The 2025 inaugural Sustainable Times RISE Awards took place beneath the glittering chandeliers at the Grand De Vere Connaught Rooms in London, awarding innovators worldwide. The winner of the ‘Founder of the Year’  award, sponsored by NatWest , went to Instollar Technologies  Founder Chinwe Udo-Davis . She has created a tech-enabled workforce platform which is rapidly closing the gender gap in Africa’s solar industry through its ambitious 'InstallHER Initiative.' Addressing

On this week’s episode of Profit Meets Purpose, Matthew Journey, CEO of Levistor, discussed the transition to electrification and the role that energy storage will have to play in ensuring the consistency and reliability in the supply of renewable energy. 

The Sustainable Times Startup Investment Summit will take place on 1st October at London’s Plaisterers’ Hall,

British energy technology firm Levistor  has unveiled a next-generation flywheel storage system designed to cut rail carbon emissions, slash operating costs, and provide a durable alternative to batteries.

On this week's episode of Profit Meets Purpose, Harvey Hodd came on to discuss his latest venture RIVAN, which is developing synthetic fuels with a difference. 

The O-Hx Energy Vault is a patented high-density thermal battery designed to store and rapidly release cooling power for industrial-scale applications.

Evero, a low-carbon energy-from-waste wood company, has been selected by the government to develop the nation’s first commercial Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) facility.

Eighteen months after the kayak-in-kelp moment sparked his idea, Harland Evans is now leading Nature Based Limited. The company is developing kelp breakwaters, a natural, regenerative alternative to concrete to tackle one of offshore wind’s most persistent problems: floating turbines breaking under ocean stress.

Christophe Williams is the CEO and Founder at Naked Energy, a British design and engineering business leading the global innovation in solar thermal and solar PVT, which delivers four times the carbon savings of conventional solar PV. Williams previously worked as a senior creative executive in the advertising industry for over fifteen years, gaining many awards from prestigious organisations such as ‘Creative Circle’ and ‘Clio’.

Guy Hayler, Co-founder of Blue Earth, shares his view on what investors need to know about climate tech startups. At the confluence of escalating climate urgency and economic uncertainty, a new entrepreneur is emerging - part technologist, part visionary, part realist.

he government’s Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) is weighing two major options: a reformed national market or the introduction of zonal pricing.

A new report by FTI Consulting for Octopus Energy advocates for zonal pricing in the UK electricity market, which would charge businesses based on local supply and demand to reduce industrial energy bills without shifting costs to households.

UrbanChain, a Manchester-based energy tech firm, recently shared with us how it’s rewriting the rules of the UK energy market. By enabling local renewable generators to trade power directly with consumers, the company is challenging the traditional utility model and redefining how energy is bought, sold, and shared.

Heat pumps are gaining strong approval from UK homeowners, with the vast majority now rating them as equal to, or better than, traditional gas boilers, according to new data released today by Octopus Energy.

Sustainability for Housing (SfH) has released its 2024 Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) Annual Report, revealing compelling progress across a broad spectrum of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators.

The summit’s three pillars, Inspire, Connect, Act are visible in every detail. It’s not all surfboards and stories. There’s a steely pragmatism underpinning the ethos. Investment, Will says, is the real measure of action. Blue Earth has helped early-stage climate tech founders, like the now multi-million-pound firm Urban Chain, connect with investors in unconventional, human ways. “When you take investors out of their usual settings and meet them on a trail or a board, the po

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