The UK oil and gas industry remains the country’s largest industrial investor, but faces major challenges to maintain its potential to deliver significant wealth over the coming decades, writes Mike Scott There have been few times in recent history … Continue reading
Recycling waste into valuable raw material is transforming the industry’s outlook, as Mike Scott reports The waste management business has always been an essential but unglamorous part of the economy, largely out of sight and out of mind unless … Continue reading
With the government under pressure to hit a 70 per cent recycling target by 2020, more businesses must embrace the environmental – and economic – case for zero waste, writes Mike Scott Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, … Continue reading
EMERGING MARKETS Developing countries are looking to move away from the fossil-fuel model of development, but it won’t be easy, writes Mike Scott One of the biggest stumbling blocks to progress in international climate talks has always been the refusal of developing … Continue reading
Energy has always been central to economic success at home and around the world. For many years, the main issue was simply whether you had the resources to produce it and, if not, how you could get hold of the … Continue reading
ENERGY Circular systems will help cities become more self-sufficient in energy and tackle the challenges of carbon, cost and security, as Mike Scott reports Cities produce some 80 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions so their future energy supplies will have … Continue reading
MEGATRENDS From climate change to population growth, the pressures on food producers are intensifying. Mike Scott reports Growing food used to be a far simpler proposition. Subject to the vagaries of the weather, the farmer grew his crop and took it to … Continue reading
OVERVIEW With nine billion or more people to feed by 2050 in a resource-constrained world, the success of the agriculture sector is crucial to us all, writesMike Scott For decades agriculture has been a generally low-profile business and the ability to … Continue reading
Wind and marine energy continues to set new milestones, but investors and business leaders want clear support from government, writes Mike Scott The UK’s wind and marine energy industries stand on the threshold of great things. We lead the world in … Continue reading
RISK ASSESSMENT Climate change, mandatory reporting and investor scrutiny create new challenges for companies, as Mike Scott reports In many ways, the Rio+20 summit earlier this year failed to advance the cause of sustainability as it descended into rancour and … Continue reading
