Over the past few years we’ve seen a profound shift in the public consciousness towards sustainability and the importance of practising sustainable behaviour in our day-to-day lives.
Bolt, a leading European on-demand transportation platform and strong rival to Uber, recently launched a dedicated environmental impact fund with seed capital of €10 million aimed at initiatives which deliver global social and environmental benefits.
It says this is a bid to attract Gen Z consumers towards its products, and of course to save the planet, but are there more business elements to this announcement?
A recent report estimated that the quantity of plastic in the world's oceans will triple by 2025, highlighting this need for consumers to change the way they approach materialism.
While business has contributed to the mass destruction of our resources, it also holds the key to the solutions. Therefore, the call to business is necessary as corporations are in fact some of the largest economies in the world, transcending borders with far-reaching influence.
2018 was a record-breaking year for the UK. We saw the greenest year on record for UK energy generation, with the UK’s renewable energy capacity exceeding that of fossil fuels, and new records set for wind and solar during the summer heatwave. Both consumers and businesses are also becoming increasingly aware of how they can reverse the damage done to our planet by unsustainable practices.
John Herr is the CEO of Avetta. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1993, and has been with Avetta for 4 years. Avetta, formerly known as PICS (PICS Auditing), are a global supply chain risk management software company - they vet the risk, safety, sustainability and quality of industrial contractors all over the world. John brings […]
Activist investors have been in the news recently, with Edward Bramson’s activist investment fund making it clear that as one of Barclays’ biggest shareholders, it wants to have a say in future strategy and in appointing a new chairman.
Sustainability and green finance remain at the epicentre of the commercial and investment world in 2018 as there is increased pressure and initiatives from governments on businesses with regards to their utility costs as well as savvy investors looking to expand their portfolios. Green energy investments have already become commonplace in the business world during […]
Lucy Shea is the CEO of Futerra - the change agency. She joined the company in 2003 and has since grown the business from a start-up of five to a global agency with teams in London, New York and Stockholm. Shea has long experience in persuading people to take up sustainable lifestyles. She was a […]
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