Topic

EPR

Discover 89 articles exploring epr, from foundational concepts to advanced strategies and real-world applications.

20 min read·

Trend watch: Grid modernization & storage in 2026

A forward-looking assessment of grid modernization and energy storage trends for 2026. This piece highlights the forces reshaping power grids (surging renewable deployment, rising electrification, and growing data-center loads) and explains why interconnection reforms, grid-enhancing technologies, virtual power plants, battery traceability and digital twins are the subsegments to watch. It offers procurement teams a concise framework for evaluating opportunities and includes real-world examples from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.

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Deep dive: Insurance & risk transfer — a buyer's guide: how to evaluate solutions (Angle 6)

For sustainability leads in the United States looking to incorporate insurance and risk-transfer into climate resilience plans, this guide offers a structured approach to evaluating solutions. It explains what parametric and micro-insurance products are, why they are increasingly critical as climate risks mount, and how emerging standards and procurement guidelines shape buyer requirements. The article compares the fastest-moving subsegments, from smallholder micro-insurance and municipal parametric policies to regional risk pools and hybrid indemnity-parametric covers, and highlights what works and where challenges remain. Finally, it provides a practical framework for evaluating insurance offerings and a next-steps checklist to help organisations move from concept to adoption.

11 min read·

Myth-busting carbon markets & offsets integrity - hidden trade-offs & how to manage them

Carbon offsets and voluntary carbon markets promise to unlock finance for climate and nature projects, yet they also carry hidden trade-offs. Many credits are issued for activities that would have happened anyway, fail to guarantee long-term carbon storage or overlook displacement effects. Investors who rely on imperfect offsets risk reputational and financial backlash, while climate goals suffer when credits don’t deliver real reductions. This myth-busting guide explains the flaws and opportunities in today’s carbon markets and provides a framework for UK investors to navigate them responsibly.