Projects

Browse the project list below or filter based on the following criteria

We carry out our work in four main areas, listed below. We may also occassionally conduct research outside of these core specialisms - these projects can be found using the keyword search facility in the top right of the page.

Climate change

From carbon footprinting to exploring consumer attitudes to pro-environmental behaviours...

Waste and resources

Recycling, waste minimisation and consumer engagement...
Behaviour change

Behaviour change, lifestyles and wellbeing

Our part in helping consumers live more sustainable lives...

Food

Everything from the climate impacts of food, to food labelling, retail and food waste...

Brook Lyndhurst Blog

  • Dear Sir/Madam

    I reacted badly this week when, in response to a tender document I’d prepared, I received an email saying “Thank you for your submission, but I regret to inform you that you have been unsuccessful in your application…”  It wasn’t the No that upset me - it’s an occupational hazard of competitive tendering, after all, and [...] 

  • Time to buy the Sustainable Development Commission?

    News that the government has decided to withdraw its funding for the Sustainable Development Commission is prompting comment in a number of locations.  I particularly enjoyed George Monbiot’s observation that the £1.9mn being saved is no more than ‘a rounding error’ on the Trident missile invoice. Having once been a Commissioner on the London Sustainable Development [...] 

  • Marketing to the marketers will be key for green claims guidance

    Our research for Defra on the prevalence and content of green claims was published recently. The study – along with our work on consumer understanding of green terms – is feeding into a revision of Defra’s green claims guidance for marketers, the consultation for which closed in June. While researching a possible follow up story, one [...]