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  • The energy system is in flux, let’s ready ourselves for a community takeover

    Good news! The transition to a decarbonised, decentralised and democratised energy system is underway....

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  • Building energy resilience in low income communities

    Harriet Sansom from the Centre for Sustainable Energy outlines the questions they are exploring throug...

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  • Tackling the drivers of wealth inequality

    We need a Citizens' Wealth Fund, says IPPR, so everyone shares in economic growth ...

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  • A food and farming system that’s ‘best in show’

    What does a better, future-proof farming and food economy look like ...?

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  • Setting the bar higher

    Writing in Trust and Foundation News for the ACF, Danielle Walker Palmour explains how a determination...

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  • ‘ESG investing olympics’ state of the sector report launched

    Analysis of ESG proposals from 60 investment managers with combined assets under management ...

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  • Applause for SSE’s sector first Just Transition strategy

    Energy utility company SSE has just published a sector first Just Transition strategy.

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  • The end of the cliff edge – we’re changing our application process!

    Calling all incredible thinkers; experimenters; and innovators seeking funding for your ideas to trans...

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  • Solar trains pioneer first UK business to make legal commitment to ‘just transition’

    Solar trains company Riding Sunbeams has incorporated the principles of a just transition into its leg...

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  • Cazenove declared winner of the ‘ESG investing olympics’

    Friends Provident Foundation, the Joffe Charitable Trust, and the Blagrave Trust have announced the wi...

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  • The Economics of Belonging

    Fuelled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised ...

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