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The Rio Club
David Newman
04 August, 2025
Climate Action
Decarbonisation Day - COP27
The announcement from the outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May on June 12th can be read in many ways. Politically it could be holding the future PM hostage to fortune, having to implement a policy…
04 August, 2025
Climate Action
Reporting on Scope 3 emissions is required for company disclosures
The announcement from the outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May on June 12th can be read in many ways. Politically it could be holding the future PM hostage to fortune, having to implement a policy…
14 December, 2021
UK Government ban on single-use plastics: comment
The bans on certain types of single use plastics is to be welcomed and will help reduce littering and plastics going to the marine and soil environments.
22 July, 2019
Climate Action
Oil, energy, social management and well-being.
Recently in a rather heated exchange with an old Australian pal (old in age and because I have know him for 30 years) he contended that the climate change theory was a hoax. "Green house gasses may…
17 June, 2019
Climate Action
"The UK committing to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is historic."
The announcement from the outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May on June 12th can be read in many ways. Politically it could be holding the future PM hostage to fortune, having to implement a policy…
17 May, 2019
Sustainability in business thinking is still rare
I have been invited in my capacity as an Advisor at Ditto Sustainability to talk in their sponsored session at Edie Live on May 22nd 2019 about sustainability in business. This has led me to refresh…
06 March, 2019
Waste,
Good Health and Wellbeing,
Sustainable Cities and Communities,
Circular Economy,
Innovation,
and Infrastructure,
Industry,
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Five things you need to know about the Resources and Waste Strategy Consultations
On the 18th February the Government published a series of documents asking for the public views on key areas of waste management. Resident expert David Newman has compiled the top five things you…
17 December, 2018
Plastics
Drowning in Plastic
On November 29th I was invited to join Liz Bonnin, BBC environmental documentarist, to talk at the Royal Geographic Society on how we as a Planet are ‘drowning in plastics’ a documentary originally…