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The FIFA World Cup is often described as the world's game. Yet it is also one of the world's largest governance exercises.
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What the 2026 FIFA World Cup can teach us about social legitimacy

4 months ago4 months ago9 mins

Op-ed by Therese Baptiste, BaptElis. The FIFA World Cup is often described as the world’s game. Yet it is also…

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Renewable energy installer Geo Green Power has announced it is consolidating its domestic solar offering into what it believes to be a 'best-in-class' package.
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Geo Green Power revamps its domestic solar offering to provide increased long-term value for customers

4 months ago4 months ago7 mins

Renewable energy installer Geo Green Power has announced it is consolidating its domestic solar offering into what it believes to…

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The healthcare industry is critical to ensuring people’s health and well-being. However, its ability to generate vast amounts of waste from single-use plastics and other disposables is difficult to ignore.
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What role does smart packaging play in reducing healthcare waste?

4 months ago4 months ago7 mins

Op-ed by Mia Barnes, Body+Mind Magazine. The healthcare industry is critical to ensuring people’s health and well-being. However, its ability…

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Why climate risk is rising in 2026. Op-ed by Emily Alexander, senior associate scientist at Tunley Environmental.
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Why climate risk is rising in 2026

4 months ago4 months ago12 mins

Op-ed by Emily Alexander, senior associate scientist at Tunley Environmental. The evidence is difficult to ignore. 2023, 2024, and 2025…

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Regulated, but not resolved: why the ESG ratings regulation will not spare asset managers their homework. Op-ed by Geoffroy Marcassoli, sustainability assurance leader at PwC Luxembourg.
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Regulated, but not resolved: why the ESG ratings regulation will not spare asset managers their homework

4 months ago4 months ago11 mins

Op-ed by Geoffroy Marcassoli, sustainability assurance leader at PwC Luxembourg. For years, valid criticism was directed at ESG ratings providers…

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Opponents to the Global Plastics Treaty are running out of excuses. Op-ed by Emilie Olderskog, global head of sustainability, Elopak.
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Opponents to the Global Plastics Treaty are running out of excuses

4 months ago4 months ago9 mins

Op-ed by Emilie Olderskog, global head of sustainability, Elopak. This week, delegates from around the world will converge in Nairobi…

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Worker in orange safety gear offers two handfuls of pellets: light brown wood pellets and dark black coal/charcoal pellets.
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The carbon removal market doesn’t need more innovation – it needs the conditions to scale

4 months ago4 months ago9 mins

Op-ed by Alastair Collier, chief R&D officer of A Healthier Earth, the R&D subsidiary of Pure Data Centres Group. For…

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The AI race has largely been framed around speed, investment, and computational advantage. But as demand for energy-intensive data centres rises, the limits of the physical system supporting that growth are becoming harder to ignore.
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The energy wall – how AI companies are trying to scale without breaking power bills

4 months ago4 months ago8 mins

Op-ed by Francesco Pinci, Boss Energy. The AI race has largely been framed around speed, investment, and computational advantage. But…

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Anthropic AI and carbon emissions – what businesses should consider. Op-ed by Dr Aaron Yeardley, Science Team co-lead, and Elis Clark, head of marketing, Tunley Environmental.
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Anthropic AI and carbon emissions – what businesses should consider

4 months ago4 months ago12 mins

Op-ed by Dr Aaron Yeardley, Science Team co-lead, and Ellis Clark, head of marketing, Tunley Environmental. Artificial intelligence is becoming…

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Man with glasses and beard analyzes a financial chart on a whiteboard, using a pencil to point at data.
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ESG reporting will collapse over the next decade, unless it stops penalising honest disclosures 

4 months ago4 months ago5 mins

Op-ed by Scott Lane, CEO, Speeki. ESG reporting will collapse over the next decade unless it stops penalising firms for making honest disclosures…

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repurposedMATERIALS’ Damon Carson on why businesses are throwing away materials that still have value
Mastercard’s Ellen Jackowski on how businesses are strengthening resilience through sustainability
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Wind Energy Ireland’s Dave Linehan on the grid capacity conundrum
Sir David King on what climate action requires from people, business and government

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How a family-owned recycler handles metal, cars, and e-waste
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How circular construction actually works – from design to demolition and back again
Sustainable travel – lightening your carbon footprint
Rebranding sustainability – why business resilience is the new bottom line

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