Our waste, our resources - let's not waste the opportunity for more radical change
- Posted By Sharon Darcy
- Blog
As we get back to work after the break, many of us will be reflecting on the fact that Christmas is often a time of excess.A time when much gets consumed – and much gets wasted: food, packaging and unwanted presents to name but a few.
Walking the talk – what might a ‘Sustainable Licence to Operate’ look like for water and energy?
- Posted By Super User
- Blog
With almost a quarter of the population living on incomes below the poverty line (after housing costs), and with nearly one in three children living in poverty and the rate rising, the issue of fairness is very much in the public spotlight.
Time for a new approach to political and regulatory uncertainty and risk in the energy and water sectors
- Posted By Sharon Darcy
- Blog
Uncertainty and risk relating to fairness and the environment are not new in the UK energy and water sectors.However, new challenges faced by the sectors demand a fundamental rethink of today's treatment and handling of both – be this by government, regulators, company managements and/or their investors.
Upping the ambition level for smart meter data
- Posted By Maxine Frerk
- Blog
The smart meter rollout has featured regularly in the news over recent months, with much debate about the wisdom of maintaining the 2020 deadline and with the distinction between SMETS1 and SMETS2 having made it into everyday parlance.
Policy, regulation and public interest outcomes in energy and water: navigating a disrupted world
- Posted By Sharon Darcy
- Blog
The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Climate change that may exceed 1.5° warming unless 'rapid and far-reaching measures are taken.'What Michael Gove has called 'the unfrozen moment'.
Research Spotlight: Project Inspire on identifying vulnerability innovation
- Posted By Zoe McLeod
- Blog
How do we know what good vulnerability innovation looks like? Francesca Moll and Zoe McLeod share some thoughts from our Project Inspire report
Sustainability First’s Project Inspire ‘A catalyst for change’
- Posted By Zoe McLeod
- Blog
Groundbreaking work on innovation and vulnerable customers supported by many, including CEO of Ofgem
Time for a more coherent approach to low carbon in energy networks
- Posted By Judith Ward
- Blog
Ofgem's RIIO2 regulatory framework - currently out for consultation - will shape - and endorse many tens of billions of new network investment in the period from 2020–28.
Don’t get tangled up in the pipes and wires
- Posted By Sharon Darcy
- Blog
Don't get tangled up in the pipes and wires or purely hung up on returns, says Sustainability First Director, Sharon Darcy. Instead ensure public interest outcomes flow through the RIIO2 framework 'like the lettering in a stick of rock'
Over 25 organisations work in partnership in ground-breaking public interest project
- Posted By Sharon Darcy
- Blog
On the 28th of February representatives from over 25 organisations battled through the Beast from the East's snow to attend the final New-Pin conference at Church House in central London.
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