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The US biggest landowner invests in the green economy. With 370 Million Sq. feet and 8600 buildings covering more than 370 million sq, feet. US GSA is the largest landlord and biggest landowner in the country. Robin Carnahan administrator at US GSA (General Services Administration) speaks to The ECO Channel during Climate Week NYC and explains why GSA plays an important role in accelerating the path towards a green economy. To learn more on what's new, what's next in the blue and green economy subscribe to: www.theecochannel.com #environmentalresponsibility #greeneconomy #greenbuilding #usgovernment #theecochannel #investinginamerica #netzeroemissions #carbonfree #climateweeknyc #greeneconomy

🌳 Walking Through Inspiration: The Case for Trees 🌳 Standing in a #woodland has a unique power to ground us. These living, breathing #ecosystems quietly remind us of the certainty and balance #nature provides. And yet, in the UK woods are far too scarce. With just 13% of our land covered in #woodland, we lag behind much of Europe. As we step into the new year, it’s the perfect time to pause, reset, and reconnect - with ourselves, each other, and the natural world around us. There’s no better way to start than with a winter walk ❄🥾 They are a moment to clear the mind, boost wellbeing, spark creativity and inspire action. What if business leaders reimagined their corporate contributions? Instead of another share buyback, what about planting a wood? It’s an investment that not only grows value but also leaves a legacy of life, shade, and clean air. Let’s make the case for trees—not just for today’s walks, but for tomorrow’s future. 🌳 #Sustainability #Woodland #Leadership #ClimateAction #corporatepartnerships

The SNP's row back on the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 may well have been the final straw for the power sharing deal. Interesting to see how this all plays out. With the SNP now running a minority government, could we see a more balanced Housing Bill introduced? One that encourages investment and provides greater confidence to landlords? Time will tell. #Espc #Edinburghproperty #Allchange

The environment and public deserve fit for purpose water and wastewater infrastructure. It is the duty of care for government to take control. Borrowing at ridiculously high interest rates, while operating with deferred tax payments of £8.5b, is a sign of financial mismanagement and a broken business model. There is disparity between planned investment and actual required spending to provide a fit for purpose wastewater system, by a factor of at least x5. Untreated turds, toilet tissue, human and rat urine, and pathogens, are dumped into our waterways because of inadequate sewage treatment infrastructure. The bio toxins are a hazard and deplete the waterway oxygen, killing wildlife. The companies responsible are using gross profits for shareholder dividends, while using expensive borrowing and pension funds to delay bankruptcy. How is it prudent to borrow at 20% interest, while there are ample profits to avoid large scale borrowing? I would like to know if there is a covert connection between leadership borrowing and the lenders. £75 (15%) is being siphoned out of each typical domestic water & wastewater bill to fund shareholder dividends, while operating with significant and unnecessary debt. This excellent article by Richard Murphy is a 20 year financial analysis of the water and wastewater industry. The industry is failing and will continue to fail with current business models. The analysis paints a picture of shareholder greed and inappropriate use of billing revenue. The leadership lacks morality and is incompetent by allowing this status. Privatisation has not worked and our assets, originally paid for by taxes, must return to public ownership. Competently run Nationalised utilities will ensure all profits benefit the environment and society. Nationalisation is the only viable route to sustainable greed free operation. All utilities for public services must be Nationalised for the benefit of society at cost, i.e. profits are fully reinvested for the benefit of all.

🌟 What's in the Autumn Budget for Nature? 🌟 The recent Autumn Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves may not have spotlighted nature in her speech, but when you dig deeper, there's some positives but I only wish there was far more to really drive the green revolution. 🌍🌱 The UK Government has earmarked £400 million for peatland restoration and tree planting over the next two years. A further £2.4 billion has been allocated for flood resilience, which we hope will include measures for nature-based solutions such as water retention and flood attenuation. Additionally, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) will see its budget rise to £7.5 billion in 2025-26. There's £58 million designated for research and innovation in climate resilience and net zero goals, with hopes that it will align with nature-related projects. Moreover, infrastructure and housing development will receive a £70 million boost in 2025-26, including £14 million for the Nature Restoration Fund. If you have thoughts or need a recruitment partner who shares your passion for sustainability, don't hesitate to get in touch: jeremy@jsm-associates.co.uk 📧 07814 002240 📞 #Sustainability #EnvironmentalFunding #UKBudget2024

