The newly announced UK Net Zero Strategy looks quite promising indeed – covering a wide spectrum of nuts and bolts in the hope to elevate the UK and gain a first-mover advantage in the race to Net Zero. A few things that stood out for me.
It encapsulates an integrated system thinking or approach which is crucial to ensure the livelihood of the people is not just protected but enhanced. It aligns with a consumer-centric lens that may have been missing in past ambitions.
Emphasis on monitoring, reporting and continuous improvements through multi-checkpoints. It is only through adaptability that innovation can mature and deliver value over time. Monitoring and reporting will no doubt see a gargantuan challenge in the face of standardised approach, participation of both public/private sectors and transparency. The metrics and reports need to be of solid integrity without any compromise for us to stay on the right course.
It is a sound framework and now the real action begins (as we know from any typical change or transformation journey). What looks good on paper needs to be validated via actions – and therein lies the real tests:
- How do we implement the plan and meet the objectives? And more importantly, how to scale seamlessly? We need solutions that have far reaching use cases and impact, otherwise we risk circling in constant embryonic phase without a real breakthrough.
- At the heart of it all, market adoption will fuel the ambition. Consumers and suppliers alike need to create that right economic balance for the technologies and solutions to take hold and do its magic.
- Accepting and relishing the transition. Any change journey is never easy, particular one of this magnitude. But with informed insight and compelling incentives guided by the right value system, we can all come onboard sooner.
How will this interplay with global/regional policies including businesses’ mandates? The Net Zero ambition requires international and multi-directional collaboration – now more so than ever.
But we are definitely on the right trajectory and the momentum is gaining. And I’m looking forward to riding the wave together with the team @Novazure and doing our part.
Image credit: The Telegraph
