial scale

Illustration created using ChatGPT shows pile of construction waste, with big dollar-sign adorned bag of money in middle and bank building behind.

January 21, 2026

Does outsourcing add up for construction waste?

Channel: Built Environment

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June 3, 2026 Jim McClelland

How energy codes power industrial green building

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How energy codes standardise sustainability as the metrics of success for green building in industrial real estate.

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Close-up of yellow and brown spiral latticework design in sunlight.

Baker’s yeast on rise in architecture and interiors

Diptych created using ChatGPT shows person sweating in bed at night on left, thermometer above, then looking tired at desk in office on right.

Heat of the night: How bad sleep hits hard at work

Channel: Food & Agriculture

Close-up of griddled-brown mycelium steak being cut with a knife on wood chopping board to show reddish-pink interior texture similar to beef.

Funding for steak substitute from fermented fungi

Close-up of person in white coat and blue surgical gloves using dropper to apply sample to Petri dish in laboratory setting.

Biotech startup to grow rubber from dandelions

Square ChatGPT of livestock in green field (L) + snowy mountains (R); with rainbow of parasites across + faded duplicate 25% panels L & R to widen.

How climate change is remapping livestock disease

Channel: Climate & Energy

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June 15, 2026 Jim McClelland

Watch and wait for make-or-break Carbon Budget

Opinion: As UK government commits to climate goal, Jim McClelland explains why smart money will play a waiting game with 7th Carbon Budget.

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Onshore wind turbines pictured at sunset by water's edge.

Onshore winds of change blow hard across Europe

Two workers in high-vis and white hard hats are shown installing solar panels on terracotta tiles of residential roof.

Mobilising Euros to help fund home solar in SE Asia

Channel: Business & Finance

Wood COPECTO bank card in foreground, presented chip first to viewer by male hand, purple jacket, green trousers, white shirt out of focus behind.

June 23, 2026 Jim McClelland

Bank on wood for touch of premium sustainability

News: Forget putting it on plastic, what today’s conscious consumer wants from premium banking is the look and feel of a wooden payment card.

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Close-up of person in white coat and blue surgical gloves using dropper to apply sample to Petri dish in laboratory setting.

Biotech startup to grow rubber from dandelions

Sustainability influence on consumer more stable

Channel: Biodiversity & Conservation

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Lawyers worldwide get nature-intelligent risk guide

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February 24, 2026

Bats in the city: Why urban areas become havens

February 19, 2026

Business must lead on biodiversity or risk extinction

Channel: Transport & Mobility

Candela P-12, the world's first electric hydrofoil ferry, pictured head-on, in full flow and up out of the water, coastline in background.

Big boost for electric ferry maker flying over water

Illustration created using ChatGPT shows long queue of people roadside in Accra, waiting for minibus, with Black Star Gate in background.

January 28, 2026

Transport crisis and sustainable mobility in Accra

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January 28, 2026

Ports: Climate blindspot hiding in plain sight

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Guest Blogs

June 3, 2026 Jim McClelland

How energy codes power industrial green building

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How energy codes standardise sustainability as the metrics of success for green building in industrial real estate.

Continue reading

May 13, 2026 Jim McClelland

How climate change is remapping livestock disease

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How climate change redraws the map for livestock disease across continents, as parasites and pathogens migrate.

Continue reading

April 15, 2026 Jim McClelland

Heat of the night: How bad sleep hits hard at work

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: Why organisations should not ignore effects of rising nighttime heat on employee performance, health and wellbeing.

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