Recently, EiD has focused on the role of business to address climate change or sustainable energy concerns. This focus continues with an important article by Andrew Winston in Guardian Professional who writes about the dawning realisation of the threat of climate change to business but who cautions that there is not enough urgency when it … Continue reading Business needs to raise its voice
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The impact of energy efficiency on Germany’s economy
We are always looking at the non-energy benefits of energy efficiency. This is a good example from The Local, Germany’s News in English, about the impact of energy efficiency on exports. It is good to see the priority given to energy efficiency at the Hannover Messe. My colleagues from Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes were … Continue reading The impact of energy efficiency on Germany’s economy
Companies can become zero energy
The Swedish furniture company has never had so much attention. Dominic Basulto, a futurist and blogger, writes in the Washington Post that all companies should pledge to be net zero energy by 2050, following the example of IKEA that has pledged to do so by 2020. With the eceee industrial summer study coming up in … Continue reading Companies can become zero energy
How companies should approach climate change
Continuing on the corporate theme this week, Eliot Metzer writes in The Guardian about the need for companies to be transparent on their position on climate change, they must be clear, consistent, and constructive. Corporate lobbying on climate change: silence is not neutrality Questions are rising about how companies should lobby on environmental issues, and … Continue reading How companies should approach climate change
Businesses and the built environment
Tim Broyd provides a very good argument in the Guardian Professional about why businesses need to invest in sustainability and infrastructure in the built environment if they want to remain competitive on a global scale Businesses need better understanding of built environment says study The world is changing, and changing in ways that will … Continue reading Businesses and the built environment
New EIB support for energy efficiency in SMEs for newest EU member
New Energy World Network reports that the European Investment Bank is providing two loans to finance energy efficiency measures in industry. These are for both small and medium-sized enterprises as well as larger companies with “middle capitalisation.” EIB issues €400m in loans for energy efficiency projects in Croatia The European Investment Bank (EIB) has … Continue reading New EIB support for energy efficiency in SMEs for newest EU member
Backlash in Germany’s industry to increased costs to support renewable energy
Australia’s Business Spectator provides an important article on how Germany’s heavy industry is being hit in the pocketbook to help fund renewable energy as part of Germany’s energy transition strategy. Surely there must be a better way to promote auto-production. The success of Europe’s energy policies will obviously have a big impact on Australia’s policies. … Continue reading Backlash in Germany’s industry to increased costs to support renewable energy
Treading water?
A new survey in the UK found that that while many companies have invested in energy efficiency, the savings have been erased by the energy prices they are paying. Andrew Bounds writes in the FT about the situation in the UK. What it fails to show is what would have happened if those companies had … Continue reading Treading water?
Quote of the week
Willem Post recently wrote in The Energy Collective about how high energy costs are damaging the German economy. Gabriel has previously argued that Germany's energy transition poses a serious threat to the country's economy even though he was an early promoter of the International Renewable Energy Agency. More and more we are reading about the … Continue reading Quote of the week
Brief notes
There are several short briefs that should be of interest. • Jan Rosenow and Nicholas Howarth have published a new academic report on banning the incandescent lightbulb in Germany. Much academic attention has been directed at analysing energy efficiency investments through the lens of ‘behavioural failure’. These studies have challenged the neoclassical framing of regulation … Continue reading Brief notes
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