Getting people home safe in the green transition

The energy sector’s transition to net zero carbon emissions means a rapidly expanding workforce and the creation of new safety hazards and risks. However, energy company SSE is seeking to reinforce and strengthen its safety culture during the move to clean power by putting thousands of employees and contract partners through an immersive training programme designed to convince workers that safety is everyone’s responsibility.

By Mark Patterson, SSE on 28 February 2025

Achieving net zero: why the associated safety risks must be addressed from the very start

By Sean Elson, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP on 01 June 2023

Companies must start engaging with the circular economy. Those that don’t will lose out

Mark Maslin is Professor of Earth System Science at University College London and author of How to Save Our Planet. He is also founder of Rezatec Ltd, which works with companies to offer AI ‘big data’ solutions to tackle environmental issues. Speaking to Belinda Liversedge in Glasgow during the COP26 climate summit, Mark shared his views on the process and why there’s still a lot organisations can do to save the planet and profit while they are at it, regardless of global action and commitment.

By Belinda Liversedge on 01 June 2022

It’s time to act on Net Zero

The need to act on climate change is all the more urgent as the gas and economic crises take hold. If we are to deliver the UK Government’s 2050 Net Zero target, we also need to radically change our behaviour, systems processes and lifestyles.

By Alex Sobel MP on 01 June 2022

Achieving Net Zero will boost the nation’s health

In June 2019, the UK Parliament passed legislation requiring the Government to reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases by 100 per cent by 2050. This ground-breaking legislation saw the UK become the first major economy to commit to a ‘net zero’ target.

By Alex Sobel MP on 01 December 2021