We sat down with Alison Wood, departing programme manager of Climate Springboard, to reflect on nearly three years of training SMEs to take climate action
News
Explore the latest news, case studies, opinion pieces and blogs from across the ECCI community.

Blog10 April 2025
‘Businesses are making climate impact. They just don’t call it that.’
News03 April 2025
Powering Futures at ECCI
60+ young innovators showcased their creative solutions to real-world challenges at ECCI for the Powering Futures finals.

News27 March 2025
CXC Job vacancy: Communications Manager
ClimateXChange seeks a Communications Manager to manage the communications team, strategy and events portfolio.
Case Study25 March 2025
Edinburgh Leisure finds the fun in waste sorting
We spoke to the charity’s sustainability team for advice on creative ways to change staff behaviour

Blog13 March 2025
Q&A: What is a heat network?
We spoke to Kira Myers, senior carbon analyst at ECCI about the basics, benefits and costs of low-carbon heat networks in Scotland.

News06 March 2025
Scottish Climate Intelligence Service hits the road
SCIS will be travelling to Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh in March to introduce their work to local authorities in a series of roadshows.

Case Study20 February 2025
Edinburgh conference centre reflects on a decade of climate efforts
EICC sustainability manager Rob Turnbull explains how they have reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 60% since 2013

Opinion20 February 2025
Stuart Haszeldine: We’re in the carbon wars. Paying to capture and store carbon is like paying for waste collection
In his interview for Energy@Edinburgh, ECCI Co-director and renowned climate scientist Stuart Haszeldine discusses the potential impact of carbon capture and storage technologies.

News12 February 2025
Report: The economic potential of tidal and wave energy
Commissioned by ECCI residents WES, the study reveals the economic prize for Scotland as a world-leading destination for marine energy.

Blog11 February 2025
Four Scottish businesses take on their transport emissions
Greening your fleet doesn’t always start with “switch everything to electric!”

News22 January 2025
ECCI hosts launch of the SAGES Climate Science Podcast
The innovative podcast series showcases the work of Scotland’s leading scientists and researchers, including ECCI Co-Director Dr Kate Donovan.

Blog22 January 2025
Are energy companies gaslighting us? A guide to green tariffs for SMEs
Due to a loophole in UK regulations, energy suppliers can sell “renewable” electricity even when it is generated entirely from fossil fuels