Alan AtKisson is a Stockhom-based consultant and author who is recognised for his two decades of work on sustainability management and policy. He is an advisor to, and a former president of, the Balaton Group, a global network that focuses on sustainability and systems thinking.

A small German eco-innovation company is attracting attention after winning a most-promising start-up award in the "agriculture, water and waste" category at the Cleantech Open Global Forum, a major cleantech innovation event held in Silicon Valley, California, in November 2013.

A circular-economy initiative just outside the Scottish capital of Edinburgh is making waves in water filtration by producing a highly efficient filtration media from recycled glass. The Active Filter Media (AFM), made by the company Dryden Aqua, has been so successful that its production now uses a quarter of all the glass recycled in Scotland.