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Immediate thoughts on Keir Starmer’s clean energy super-power speech: Big commitments that will require greater clarity to give consumers and investors long term confidence
Today’s speech from Keir Starmer was the first step in demonstrating there’s policy substance to the claims that the Labour party will bring climate and industrial strategy together.
World Ocean Day: The case for an ambitious Labour strategy for UK seas
As we move towards the publication of Labour’s election manifesto, the Party’s general silence on nature protection – and its particular silence on marine issues – is notable…
Green Day, IPCC, TNFD and ESG backlash
March had green economy experts knee-deep in a deluge of reports, announcements and consultations. Here’s our one-stop-shop of everything you need to know right now…
Seahorse Founder and Managing Director listed in PR Week’s 2023 Power Book
Seahorse Founder and Managing Director, Isabella Gornall, has been listed in PR Week’s Power Book 2023 - ‘The definitive guide to the brightest and most influential PR professionals in Britain’.
ESG and sustainability round-up: February 2023
With two months of 2023 behind us, this year is shaping up to be a busy one across the ESG and sustainability landscape and there’s a great deal of activity to keep on top of. Here’s our summary of everything you need to know right now.
ESG and sustainability reflections on 2023 so far
Our thoughts on Davos, other ESG news from January, and looking ahead to the rest of 2023. While the ESG acronym is very much still under attack, it looks like its grip on our economies and institutions is here to stay…
APPG on Sustainable Finance launches Introductory Guide to Green Finance
On 9 January 2023, the APPG on Sustainable Finance launched its ‘Introductory Guide to Green Finance’. Co-written by Seahorse Environmental and the Green Finance Institute, the Guide sets out in layperson’s terms the key topics in sustainable finance…
Seahorse hires BT ESG lead to launch new ESG and Corporate Sustainability practice
Chloe George joins Seahorse to lead their new, dedicated ESG and Corporate Sustainability practice. Chloe has ten years' experience in ESG, sustainability and communications working in the telecomms, financial services and energy sectors. Prior to Seahorse, Chloe was Head of ESG Strategy and Engagement at BT Group, and before that worked at Barclays in both their Corporate Communications and Citizenship & Sustainability teams, and has an MSc in Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability.
Can the Conservative manifesto tackle the energy crisis?
Sunak has repeatedly committed to delivering the Conservation Manifesto’s 2019 environmental policies, but with the energy landscape having changed so significantly over the last year, what does this mean for energy policy in 2022/2023?
Interview with Trewin Restorick, newest member of Seahorse Advisory Council
We are delighted to announce that Trewin Restorick, Sizzle Founder and former Hubbub Director, is joining Seahorse’s advisory council alongside the wonderful Ben Goldsmith, Clare Brook and Shaun Spiers.
Seahorse Environmental announces first employees to join board
Seahorse Environmental board appointee Costanza Poggi joined the agency in 2018 from think tank Green Alliance. She has led Seahorse’s campaigns, including The Zero Carbon Campaign and the People and Nature Campaign, and was in PR Week’s 30 under 30.
Levelling up or left behind? Why it is critical the next parliament continues with the levelling up agenda, and centres the environment through a holistic approach.
It has been three years since the Government announced its flagship ‘Levelling Up Agenda’. With Government priorities in a state of flux until a new leader is in place, it is more important than ever to ensure the focus on levelling up is not lost, and even more important that net zero and the environment are not lost within it.
Views from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit: Data, accountability and policy need to work in tandem to deliver transformation
On behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Finance, Seahorse team members Will Parsons and Charles Long attended the Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit in July and report back here.
MSC standard ‘needs fundamental review’
Marine Stewardship Council certification should be a force for good – but it needs to reassess its approach.
World Ocean Day 2022: Another year of unfulfilled political pledges
This World Ocean Day we will likely see the usual wave of pledges from governments and businesses around the world, ranging from the well-meaning to the cynical.
Greening the UK finance system: Can we disclose our way to net zero?
This month the Government announced the launch of the Transition Plan Taskforce, the latest in a series of announcements on green finance in the UK. Here Seahorse reviews the UK’s new rules to green the finance sector through disclosure and how effective they are likely to be.
Celebrating four years of Seahorse Environmental
Four years ago, Isabella Gornall set out to launch the UK’s first specialist environmental lobbying and PR agency. Since then, Seahorse has developed into a growing team of passionate environmental specialists delivering impactful and innovative communications campaigns and strategies for a wide range of corporate and NGO clients.
Backbench MPs re-open the debate on carbon border taxes, but the path ahead remains unclear
Carbon pricing had fallen off the map in the UK climate debate this year, until backbench MPs in the Environmental Audit Committee re-opened the discussion with their report on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms this Monday and a strong set of recommendations to take carbon pricing forward for UK trade. But the path ahead remains unclear as attention is limited and political will to act is divided.
Behaviour change is critical to mobilising climate action, but it's time for a more creative approach
Behaviour change is a crucial but often side-lined aspect of the transition to a net zero world. There is widespread understanding of the need to act and adapt when it comes to the climate crisis, but as it stands, there is a gap in understanding how to engender the widespread behaviour change needed. It is therefore critical we get ahead of the curve and willingly make changes on the scale that is required, and a more creative approach is needed.