By Paul Hargreaves, author, speaker and CEO of Cotswold Fayre and Flourish
Benefit Corporations, widely referred to as B Corps, are business that aim to balance purpose and profit, serving as a model for companies committed to solving social and environmental problems.
To become a B Corp, companies must go through a thorough assessment. This process—known as the B Impact Assessment—evaluates a company's operations and its impact on workers, customers, the environment, and communities.
Many
A new report reveals that only 25% of current buildings experience a smooth transition towards sustainability, and the “other 75%" of global building stock remains underserved. Energy expert Donatas Karčiauskas emphasizes how AI-driven tools can deliver incremental improvements, making sustainability accessible to buildings with limited resources.
The report, issued by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), titled Building Transition: Financing Market Transformation, reveals a critical
District heating is a multi-technology solution which is currently underutilised for Europe to meet near-term decarbonisation goals affordably, highlights a new study released by technology group Wärtsilä. In 2021, district heating supplied just 11% of Europe's households’ heating demand. The study, conducted by economic consulting firm Compass Lexecon, shows that modernising this sector could cut EU carbon emissions and scale renewable energy use significantly by transitioning away from