Sustainability
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GrowUp Urban Farms: lessons on starting a sustainable business
Kate Hofman and Tom Webster left secure careers to launch the GrowUp Urban Farm project in 2012. -
Crunching carbon, cutting costs - free events. Supported by Green Construction Board
Two must attend seminars for anyone who cares about carbon reduction; 5 and 12 August. -
Video: David Picton Carillion’s chief sustainability officer sets a 2020 vision
Social value and impact on communities must be the starting point for thinking. -
Video: Keith Clarke on the new infrastructure resilience challenge
The ICE's recent State of the Nation report highlighted the need to change our thinking to cope with more extreme weather -
Tomorrows cities - the global opportunity
Fiona Woolf, the Lord Mayor of London, explains why thriving cities lie at the heart of a thriving society. -
Video: Economic upturn must refocus industry back on carbon reduction targets
Link between lower carbon and higher profitability is critical says Skanska UK boss Mike Putnam -
Time to take charge of carbon
Leadership and innovation are prerequisites for carbon reduction. Can the infrastructure sector respond, ask Maria Manidaki, Jamie Radford and Terry Ellis? -
UK Green Investment Bank – going overseas, moving private
Getting the GIB to lead UK overseas climate fund investment would be a positive step forward, says David Symons. -
Video: Don’t talk about sustainability, talk about innovation
Lend Lease’s Jon Kirkpatrick on turning sustainability into a means not an end. -
Zero carbon housing: is the industry ready to rise to the challenge?
Join the Green Construction Board for a free seminar at Nottingham University’s Creative Energy Homes project on 3 July