Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is all pervading in our lives. It is the basis for modern day communication, yet consumes copious amounts of fossil fuel energy whilst on the other hand offering enormous potential to be used to encourage and facilitate sustainable development.

The UK Government has just increased its carbon reduction goal from 34 per cent by 2020 to 50 per cent by 2025. The announcement makes the UK the first country in the world to have declared a ‘legally binding’ target on greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020. Just last year though, Cambridge Econometrics predicted that the [...]

The current business model is no longer fit for purpose. What is the new model and what are the next steps to transition? Are you inspired by nature? How about business? So is The Firm of the Future. Transformational times call for transformational change. Today’s rapidly changing business environment calls for businesses to be responsive and resilient and cognisant of the ecosystem of Earth.

Net Impact London is hosting a panel discussion examining the role of law in establishing accountability for environmental damages globally. Our panel welcomes cutting-edge thinkers and doers in this field, who will present radical and ground-breaking principles for protecting our planet and share the implications of this for business now and in the future.

Fiona Harvey – Financial Times; James Cameron – Climate Change Capital; and Colin Church – DECC will be discussing who in government and in business has the resources, the vision and the mandate to deliver the major changes which are needed to help the UK’s transformation to a sustainable economy.

Sir Crispin Tickell 6th May 2010, 18:15-19:45, Cranfield Management Research Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford.   “Development: what should it mean?” Sir Crispin Tickell has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He was Chef de Cabine to the President of the European Commission (1977-1980), British Ambassador to Mexico (1981-1983), Permanent Secretary of the Overseas Development Administration(now Department [...]

We have posted some video clips from the Green Leaders event. Scott McGregor of Camco discusses progress to systematise sustainability/emissions management in business in the UK and the US. You can view Jeremy’s comments on Peak Oil and the process of “re-engineering capitalism” which is needed to avoid severe global macroeconomic impacts.

Our planet is not growing to take into account population and economic growth. The resources that the world contains are not increasing to satisfy our continual desire for expansion. It appears that our economic system is in conflict with our environmental system.

Net Impact London Professional submitted a Freedom of Information request to UKFI. The response implies that the company did not consider the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI) part of best institutional shareholding practice.

The chair of Net Impact London Professional, Conrad Young, has been writing a blog at the COP15 event in Copenhagen, Denmark. You can follow it here. Please register for our mailing list on the right to get updates on our upcoming events.  2010 calendar coming soon!

Net Impact London Professional (NILP) with the support of London Business School’s Energy Markets Group is delighted to host a timely discussion event at the Regents Park campus on 1 October 2009. People – See the latest salary survey research from Acre Resources, one of the UK’s leading recruitment agencies for climate and sustainability-related organisations. [...]

“Human development is following a dangerously unsustainable path globally. Waves of investment in low and middle income countries are accelerating this problem because they are following an unsustainable model. Our urban areas and methods of food production consume land and non-renewable resources inefficiently. But we can do something to turn the situation around: we can [...]