Vincent de Rul, Director of Energy Solutions at EDF Energy on how businesses need to turn "change" into a term for low-carbon positivity.
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Today is World Environment Day, and arguably it has never been more relevant in its 45-year history.
Evidence of the ongoing paradigm shift can be clearly seen in a range of places – from Oil and Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie saying that the industry is “listening” to teenage activist Greta Thunburg, to the Guardian newspaper favouring “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” rather than “climate change”.
This change in wording is important for two reasons.
Firstly, it helps to focus our minds on the seriousness of the climate situation, reminding us that the time for words has passed and the time for action is here.
But, crucially, it also gives us an opportunity to reclaim the word “change”.
For years, if we’ve been talking about “change” in the context of climat
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