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Smiling installation operative in yellow high-vis jacket presses button on Kensa Shoebox heat pump unit, pictured indoors with copper pipes above.
May 23, 2023 Jim McClelland

Sustainability will be measured in heat pumps

Heat pumps have become the new metric of success for sustainability in the built environment, argues Jim McClelland in this opinion piece.

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Icicles hanging down blue-filtered view out over snow-covered roof.
May 15, 2023 Jim McClelland

COP28: Health check for the climate agenda

COP28: A new focus on health at the end-of-year climate summit looks tailor-made for the built environment sector, argues Jim McClelland.

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Red and white striped tape barrier across damaged wooden field bridge.
April 11, 2023 Jim McClelland

‘Green Day’ heat no reason for ‘greenhush’

Heavy criticism of the UK Government’s ‘Green Day’ relaunch is no reason for business to go quiet on its goals and ambitions, to ‘greenhush’.

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Close-up of 3D printer in black and white, with plastic '3' and 'D' in red.
March 13, 2023 Jim McClelland

3D printing: How sustainable is it?

Guest Blog by Luke Smoothy: As ground-breaking capabilities of additive manufacturing begin to be realised, how sustainable is 3D printing?

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Detail from front of ISO report, showing coffee sacks, with ISO logo and 20400 superimposed over top of image.
March 2, 2023 Jim McClelland

ISO 20400: Five more years to kick-on to next level

Guest Blog by Shaun McCarthy OBE: With interest in the ISO 20400 Standard on the up, but attainment still low, what do we need to kick-on?

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Workers wearing high-vis jackets crouching and kneeling to plant green trees and bushes on on arid, sandy desert ground.
February 21, 2023 Jim McClelland

Key role for third sector in climate finance

Guest Blog by Kelly Hunte: Do NGOs and CSOs hold the key to multi-stakeholder engagement on climate finance and resilience?

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Close-up of Climeworks Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant technology in foreground, with backdrop of Swiss countryside and blue sky.
February 14, 2023 Jim McClelland

Is carbon capture part of the climate solution?

Guest Blog by Daniel Kitwa: Is carbon capture one of the scalable solutions that can help us solve our global problem of emissions reduction?

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Weighing scales with notes and coins on one side and on the other a crumpled piece of white paper with I.O.U. written in red.
February 1, 2023 Jim McClelland

Sustainability + Justice = SUSTICE

Combining ideas of sustainability and justice, SUSTICE addresses responsibilities for reparation of environmental, social and economic impact.

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View from behind TV cameras at back of room towards stage at Davos conference panel session.
January 23, 2023 Jim McClelland

Davos redefined for the ‘turbulent Twenties’

How Davos 2023 remade the business case for sustainability, despite economic ground shifting beneath the feet of a well-heeled global elite.

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Vertical stripes going blue (L) to red (R) show global warming over time.
January 9, 2023 Jim McClelland

Climate anxiety, wellbeing and business risk

With positive mental health seen as a key performance metric for companies today, has climate anxiety now become a quantifiable business risk?

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