Low GDP nations can be sustainable with good policy

Low GDP nations can boost their energy sustainability with carefully targeted policy. The claims come from the consultancy behind the World Energy Council’s latest table which ranks countries by their approach to energy. Despite the dominance of European countries in the top of the sustainability table, surprisingly some lower-GDP countries were represented higher up because […]

Switzerland tops world energy sustainability rankings

Switzerland has topped a global sustainability ranking released by the World Energy Council and management consultancy Oliver Wyman yesterday. The index used data from the WEC’s 92 member countries to sort countries by how sustainable their energy use is. Hot on the heels of the neutral nation was Sweden, followed by EU-heavyweights France and Germany. […]