Ore Valley Housing Association has put former coal mining communities at the centre of their ambitious net zero infrastructure projects
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Case Study03 June 2025
Ore Valley: ‘If there’s a clear benefit to the community, we would do it’

Case Study20 May 2025
The climate bonus of a four-day week
Alba Facilities Services introduced the policy to improve employee well-being. It has cut their vehicle mileage by 17%.

Case Study29 April 2025
Muckle Brig on communicating your net zero story: ‘Be proud of the work you’re doing’
The Edinburgh gin and whisky producer uses tours of their facilities to share how they are reducing emissions

Case Study16 April 2025
Alcohol-free brewer sets sail on net zero journey
Jump Ship Brewing has started collecting energy data and using it to inform simple carbon-saving changes

Blog10 April 2025
‘Businesses are making climate impact. They just don’t call it that.’
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
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.

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.

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