Government has ‘window of opportunity’ before firms trigger Brexit contingency plans
New survey reveals 57% of firms are looking at scenario and contingency planning related to Brexit, but only 11% have begun to implement...
Rich Man, Poor Man: A Clash Foretold
In November, a Chinese billionaire – one not yet clipped and cuffed at the order of President Xi Ping – acquired Amedeo Modigliani’s Reclining...
Sir Richard Jolly: Development with a Human Face
In May 2012, a distinguished group of international economists and social scientists published Be Outraged: There Are Alternatives, an impassioned critique of austerity economics....
Microbes making cleaner jet fuel a reality as history meets science
Innovators in the fields of fuel, steel and aviation reveal how a low-carbon aviation fuel made with steel process gases could revolutionise air travel....
Daniel Hashim (Founder, Carbon Sponge Solutions): Small is beautiful
BOFFIN-turned-businessman Daniel Hashim is carving out a name for himself by getting nanotechnology out of the research laboratory and into the industrial marketplace.
Dr Hashim’s...
Mary Robinson: A Lifetime Dedicated to Human Rights
Lawyer, legislator, social reformer, politician, and UN High Commissioner, Mary Robinson has been a powerful force for change in her native Ireland and across...
Scotland, brave and bonny: beauty salon’s social mission
SCOTLAND’S first hair and beauty salon operating as a social enterprise has opened a second outlet in Edinburgh.
Founder Kerry Anderson is behind the Brave,...
Green Alliance says £14bn needed each year to meet climate challenge
THE GREEN Alliance think-tank says Britain will need an extra £14bn each year to meet its climate commitments.
It says £9bn that has been spent...
Troy Wiseman: Bamboo – A Sustainable Source of Fibre
Over the last ten years, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and REDD+ developments have proved that the price attributed to, and...
Clean hands, clear conscience: a bank that drives green transition
Kommunalkredit Austria AG has ambitious goals, high ethical standards — and the dynamism to follow-through on major infrastructure projects. BV bailed-up CEO Bernd Fislage...




































