Tag Archives: Environment
Reasons to be cheerful
Unlike most people working on environmental issues, I spend most of my time finding and telling good news stories. When not editing the Green Alliance blog, I work on earthrise, an environmental TV show on Al Jazeera English that features … Continue reading
The circular economy: big in Japan
This post is by Jonny Hazell, policy assistant on our Resource Stewardship theme. When it comes to the ways in which stuff is made, consumed, and disposed of, there’s a lot the UK could learn from Japan. Japanese recycling rates are … Continue reading
Which raw materials pose the biggest business risk?
I wrote about Chatham House’s report on resource futures last month, which provides a detailed and comprehensive look at how underlying environmental stress contributes to material insecurity. Green Alliance’s contention is that addressing material insecurity means tackling the underlying environmental … Continue reading
Security tips, ministers ‘gagging for it’ and the end of a barren consensus
Alastair Harper is Green Alliance’s senior policy adviser on Political Leadership and roving party conference diarist. This is his final diary posting from the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, first published on Business Green. Well, thank God that’s over with. Three … Continue reading
Don’t turn off the future
This article first appeared in the New Statesman. There is a sector where our economy is not dying, but flying. Somewhere that the UK continues to dominate the global stage, creating the deals, skills, services and products in an area … Continue reading
Twitter list: top green economics tweeters
Hot on the heels of our recent list of green political tweeters, here’s one focusing on economics. These are people to follow if you’re interested in the relationship between the economy and the environment – from green growth and sustainable investment … Continue reading
Why we need a ban on sending wood to landfill
This post is by Dustin Benton, who leads Green Alliance’s Resource Stewardship theme. The UK has made real progress in reducing landfill in certain sectors, including packaging, consumer goods, and hospitality, over the past two years. Indeed, the European Commission recently found that the UK … Continue reading
How to drive green growth in UK cities
This is a guest post by Zach Wilcox, an analyst at the Centre for Cities Policy discussions on green growth and smart cities often centre on the details of which targets to pursue, how to measure CO2 emissions, and how urgently action … Continue reading
How can you tell if a product is part of a circular economy?
This is a guest post by Ramon Arratia, European Sustainability Director at modular carpet company InterfaceFLOR. Over the last few weeks I’ve been discussing with colleagues how to measure circularity in a circular economy. Here are some very early thoughts to start the conversation. … Continue reading
The case for an energy ‘mega-brand’
This is a guest post by Solitaire Townsend, co-founder of sustainability communications agency Futerra When Clement Atlee was asked how Churchill won the war, the answer was “He talked about it”. This quote opened last Monday’s launch of Green Alliance’s … Continue reading
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