Climate Justice in Sport
The 7th Commonwealth Debate on Sport and Sustainable development propositioned that ‘A compassionate sports sector should enable the charge for a healthy mind, body, and planet’. But what does this […]
Author: Jo Dobson
Sustainability Consultation
Sport England, sportscotland, and Sport Wales have appointed Useful Projects to carry out a sports and physical activity sector consultation on environmental sustainability, that comprises focus groups, interviews, and a […]
UK Sport Decarbonisation
UK Sport has released their first Environmental Sustainability Strategy, which includes a goal for high-performance sport to have a net positive impact on the environment by 2040. It includes the […]
New book: Sustainable Infrastructure
Useful Projects’ Senior Director Judith Skyes is the author of a new book on Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice, which has now been published. Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice is […]
Creating social value through design
How can we create social value through design? For this blog I have interviewed Catherine Ramsden, the founder of Useful Studio (and Useful Projects’ Director of Design) on a theme […]
Social value in construction: progress
Two months since publishing our major research report ‘Maximising Social Value from Infrastructure Projects’, here are some reflections on how the findings have been received and taken forward across the […]
Social value report launch
Infrastructure projects can, and should, deliver many more benefits for individuals, communities and local economies Infrastructure is essential for society to function – it provides means of transportation, energy supply, […]
Judith Sykes wins award!
Congratulations to Director of Useful Projects Judith who has been named as one of the Top 50 winners of The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards! The WE50 is an awards programme created […]
COVID-19 Update
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, here is a brief update for our clients and collaborators. We have shifted to full remote working. Whilst having 100% of our people […]
We’re a Social Enterprise
Useful Projects is a Certified Social Enterprise, but what does this mean in practice? What is a Social Enterprise? Social enterprises are one of the most exciting and fastest growing […]
Circular Economy in Construction
Senior Sustainability Consultant Jo Dobson reports from last week’s Circular Economy Thinking in Construction Conference: The UK construction industry is embarking on its journey towards the circular economy. Companies throughout the supply […]
Disruptive Innovation Festival
The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) 2016 is an online, open-access event staged over three weeks by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The DIF invites thought leaders, entrepreneurs, business, designers, makers and […]
