How financial services must respond to the Chancellor’s challenge to the sector at COP26 November 8, 2021 The major surprise announcement for the UK’s financial sector at COP26 came this week in the form of a pledge by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, for the UK to become the ‘world’s first net zero aligned financial centre.’ This very bold ambition, which we see as a natural leadership step for the UK to take [...]
Greater Manchester launches bid to become easiest place in the UK to be a zero carbon business November 8, 2021 The Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) alongside an alliance of businesses and partner organisations has launched Bee Net Zero – an ambitious commitment to making the city-region the easiest place in the UK to become a green business. Greater Manchester’s thousands of businesses are urged to start their own green journey at BeeNetZero.com, [...]
Providing certainty in an uncertain world November 5, 2021 “I think it’s the best unpaid job in the industry,” says Aon’s Dominic Christian of his side-hustle: Chair of ClimateWise, the cross-firm body which has dedicated itself to delivering a more sustainable insurance industry that delivers for customers and firms alike. It’s no surprise that Dominic is speaking to us on his way to Cop-26 [...]
Creating a world everyone deserves: Construction with a conscience November 3, 2021 Mark Robinson, group chief executive at SCAPE, explains how the procurement authority is helping the UK’s public sector to move to net zero carbon in construction and improve local communities in the process. Our mission at SCAPE is to create a world that everyone deserves – helping to improve spaces and places, accelerate projects that [...]
Financial services in the game, but can’t play alone November 3, 2021 In this the first of a series of reports on the finance sector and greener economies, leading UK based financial and investment experts discuss the vital role the sector can play and the changes needed here and abroad to set it free. Given that the drive to net zero is the planet’s ‘fierce urgency of [...]
From CapEx to Carbon Neutral: How lifecycle costing can benefit your builds November 3, 2021 Chris Clarke, director of performance and improvement at leading public sector procurement authority SCAPE, explains how a shift in how we cost built environment projects can help save the planet. We have little under 10 years to start implementing the significant changes needed to reduce carbon consumption so that both we and future generations are [...]
Greater Manchester is primed for net zero investment November 3, 2021 COP26 is an unprecedented opportunity for the United Kingdom to present to the world a credible plan to reach net zero carbon emissions. In Greater Manchester, we are a model other towns, cities and city-regions can follow – showing how a green and growing economy can also be a levelled up one. Reaching net zero [...]
Circular Twin – Unlocking a low-carbon future for public buildings November 3, 2021 With more than 300 councils and local authorities declaring a climate emergency, tackling carbon intensity across the public estate has become mission critical. Support in delivering net zero targets To support the public sector in delivering the government’s net zero targets by 2050, an industry-wide study has provided hard evidence as to how the public [...]
Saving the planet and creating millions of jobs November 3, 2021 When the UK parliament became the first in the world to declare a climate emergency in 2019 it sent a strong message that it was willing to take immediate action on global warming and hoped that others would follow its lead. Since then many other countries have followed suit. In a further push last year, [...]
Wealth is not just about money, your mindset plays a bigger role than you think! November 3, 2021 Why is it that some people thrive while the majority just muddle through life? The answer is not a simple one, but the explosion of wealth and health tech may just hold the key to people finally gaining control of their physical and financial health. While there have been enormous developments in tech that that [...]