As the daily news stories concerning
COVID-19 ease, the airtime given to
sustainability issues will arguably increase,
as the Government tries to implement
and enforce the targets that they have
committed to in relation to the 17 United
Nations Global Sustainability 2030 Goals.1
Certain sectors are already grappling with
huge consequences to their business
models, with the proposed gas boiler ban
in three years’ time followed by combustion
engines in 2030.2
When I was growing up, environmental
activism was almost exclusively known
as ‘green issues’ and was limited to a few
deeply committed organisations such
as Greenpeace, who were often not
represented in the best light in national
media. In the last few years however,
campaigners like Greta Thunberg have
mobilised a new generation of ‘young
activists’ to participate in school strikes and
rallies throughout cities in the UK and…
