09 Dec, 2022 It's coal for Christmas By Gayle Monk Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...
09 Nov, 2022 Carbon inequality: Reasons to be cheerful? Part 2 By Gayle Monk This time last year, in time for COP26, Oxfam and the Institute for European Environmental Policy released research that provided the...
20 Jul, 2022 It's a win - but I'm not celebrating By Gayle Monk In a huge win for Client Earth, Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project this week, the High Court has ruled that the Government's...
05 May, 2022 Charity investments - landmark case supports adoption of Paris Climate-aligned policies by charity trustees By Natalie Barbosa Judgment was handed down on a significant case regarding the duties of trustees in relation to investment policies last week. The issue...
05 Apr, 2022 Greening your supply chain - webinar By Natalie Barbosa My colleague, Gayle Monk and I are hosting a webinar at the end of the month, 'Greening your supply chains', where we'll be talking about...
29 Jul, 2021 Can we #movethedate? By Gayle Monk Today is Earth Overshoot Day - a stark and sobering reminder of just how much we overconsume. The day marks the point in each calendar...
22 Apr, 2021 Marking Earth Day 2021 By Gayle Monk Earth Day has been marked every year since 1970 to honour the Earth and demonstrate support for environmental protection. The first...
23 Mar, 2021 The lens through which we have to see By David Alcock The Guardian article on the project to green the Sinai desert is extraordinary and inspirational; a group of scientists are working on a...
05 Feb, 2021 Dasgupta Report on the Economics of Biodiversity - a blast from the past or a sign of real change? By Gayle Monk Just from reading the headline document - which you can read here - the messages coming from the Dasgupta Report are powerful (the full...
18 Nov, 2020 A green industrial revolution? At first glance, perhaps By Gayle Monk I am giving away my age (and possibly exposing myself to ridicule) when I admit to loving the film Clueless, a 1990s take on Jane...
12 Nov, 2020 Reaching net zero carbon - even cheaper than we thought By Gayle Monk News from the Committee on Climate Change this morning is heartening, but a call to action of sorts. The costs of reaching the target of...
02 Nov, 2020 An opportunity to engage with social value reporting and accountability By Gayle Monk I was pleased to see that Social Value UK and Social Value International are inviting members to engage with them on their responses to a...