The Common Weal think tank in Scotland is, in my opinion, the most progressive organisation working on economy ic transformation in the UK right now.
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200 companies have committed to net-zero carbon and said they want a Geen New Deal. Anyone up for seeing if they will commit to sustainable cost accounting as well?
When I suggested that sustainable cost accounting should be required to track the progress of companies towards achieving the target of net-zero carbon emissions I
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If now isn’t the time for a Green New deal, why not?
Larry Elliott wrote a piece on the Green New Deal in the Guardian on Thursday, when I missed it, so I will make up for
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£30 billion would be a useful start for the climate transition that we need, but we will need very much more
I have long argued for a Green New Deal. So, of course, I welcome this news in The Guardian yesterday: The UK needs to invest
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Only government can fund the Green New Deal: the deficit obsession has to end
I share this post from the Tax Justice Network blog with permission. There are small points where I would put this emphasis in a different
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Investment in sustainable energy is collapsing just when we most need a Green New Deal
I thought I had found the most depressing news story of the day already, and then I found this, in The Guardian:The Guardian: Investment in
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Time to take the COP 26 talks away from the UK if we are unable to deliver them
The Guardian has the most depressing news story of the day: Vital international climate talks due to be hosted by the UK are expected to
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Consumption will not provide the way out of this economic crisis – but we could save for the planet instead
I predicted, very early on in this crisis, that consumers would react to it the way that consumers always do in situations such as this,
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The government is planning to bail out the most polluting businesses: now is the time for conditions to be attached
The FT has reported that: Rishi Sunak has authorised a bailout plan named “Project Birch” to save strategically important companies, as pressure mounts on the
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