🌟 What's in the Autumn Budget for Nature? 🌟 The recent Autumn Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves may not have spotlighted nature in her speech, but when you dig deeper, there's some positives but I only wish there was far more to really drive the green revolution. 🌍🌱 The UK Government has earmarked £400 million for peatland restoration and tree planting over the next two years. A further £2.4 billion has been allocated for flood resilience, which we hope will include measures for nature-based solutions such as water retention and flood attenuation. Additionally, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) will see its budget rise to £7.5 billion in 2025-26. There's £58 million designated for research and innovation in climate resilience and net zero goals, with hopes that it will align with nature-related projects. Moreover, infrastructure and housing development will receive a £70 million boost in 2025-26, including £14 million for the Nature Restoration Fund. If you have thoughts or need a recruitment partner who shares your passion for sustainability, don't hesitate to get in touch: jeremy@jsm-associates.co.uk 📧 07814 002240 📞 #Sustainability #EnvironmentalFunding #UKBudget2024

This crisis is also an opportunity. The opportunity is for inquiry into the forms and functioning of money and finance, in search of new learning about the sociology of social choosing, and our uniquely human way of being in an artificial world that we innovate for our selves in which to live, through our technologies, out of the world of Nature into which we all are born. Money is how society chooses what that artificial world will be made to be, in its details. Finance is how society chooses where the money can, should and will be made to go to shape the enterprises that will shape the technologies that will shape the choices that will shape the economy that will shape society and our shared future. If we analyze the water crisis in England as a failure of finance, what possibilities will that open up for evolving new learning about ourselves through social self-discovery that can inform innovations in Finance that will empower us to remove this, and also other crises of Finance that is failing us in these, our times?

Re-sharing for my network. Highly recommend spending 10 mins to read this piece, esp. if you care about the amount of sh*t in our rivers, per the recent news about the river Thames and Thames Water. Also recommended if you’re interested in the topic of whether national infrastructure such as water should be privatised. In the case of the UK’s privatised water companies, as described in this piece, every penny of profit has been paid out to shareholders rather than being invested in modernisation. The latter is instead being funded by borrowing. The business model is unsustainable/broken, explaining why Thames Water is on the doorstep of bankruptcy, and massive price-hikes are being considered.

Policy Platform: Building Britain's Future… The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)’s General Election campaign, outlines how any incoming government can build a better future for Britain, in partnership with the built environment industry, with decisive action across these four areas: 1. Make home upgrades an easy choice ⚡️ 2. Make new developments high quality, well-connected and green 🏡 3. Protect our communities from climate risks 🌳 4. Renew our town centres 🏬 🚲 🧍 🏢 Full link: https://lnkd.in/e_yHW7eM #sustainabilityleadership SDG 7, 11, 12 & 13

🌟 What's in the Autumn Budget for Nature? 🌟 The recent Autumn Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves may not have spotlighted nature in her speech, but when you dig deeper, there's some positives but I only wish there was far more to really drive the green revolution. 🌍🌱 The UK Government has earmarked £400 million for peatland restoration and tree planting over the next two years. A further £2.4 billion has been allocated for flood resilience, which we hope will include measures for nature-based solutions such as water retention and flood attenuation. Additionally, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) will see its budget rise to £7.5 billion in 2025-26. There's £58 million designated for research and innovation in climate resilience and net zero goals, with hopes that it will align with nature-related projects. Moreover, infrastructure and housing development will receive a £70 million boost in 2025-26, including £14 million for the Nature Restoration Fund. If you have thoughts or need a recruitment partner who shares your passion for sustainability, don't hesitate to get in touch: jeremy@jsm-associates.co.uk 📧 07814 002240 📞 #Sustainability #EnvironmentalFunding #UKBudget2024