The Wasted Opportunity: Fareshare report A new socio-economic impact report commissioned from NEF Consulting by FareShare confirms that by collecting food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it to good causes, the charity saves the UK economy approximately… Read more »
Why extending the M4 is not the way AUTHOR: Alex Chapman, Consultant, NEF Consulting If governments took decisions on infrastructure based on making people, communities and the environment healthier, how would they look? What demands would we make of them?… Read more »
Coastal communities throughout the UK are, as a group, struggling more than others over a number of social and economic issues from unemployment and educational underachievement to lower health and wellbeing. This is despite the fact that they are located… Read more »
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) will be launching a major new report into the land system and its contribution to the housing crisis in an event at Westminster on 17 July. The report showcases new research revealing how high land… Read more »
A new report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) looks at methods to double the size of the UK’s co-operative sector. Written by NEF’s Sara Mahmoud and Andrew Pendleton, along with Matthew Lawrence, Co-operatives Unleashed looks at how enterprise can… Read more »
With input from NEF Consulting, Locality have published a Keep it Local guide for community organisations. It is one of three Locality guides for community organisations, councillors and commissioners with practical advice on how to keep services with local providers. It applies the approach… Read more »
Looking beyond energy The Energyst Event: 17-18 April 2018 Graham Randles, Managing Director of NEF Consulting, will be speaking at this event for energy providers and public sector organisations. The conference will centre around a debate emphasising the changing nature of… Read more »
AUTHOR: NEF Consulting team and reviewed by Samra Mariam, Senior Consultant, NEF Consulting. Monetary valuation of social and environmental outcomes, as applied in methodologies like Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (SCBA), has become an increasingly common approach… Read more »
AUTHOR: Brell Wilson-Morris, Analyst, NEF Consulting Recently NEF Consulting had the opportunity to work with one of the most exciting pieces of progressive legislation in the UK in recent years. The United Nations responded to the Well-being of Future Generations… Read more »
A collaborative sustainability initiative for the pineapple industry has the potential to yield strong customer welfare and environmental benefits, a study from NEF Consulting has found. Commissioned for the Fairtrade Foundation, the study mapped three scenarios in which retailers agreed… Read more »
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