We have been appointed by KfW Development Bank, a key shareholder in the Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), to help deliver a new SOF initiative that aims to identify investment opportunities to reduce plastic pollution in the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean region has some of the highest plastic pollution rates [...]
Earlier this year, we stopped travelling and spending when governments imposed lockdowns to halt the spread of coronavirus. As a result, the demand for oil plummeted, and prices subsequently fell to historically low levels. Today the value of oil is back in the news because these changes led to dividend [...]
Eunomia is pleased to announce it will be providing technical support to Zero Waste Scotland and the National Bed Federation to assess Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approaches to improve the circularity of mattress production and waste management in Scotland. Due to the bulky size and mix of products within a [...]
Eunomia recently published a study for the European Commission offering recommendations on how EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) schemes should operate – a policy approach where producers take financial responsibility for the end of life management of products. The research reviews the French EPR scheme for end-of-use clothing, linen, and shoes – the [...]
Options for an environmental aggregates levy for Scotland which would continue to tax crushed rock, gravel and sand, have been explored by international environmental consultancy Eunomia in the report for the Scottish Government, Evidence Review and Illustrative Policy Options for a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Eunomia analysed the recycling rate of [...]
Eunomia has produced a UK plastics roadmap, Future Opportunities and Needs in the UK plastics Supply Chain, for UK Research & Innovation. The roadmap identifies ways that can help the transition to a circular plastics economy in the UK. This research was conducted under the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund [...]
Alex Massie, Principal Consultant and George Beechener, Offsetting Specialist, explain why they think carbon offsets have an important role to play in the transition to a low carbon economy and why organisations should be mindful when buying them. Hundreds of local authorities and companies have made declarations to reach net-zero [...]
We need to think innovatively about how we produce value from natural resources to transition to a circular economy. Prior to her appointment at Eunomia, our Consultant Star Molteno completed a project which reviewed how local and small-scale economic engagement with forestry can play a role in establishing sustainable bio-economies. [...]
New research has found that possible exemptions to the EU’s Single Use Plastic Directive potentially open the legislation to loopholes which could significantly undermine its impact. Our research found that certain ‘natural polymers’ could be exempted under the Directive’s definition of plastic, including those likely to have similar negative effects [...]
Our North America office has seen huge growth in the eighteen months since it opened its doors, delivering high-level, influential projects across the US and Canada – and expanding by 200%, with further recruitment planned to accommodate the growing portfolio of work. North American municipalities and businesses are beginning to [...]