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7th Oct, 2025

5 principles to create value from circularity

Our latest report explores five principles that explain how to define the benefits of circularity, measure progress correctly and establish the concept as a business-wide...
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Insight•
27th May, 2025

In depth: Identifying the levers for change in the UK waste sector

Discover how we helped Reconomy define strategic principles to accelerate the UK’s circular economy transition.

Carbon Reduction posts

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By Sancroft Team•
12th Sep, 2023

How much is enough? Renewables growth in the energy transition

Investors and infrastructure operators should be many times more bullish on investment opportunities in renewable energy. Why? Because it appears that the investment community, and...
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By Sancroft Team•
14th Jul, 2023

Carbon credits – a robust tool or a distraction?

In late June, Nestlé became the latest company to announce a move away from the use of carbon offsets to instead focus on emissions reductions...
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By Sancroft Team•
21st Mar, 2023

Planet on Trial: the surging trend of corporate climate litigation

By Noelle Smits van Waesberghe, former Consultant at Sancroft. Last month, a ground-breaking legal action was taken against Shell’s Board of Directors for neglecting to...
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By Sancroft Team•
18th Oct, 2022

Keeping a clean sheet: reducing sports travel emissions

There has been growing awareness of the circular relationship sport has with the climate over the past few years.
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By Sancroft Team•
20th Sep, 2022

Climate change and buildings: why businesses can benefit by building resilience

By Ilkka Saarinen, former Analyst at Sancroft. The summer of 2022 once again highlighted how climate change will continue to affect the way we live...
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By Benedict Greenway•
27th May, 2022

Closing The Loop – the ambition loop, the Energy Security Strategy, and alternative fuels

The UK Government’s Energy Security Strategy has been widely criticised for missing the opportunity to relieve pressure on families and businesses struggling with energy bills....
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By Sancroft Team•
10th Nov, 2021

Responding to Emerging Climate Policy Divergence: Takeaways for Business

Policy divergence is expected to increase as devolved and local governments develop their own approaches to climate action. At Sancroft, we’ve identified four key takeaways...
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By Sancroft Team•
10th Nov, 2021

Spotlight on scope 3 and supply chain decarbonisation

With COP26 now well underway, the topic of credible climate change – or net zero – commitments is high on the agenda. Decarbonising supply chains...
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By Charlotte Miller•
1st Sep, 2021

Adapting to change: Why mitigation isn’t enough in the climate storm

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report is clear and damning in its conclusion: “it is unequivocal and indisputable that humans are warming...
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By Sancroft Team•
12th Mar, 2021

The three steps Boards must take on climate

Whilst the world gets to grips with vaccines, variants and other pandemic-related challenges, it’s undeniable that 2021 will also be a big year for climate...
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By Sancroft Team•
7th Dec, 2020

Is carbon offsetting a viable tool in a company’s transition to net-zero emissions?

The simple answer is ‘Yes ……. But’. As with many complex problems that businesses need to tackle, carbon offsetting is not viable as the first...
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By Sancroft Team•
27th Apr, 2020

Managing climate risk: aligning with the TCFD

Over the past six months, investors have been “turning up the heat” on climate change, as expectations shift on companies’ assessment and disclosure of their...