Green Element Group uses the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard to underpin net-zero and decarbonisation strategies for corporate clients and partners. We’re writing to update you about the controversial statement released by the Science Based Targets initiative Board of Trustees on the 9th April. The SBTi Board of Trustees announced that SBTi signatories will be able to […]
A Climate Change Agreement (CCA) is a voluntary agreement allowing businesses in energy-intensive industries to receive a discount on the Climate Change Levy (CCL) that they pay. The CCL is a tax added to electricity, fuel and gas bills of your company if you are in the industrial, commercial, agricultural or public service sector. By […]
Everyone is impacted by climate change, but those who are marginalised in society will feel the greatest weight of a warming planet. Inequitable societal systems make vulnerable communities disproportionately exposed to climate disasters. In particular, the LGBTQ+ community has long been subject to exclusion from essential aid and support needed to survive extreme weather disasters. […]
The history It all began in 1920, when an astrophysicist from England named Arthur Stanley Eddington, wrote an essay called “The Internal Constitution of the Stars.” In this piece of literature Eddington referred to stars as being ‘vast reservoirs of energy,’ a resource that one day could be harnessed. While, the science behind much of our […]
Reflections from lock down As lockdown restrictions in the UK begin to ease, it is important to consider the changes we wish to make as individuals and businesses. While COVID 19 has brought enormous hardship to humankind, it has also highlighted our determination and collective force. Just like the climate crisis, COVID 19 connects every […]
“I feel I’m in a very privileged position armed with more knowledge than the average person. But I do feel it is like a poisoned chalice.” Anyone who runs a small business knows how lonely and isolating it can be. It is the life you choose to support a lifestyle. Ironically that lifestyle that you […]
Why do diesel engines have a bad name? While diesel engines are meant to be more efficient than petrol engines, diesel cars have received a tremendous amount of bad press. They are said to release toxic gases such as noxious pollutants which are linked to premature deaths. With over half our cars in Europe being […]
COP25 debrief – what the UK needs to do as the world prepares for COP26 in Glasgow Thanks to our guest blogger this week, Susannah Littlewood, for this illuminating summary of COP25 and how the world is approaching the much-anticipated COP26 in Glasgow. Mid-December 2019 saw the two-week run of COP25 in Madrid. Delegates looked […]
The Global Climate Strike week draws to a close On the 23rd September in NY the As global climate strike week draws to a close, we at Green Element reflect on how we feel it went. ‘I’m out of the office… Just took a long lunch break to prevent mass starvation’. To kick off the […]
“What we do now, and in the next few years, will profoundly affect the next few thousand years” David Attenborough We at Green Element are looking forward to joining millions around the world on Friday 20th of September for the Global Climate Strike to continue the call for immediate action on a global scale ahead […]
