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Skills for a Sustainable Skyline

Over the last year or so the Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce has been meeting. Facilitated by the City of London Corporation, it brought leaders together from across the construction and related industries to collectively identify and address the green skills gap throughout Central London's commercial built environment. I was delighted to be a member as I have been…

Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy

Many members of LCAG were delighted to attend the Water Conservators’ Livery Company first City Environment debate, aligning to their regular City Water debates.  The topic was "Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy".  This topic was selected to explore the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, which seeks to ensure sustainable consumption and production…

Plastics are good for you – by Richard Brown, Worshipful Company of Horners

Plastic pollution continues to make the headlines, and it is easy to blame the plastic industry for its cause. The origin of this however, is improper waste management that has made plastic pollution a worldwide problem. It is seen therefore, as a widespread environmental issue but it needs to be recognised this is caused by many interconnected causes, all of…