Insights

Protecting biodiversity is set to get the same attention as cutting carbon emissions. The financial sector must be ready to respond, says Jim White, of Nature Positive.

Landscape architects have a central role in nurturing ecosystems and human wellbeing – but the sector needs to embrace its role as a change maker, writes Stephenson Halliday’s Andrew Tempany.

Jon Davies, director of RSK Wilding, explains why we should ignore any polarising rhetoric around farming and wildlife and get on with creating an agricultural landscape that is sustainable, biodiverse and productive.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreed by delegates from across the world at COP15 is historic.

Abandoned and derelict land can be transformed to provide valuable green space, havens for nature or renewable energy generation opportunities, according to environmental specialist Dr Tom Henman.

We asked specialists from across the RSK group what impact the COP 27 agreement has had on their sectors and regions.

Actively restoring rivers by reinstating natural river processes will play a vital role in building resilience against climate change and helping offset the global freshwater biodiversity crisis.

From 2019 to 2020, solar and wind energy capacity across Africa increased by 13% and 11% respectively, while hydropower climbed by 25%. How are nations across Africa tapping into the renewable energy opportunity, and what lies ahead for the continent and its people?

Mark Smith explores the primary driving forces behind the global challenges faced because of escalating water crises.

Dr Robert Charnock, Director of the RSK-funded Metis Institute on Climate Strategy, lays out the pivotal role finance will play in efforts to respond to the climate crisis and drive a just transition to net zero.

Cyndi Teulon, Environmental Advisor at RSK Middle East, explains why it is so vital that debates at COP27, and COP28 next year, result in practical and tangible solutions, for people across the region, that support adaptation while safeguarding traditional livelihoods.

Read our report Taming the current: Solutions to the global water crisis to find out how RSK is tackling the global water crisis.

As part of RSK’s #RoutetoCOP15, we brought together a panel of experts to explore why and how the finance sector is addressing biodiversity.

RSK group and Nature Positive collaborated with IEMA to produce a guidance document on sustainability for non-executive directors in the NHS.

Stéphanie from ADEV shares her expertise on keeping and regrowing healthy green environments in our urban centres.

Nuno Lopes from RSK-IWS explains how the lack of forward planning will need to be addressed if cities are to meet their goals.

In order to withstand the modern pressures of both urbanisation and climate change, vital infrastructure across our cities must adapt.

RSK’s panel delves deeper into the challenges of and solutions to progressing regenerative design practices.

RSK’s Cities of Tomorrow series explores the regenerative and sustainable solutions available to us to create resilient and future proof urban centres and the ways in which our family of businesses is responding to these needs.

Green travel plans developed in line with science-based targets offer support to colleagues in achieving net zero actions each and every day.

RSK Group company Nature Positive launches its Biodiversity Report Card analysing the Asian business community’s understanding of nature and the natural resources on which it depends.

Dr Natalie Suckall, International Climate Resilience Lead at RSK’s International Projects Group (IPG), sets out how her team is working hard to achieve sustainable futures for all.

To mark International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2022, we take a look at the far-reaching impacts of environmental air pollution.

Jill MacKeith, sustainability management consultant for Nature Positive, explores the relationship between ecology and economics and the role of carbon accounting.

Justin Searle, Director of Projects, explains how Binnies’ exciting floating photovoltaic (PV) projects are delivering the renewable energy needed for Hong Kong to reach net zero by 2050.

Lara Duro, Amphos21 CEO, examines the role that nuclear power can play in generating the energy needed to respond to the climate crisis and dispels some of the myths about tackling nuclear waste.

RSK Renewable Energy Director Mike Kelly explores the opportunity for offshore wind to contribute significantly to the UK’s response to the climate crisis and national energy demand. 

RSK’s Climate Realities series explores the effects of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports across our global business.

To mark Earth Overshoot Day 2022, Lucy Thomas, RSK group Chief Scientist, sat down with colleagues from across the RSK family of businesses to discuss why this day is so important

Across almost every continent, we now see pioneering governments taking up the mantle. And in Asia, Singapore leads the way.

eWATERservices has developed groundbreaking technology to ensure the supply of clean and safe water to communities across drought-prone Tanzania.

Later this year, world leaders will gather in Kunming, China, for the fifteenth meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) to agree an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework.

Why is healthy soil so important?
We rarely pay much attention to it, but the soil beneath our feet is the foundation of all Earth’s ecosystems.

As of April 2022, it is now mandatory in the United Kingdom for any company with 500+ employees and over £500 million in turnover to report climate-related financial data in line with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.

As populations grow, supplying sufficient amounts of nutrient-rich food will become a greater challenge.

Oil palm cultivation provides us with a vital commodity that is used around the globe in products from foodstuffs to cosmetics, but it is also one that presents a number of sustainability and environmental challenges.

Green bond sales rocketed across Asia–Pacific in 2021. USD 185.22 billion of green debt was sold in one year alone, representing a 117% increase from 2020.

Sustainability extends far beyond the solutions offered to clients: it is central to all areas of work from sourcing to delivery. David Holland at Salix, an RSK group company, explains why it is so crucial to ensure the solutions offered to clients support sustainable practices across the whole value chain.

South East Asia has been a driving force behind Asia’s rapid economic growth in recent decades. The ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies are home to 650 million people and a three trillion USD economy, growing at an average 5% per year over the past 20 years.

An introduction to BNG.
Biodiversity is an issue that has risen up the development policy agenda in recent years. In 2018, the UK government first consulted on making biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandatory for new development through the planning system and included provisions for mandatory BNG in the 2021 Environment Act.

Today is World Water Day, and the theme this year is “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible”. But what exactly is groundwater and why is it so critical?

RSK’s Green Dialogues series successfully culminated in our event, “RSK live from COP26: Greening the Blue Chips” on 10 November.

We are in the run up to COP26 at which the UK government will play host to the most critical meeting of its kind to date.