News and Jobs

 

This page is for sharing news about the greentech sector, whether in Oxfordshire or further afield, as well as relevant job opportunities arising, and to welcome new members. Our membership is full of active and vibrant organisations, often producing their own research or insights into their areas of expertise, as well as advertising for new people to join their teams, which we are pleased to showcase here.

 

Welcome to our most recent new members…

Ebico

Ebico Innovation is a pre-seed and seed impact investor. Ebico Innovation backs strong teams that have a clear vision of how their business will grow and bring affordable, sustainable, warmth to more homes.

Tamarindo

Tamarindo are renewable energy and cleantech PR and strategic communications specialists.

We help businesses find their voice in climate and energy transition. We engage target audiences, build lasting relationships, put businesses’ in the spotlight, and lay the foundations for commercial success.

EnergyMyWay

Renewable energy installer for air and ground source heat pumps, solar pv and battery storage systems. We specialise in helping home owners, self builders and developers find the right renewable energy solution for their projects.

Point of Difference

We create and manage inspiring places to work for start-up, growing and established businesses.  We have bases in Bicester, Banbury and Aylesbury and offer everything from drop-in co-working to fully serviced offices.

Micromelt

Micromelt is led by world-class Oxford scientists graduating from the University of Oxford. Our team is pioneering sustainable solutions with a proprietary microwave-driven catalytic tech. We’re innovating plastic recycling through an innovative, rapid one-step chemical process that can recycle mixed and contaminated plastic waste into high-quality building blocks (or monomers).

Full Clarity Ltd

Full Clarity is a Digital Product and Service Design Consultancy, bringing together research, UX design and technical strategy to deliver outcome-focused innovation and transformation. Our expertise has delivered impactful digital experiences for clients such as ITV, Harrods and gov.uk

International Tree Foundation

The International Tree Foundation, for over a century, has united communities to restore ecosystems and improve lives through tree planting, highlighting the vital role trees play in life, air purification, and nature’s recovery.

Airplus Renewables

AirPlus is working on development of patented ultra-efficient wind turbine technology to enable green energy generation at local community level to meet their energy demands.

Lateral Coaching

Lateral Coaching offer group/team Executive Coaching, Consultancy and Mentoring as they seek to help grow greener businesses and encourage organisations to go greener across all their operations. Al Ritchie is also a CEng with background as Project Director in OLTP and real time systems.

The Wilful Group

We are Wilful – A new kind of communications agency designed to support the ideas and innovations solving the world’s biggest problems.

We are determined and optimistic for the transition to a low carbon, regenerative economy.

Our clients are businesses, brands and institutions with game-changing solutions to scale. We believe communications can make a difference, connecting them with customers, capital and talent to accelerate progress.

News

Is increasing consumption the key obstacle to achieving sustainability?

Back in February, Oxfordshire Greentech hosted a debate event with Cambridge Cleantech and Michael Page at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

We had a packed out room for our speakers who were debating, “Is increasing consumption the key obstacle to achieving sustainability?”

Check out our recording of the event:

Part 1: https://lnkd.in/ebFTXMjN
Part 2: https://lnkd.in/ehtNG6Jc
Part 3: https://lnkd.in/eNuM3Qz9

Why it’s the “common person” and their pension who will drive environmental change

A recent survey from investment company Aegon of 10,000 Brits found that 72% of respondents were concerned about environmental issues, 61% worrying about equality, and 65% having concerns about poor corporate governance practices. However, this is countered by the fact that 55% are not aware of or don’t understand the terms ‘responsible investment’, ‘sustainable investment’ or ‘ESG investing’…

Jobs