The Sustainable Futures Report

Many substances which used to be regarded as waste can be saved from landfill. Harold Vandenburg explains how his company can recover feedstocks from materials which would otherwise be discarded. Alternatively they have processes which can remove contaminants so that materials can be re-used. Everything from lab scale to pilot plants and the technology for industrial scale operations.

I meet Jaclyn Kitson and Andy Whyle from BESST and learn how the organisation was set up and how it helps local businesses. It's a network where organisations share best sustainable business practice. They also work with NISP (nispnetwork.com) to find out if one organisation's waste could be another's raw material. Memorable quotes: "Don't try and do sustainability on your own." "Sustainability is...

This episode gives a detailed insight into my executive workshop - the Green Supply Chain. Where are you on the supply chain? - What's driving your customers? - How should your organisation react? - How can you be the srongest link in the supply chain?  Financial models analyse your organisation's sensitivity to change. For copies of these models contact mail@anthony-day.com

Yes, it's Friday 13th - lucky for some and the end of a busy week finding out more and more about sustainability. This time: The Insider Media Bioreneewables Breakfast - McCain Foods; it's all good, and sustainable - a geologist's explanantion of fracking - sustainability in schools and business schools - sutainable cities - Global Divestment Day. Oh, and we need more engineers.

Last month the EU partially relaxed its ban on GM foods. With world population rising towards 9 billion in 2050 it's time to accept that there's no scientific justification for a ban. We need GM to feed the world. We need to make decisions on the basis of reason, not headlines.

England's natural capital is in long-term decline. This is what the media thought of the NCC's report, and what we can do about it.

This week Al Gore presented Climate Change to the World Economic Forum in Davos. A breakthrough, given the level of vested interests and denialism in the business community. Gore showed the devastating consequences of climate change and the positive actions of the business community. Meanwhile a report from PwC showed that the majority of global business leaders had no interest in climate change a...

Suddenly stranded assets are in the news. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is looking at the financial consequences of unburnable carbon. A new report from University College London shows how fossil fuel producing nations will have to leave massive reserves in the ground if we are to control climate change. What about the oil price? From over $100/barrel to under $50 in less than six months. W...

Welcome to the first episode of 2015! Time to make plans - for this year, next year, maybe 10 years hence. Will your business stil be around then? Probably depends on what you do today and tomorrow. My Green Supply Chain Workshop can help. In this episode I explain the main points of my Action Planning Module.

After the festivities a few thoughts about Big Data. Should we keep it all in one place to make it easy to use, or would that make it far too easy to misuse? They don't seem to keep it all together in Australian as an "Irate Citizen" complains.

ESOS, the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme, comes into effect in 2015. Most organisations, from the largest SMEs upwards, will have to report. Not as onerous as CRC and more likely to save you money. For the detailed regulations and to check if it applies to you go to www.gov.uk and search for ESOS. This episode explains the purpose and obligations of ESOS and what you have to do.

If we burn all the receoverable fossil fuels we'll trigger catastrophic global warming. In fact there's a serious risk if we burn more than 20%.   And in this episode I also talk about GreenBIM and my PechaKucha.

The Rockefeller Foundation has decided to sell its investments in oil, gas and coal and buy renewables instead. Meanwhile Drax power station, the largest and dirtiest in the UK, is converting to biomass.

My review of of Donnie Maclurcan's presentation for CASSE - the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy - at Leeds University. Should all organisations be not-for-profit? Donnie believes they will be by the middle of the century.

Sustainability aspects of the York Business Conference. Not in the dark any more! Lord Rose tells us that sustainable business is good business and The Apprentice is bad business. Should we build HS2, HS3, a new runway at Heathrow and dual the York outer ring road?

This week China and the US reach a climate accord; George Osborne plans a sovereign wealth fund based on the riches from fracking and Rohit Talwar opens a window on the future at the NextGen14 conference.

The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, issued the fourth part of AR5 last week. Professor Piers Forster, one of the lead authors, came to the University of York last week to explain how the final text was agreed.

With the publication of National Grid's annual Winter Outlook Report it's clear that safety margins between electricity supply and demand are much tighter than they were. However, standby generators and agreements with major power users are likely to be able to keep the lights on. The UK still needs a firm commitment to a long-term energy policy. With the latest report from the IPCC urging the pha...

In a new report iema warns of the risk to British industry from a shortage of sustainability skills. At the same time many organisations are unaware that there's a problem.

Welcome to the Sustainable Futures podcast. In this episode you can hear the presentation I made to the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management in Newcastle. My theme was "Sustainability Sells". I started with an overview. Why sustainability is a lot more than climate change and recycling. Why it's directly affecting the supermarkets, and indirectly affecting the consumer. Why global businesse...

A three-day conference on the circular economy, with special emphasis on education.   You can read this text at anthonyday.blogspot.co.uk   Here are the links: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation ellenmacarthurfoundation.org     3-D Printing http://www.fabfoundation.org/about-us/ http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/engineering/research/calm/ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/3dprg/index.aspx http://www....

Anthony Day presents Sustainability to 400 Year 12s at St Aidan's, Harrogate.

My summary of this webinar on Greenhous Gas Reporting. Information from caral Hopkins at Defra, Paul Holland of KPMG and Bekir Andrews of Balfour Beatty. Time is short! Most companies in the scheme are already halfway through their first reporting year. Are you one of the 1,000 firms involved? Listen and find out, or read the text version via www.anthony-day.com

This is my presentation at Sustainability Live on 18th April 2013. I was joined by Andrew Park (not recorded) director of Swan Energy Ltd. I opened with an overview of the various schemes and taxes that seek to control our carbon emissions - CRC, CCL, EU ETS. This was a special week for EU ETS as the Commission had lost a vote in the European Parliament. Some said this would drive the allowance pr...

We all heaved a sigh of relief when we completed the Annual and Footprint reports on 29th July. It's not over yet - it's a continuing chore for the foreseeable future. The Environment Agency is about to start auditing, the performance league tableis due out next month and you'd better start now to work out how much actual cash you're going to have to spend on buying carbon allowances next year. An...