Energy transition update – S&P Global, Geneva

If you use electricity, a car/truck, drive, fly, take the train, use ships or travel in any way this article is relevant to you.  FGA attended S&P global Biofuel Conference as a speaker to discuss their work in the energy transition, as an innovation consultancy.  The conference was full of insights and updates which we’d …

Premiership clubs and short haul flights

Today BBC Sport gave a rounded approach to the ongoing discussion about premiership clubs taking short haul flight domestically for games. A recent poll showed as sustainability consultants we should encourage change, work to avoid green washing but also avoid greenhushing: We need to work on the biggest impact work which as we can see …

Do you know your carbon footprint?

As discussed in a recent BBC podcast, we (British/Europeans and other high carbon users) are all hypocrites in some form. And we are likely to stay that way until we have low cost clean energy, low cost non-meat food to eat, fossil free vehicles and low carbon holidays to warmer places. Eating, staying warm, moving, …

EU grant writers

FGA will be developing various consortium to advance lower carbon fuels, green chemistry and opportunities for mobility at research level. All essential components of the energy transition. We have several grants we will be applying for on the horizon. If you work within green chemistry, biofuels, mobility, aviation, business travel, sport, communications or grant writing …

Nottingham Forest take 20 min domestic flight to Blackpool

“Whether it is right or wrong, I think it is pretty normal for a team, in the Premier League particularly, and for a lot of Championship teams, to fly distances like that.” – says Steve Cooper, Head Coach of Forest “We don’t think there is ever a need to take a flight domestically in a …

A Green World (Cup) – offsets and multi-modal travel

A recent BBC article has critiqued Qatar 2022’s sustainability claims and as emissions have said to have gone up 3 times more than originally reported then questions have been raised, and solutions suggested for a greener tournament by external consultants, academics and experts. At FGA we are sustainability consultants; our work spans aviation, sustainable mobility, …

The Economist Sustainability Week – a few key highlights

Attending The Economist in-person this October after the initial March ‘22 event we attended was interesting and productive. FGA were part of the first speed networking session for 5 chosen startups which was being trialled, many joined in. As well as this we heard from many CEOs and Sustainability Directors across the 3 day event. A …

How far will governments at the ICAO Assembly back net-zero aspirations?

Progress is being made – but not enough, argues Sarah Wilkin, founder and chief executive of the Fly Green Alliance. “We need to accelerate the work to reach 2050 targets. And it’s not just aviation,” she says. “We also need to embrace more cross-sectoral stakeholders such as finance, corporate travel and sports. There’s a greater …

FGA discussing transition finance, SAF and the role of the lessors

Air Finance Journal, 29th September 2022 With limited options to significantly reduce emissions in the short-term, the aviation industry is pinning many of its hopes of reaching net zero by 2050 on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). “It’s going to have to be SAF,” Todd Wolynski, partner at law firm White & Case, tells delegates at …