Innovation

We develop practical innovations to change our world

Climate change, poverty, resource scarcity and waste are among the greatest challenges the world faces. We need to organise our global economy in completely new ways if we are to hit global sustainable development targets. Radical thinking and creative approaches will be essential.

 

We help organisations innovate the products, services and business models we need for a sustainable future. We create future scenarios to inspire them with the ideas which will deliver success in those worlds. We bring together players from different parts of a system to find solutions to shared problems. And we use metrics to drive rapid progress in the sustainability of products.

Sustainable Shipping Initiative
The SSI is a four-stage initiative designed to help the industry make long-term...
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Consumer Futures 2020
“… people are being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on...
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Fashion Futures 2025
Fashion Futures is a call for a sustainable fashion industry. It’s designed to...
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$163 billion has been invested globally in “Green Innovation” since 2007.

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Blog Posts

DIY sustainability: an emerging trend from recession?
Will we see a renaissance of local production and manufacturing in the developed world? They say that what California does, the rest of the world...
What a resource-constrained economy means for cleantech
Below is the text of a talk I gave at the Rushlight Clean Technologies Show, a gathering place for, guess what, cleantech companies, their advisors...
Green business in the US
How is the US faring on sustainability? Speaking at the excellent Greenbiz conference this week, in San Francisco, I had an opportunity to take the...

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Water bottle brings light into the slums
A simple mix of water and chlorine is brightening homes in the Philippines. ‘Appropriate’ technologies such as the wind-up...
19th century buildings, 21st century tech
New materials can transform old commercial and housing stock. So we want to bring our old, energy-guzzling buildings into the eco-conscious 21st...
The rise of the solar airship
It’s the comeback of the dirigible as Canadian company designs a functional, agile and fossil-free range of solar hybrid airships. New...