Stale to fresh: shifting how water companies work
UK water companies need to change if they are to operate successfully in the long-term, even while the industry around them changes. Vicky Vanderstichele outlines three key areas of change water companies need to address.
Is water just the problem of the water industry?
Water is the quintessential systemic resource which no single actor, including water companies, can manage alone. Vicky Vanderstichele argues that the water sector in the UK is in crisis precisely because it has sought to look at water as an isolated issue rather than as part of a system. Can we look at water in a completely different way?
Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions: Opportunities for Transformational change?
When the River Wye carries the landscape’s prime resource - its top soil - down to the sea, everybody loses. Nick Hooper explores how to attract mainstream investments to address the root causes of environmental degradation through nature-based solutions.