ThinkSpot
Philip Armstrong, APSRG
The month's ThinkSpot is by Philip Armstrong, Manager of the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group. Part of Policy Connect, the APSRG is the leading forum informing the debate between parliamentarians, business leaders and the sustainable resource community. In his article, Philip examines how the resource efficiency agenda is changing under the influence of the new UK Coalition government.
"David Cameron, the new prime minister, has publicly stated that the coalition government will be the "greenest ever".......(more)"
John Lancaster, FMG Support
John Lancaster, Head of Technological Development at the UK's largest fleet performance improvement company, FMG Support, discusses ways of helping provide safer roads and reduce transport carbon emissions.
"Cars are a big problem for the Government's Carbon Reduction Strategy for Transport which was published last July."
Sarah Downes, North West Development Agency
This month's Thinkspot author is Sarah Downes, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Production, at the North West Development Agency (NWDA). Her article "Material Issues....?" asks "what can we do to help businesses to minimise their risk against uncertainty in material supply, global price volatility and market changes"
Julie Wilkes - Skills Third Sector
May's ThinkSpot is by Julie Wilkes, Chief Executive of the independent charity Skills Third Sector, which helps ensure "the third sector has the skills and learning it needs to do the best possible job". Her article declares that third sector organisations "have a major role to play in driving forward green issues" and explains their plans to drive skills development in this growing sector.
Ray Georgeson MBE, Chair of REalliance
This month's ThinkSpot is written by Ray Georgeson MBE, of Ray Georgeson Resources, Chair of REalliance CIC and a long-time leader in the field of sustainable resource management. He fears we have lost sight of the "people factor" in re-use and recycling, and argues for a greater role for the third sector who have always been "strong at making the connections between the waste of material resources and the waste of human resources in our society".
Peter Martin, CarbonSense
This month's ThinkSpot is contributed by Peter Martin, Research Director of the leading independent think tank and innovator CarbonSense.
His hard hitting article "Methane Matters More" suggests we are looking at the wrong culprit in our attempts to defeat climate change.
Dr Caroline Jackson, Institute for European Environment Policy
February's Thinkpot article is by Dr Caroline Jackson, Chairman of the Institute for European Environment Policy, who discusses poor compliance in EU environmental laws (40% of the complaints from the public about the non-application of EU law concern environmental issues) and the need for an EU environmental inspection force for enforcement.
Henny C. Kromhout, Foundation for Environmental Education
Our first ThinkSpot for the New Year is by Henny C. Kromhout, Member of the Executive Board of Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and Chairman of FEE Netherlands. He talks about the activities of FEE in the light of what the world has been trying to achieve at Copenhagen, and FEE's mantra to "Think Globally and Act Locally".
Karl Carter, British Sugar Group
Our Thinkspot author for December is Karl Carter, Technology Director at British Sugar Group, who outlines their integrated approach to manufacturing in his ThinkSpot article "Not Just Sugar":
"From mince pies to mulled wine, sugar has always been a festive ingredient, but it is also at the heart of British Sugar's efforts to build a sustainable business."
Becky Slater, Friends of the Earth
November's ThinkSpot author is Becky Slater of the Resource Use team at Friends of the Earth, who explains their new "Gone to Waste" Report and the £650 million wasted and 19 million tonnes of green house gases generated every year through dumping and incineration.
