Sustainable world

PA Consulting has joined 150 leaders from public life, business and civil society organisations in proposing that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a socially just and green recovery from COVID-19 in the UK.

Moving to sustainable materials isn’t a trivial task. There are scientific and engineering challenges, regulatory hurdles and a need to benchmark the green credentials of different materials. And organisations need to do all this without increasing cost or reducing performance.

It’s time to get serious about plastics. Our new research shows the likes of Coca Cola and Mondelēz are acting, but we all need to innovate for sustainability.

Delivering the UN SDGs requires ingenious solutions that go beyond incremental improvements. The Framework for Breakthrough Impact on the SDGs Through Innovation helps build the breakthroughs needed to progress the SDGs.

Organisations find it hard to move away from the linear model that’s delivered sustained growth for so long towards circular models.

Football has a significant impact on the planet producing circa 1,134 tonnes of CO₂ eq in the space of one season. The arrival of a football regulator provides a golden opportunity to put sustainability front and centre on the sport’s agenda.

Many leading brands have already adopted and achieved zero-waste goals. What’s new is that they’re extending responsibility both upstream and downstream of their value chain to scale results. Here’s how your organisation can follow suit.

The packaging market is full of confusion and complexity. Our sustainable packaging compass will help you find a route to success when deciding your sustainable packaging approach.

Who’s responsible for recycling materials at a product’s end of life? Increasingly, consumers are holding brands accountable.

To have a deeper impact on sustainability, organisations must do more than recycle or switch to renewables. Leaders must take go beyond doing no harm to provide a beneficial impact. And waste is a good place to start.