Private sector innovation — with powerful profit opportunities — is the only national and international driving force that can deliver affordable decarbonisation successfully, says Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd. Jon Herbert considers the implications. With a series of deep environmental spending cuts announced hot on the heels of May’s general election, as well   Read More …

So it will be Heathrow, or maybe it won’t. With no clear airport expansion solution in sight, a pragmatic answer is needed urgently. The Airports Commission recommends a controversial £17 billion third runway west of London but other developments could affect the UK’s crowded airspace. Jon Herbert reports. The Battle for Britain’s skies promises many   Read More …

Business sustainability brings benefits, and roadmaps have been produced showing how to get there. Companies have good reasons to pursue such goals. But there are also challenges. Jon Herbert looks at costs, hurdles and possibilities. Sustainability is a journey involving the entire supply chain. For most organisations, it is a path-finding exercise of learning, changing   Read More …

Not so very long ago, primitive tracks joined up ancient Britain through post-Ice Age forests. Today, change is in the fast lane. Highways Agency is now Highways England, an autonomous state-owned company driving a £15 billion road-building programme with technology at its core. Jon Herbert reports. Hard to believe, perhaps, how muddy forest trails used   Read More …