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This week, September 20th – September 26th, Ireland is hosting its first Sustainable Development Goal Week. This provides an opportunity to reflect on the purpose of the SDGs, how we can contribute to them, what progress we are making towards the vision they present of a more prosperous, peaceful, and healthy future for all.

This blog aims to help when it comes to taking immediate action to reduce your energy bills this winter. Medium to long term measures to take include sourcing funding to help with upgrades and renovations to improve your buildings insultation and energy efficiency. But, as we battle with soaring bills right now, and await the Budget, let’s look at ways to cut usage and reduce costs immediately.

This week President Biden signed a new Bill into law addressing healthcare and climate change. Dr Tara Shine discusses the Inflation Reduction Act, explaining what it is and what it means for Climate Change.

It is highly unlikely that your business will be free from of any risk posed by climate change. As extreme weather events become increasingly intense, frequent and long lasting it is essential that organisations of all sizes examine the risks that climate change and biodiversity loss poses to their value chain in order to help them reduce and manage the impacts.

Change by Degrees’ Sustainability Consultant, Laura Adams, became a B Leader in 2021. Laura thinks B Corps are fascinating because they offer a simple yet really thorough way to understand your sustainability impact. To find out more, have a read of her blog.