Sustainability Breakthroughs: Recent Episodes
TLT LLP, The Aldersgate Group
Sustainability Breakthroughs looks at how industry leaders are facing up to environmental challenges and changing the way they do business.
Each episode gathers a panel of experts to discuss key market and regulatory changes, its impact on “business as usual” and how organisations can future-proof themselves against what comes next.
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In this episode of Sustainability Breakthroughs, with the Aldersgate Group our panel discuss the UK’s low-carbon energy outlook for the future, what the Government must do to accelerate the transition to a lower-cost, net-zero energy system, and what is needed to drive private investment in the sector. The high cost of energy and the urgent need to shore up energy security at a time of geopolitical instability has brought power decarbonisation into sharp focus for both consumers, government, and the media over the past year.
Sustainability-linked loans are designed to reduce the cost of borrowing for businesses, but despite their many benefits and applications, they are still relatively under-used.
In this episode, the Aldersgate Group and TLT are joined by Bevis Watts, CEO of Triodos Bank UK, to discuss what’s holding the market back and what changes are needed to help encourage more sustainability-linked lending.
We discuss:
- How to make sustainability KPIs more effective
- Where we’re seeing the bulk of existing loans, and how they’re being used
- The dangers of short-term thinking
- Opportunities to raise awareness of green finance and improve access to data
- The need for standards, not just principles, to improve integrity and robustness
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Biodiversity net gain, nature recovery strategies and conservation covenants have all become part of our vocabulary in urban development, but what do they mean in practice?
In this episode, the Aldersgate Group and TLT are joined by Julia Barrett from Willmott Dixon and David Symons from WSP to discuss the Environment Act and how forward-thinking businesses are approaching sustainable developments.
Hear:
- How the statutory requirements will work in practice
- Early lessons, including from pilot projects
- Innovative approaches to delivering biodiversity net gain
- The need for a holistic approach, including net zero, environmental net gain and social value
- The challenges for local authorities and their role in achieving the best outcomes
- The need to think ahead, be proactive and act quickly
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