Case studies

International appliance care specialist Domestic & General (D&G) delivered an increase of 13.5% in adjusted EBITDA in financial year ended March 2025 over 2024. Group total revenue was up 6% year-on-year. As part of its commitment to sustainability, D&G’s repair-first ethos – what it calls ‘Smart Fix’ – remains at the heart of this success.

Legal & General (L&G) has invested £4bn of its own money in transition finance, including £1.6bn in renewable energy, £1.7bn in green bonds and £0.7bn in other solutions (such as technology, infrastructure and real estate). This supports the transition and helps with L&G’s resilience to climate risk. It has also launched its Clean Power (Europe) Fund with partners NTR, raising €390m, aimed at investing in Europe’s decarbonisation and energy security. Through its Asset Management business, L&G is holding a £1,117bn slice of the global economy of which £419bn of assets are in responsible investment strategies.

SSE has a long-term decarbonisation vision. It also has a portfolio of capital-intensive projects that are focused on this goal. The company’s successive Chairs and their boards have played a vital role in the transition of the company and, as a consequence, the UK economy. Climate is a key plank of SSE’s corporate strategy.

There is value in communicating with creativity, especially for non-executive directors seeking to lead conversations about transition from the boardroom. Just as the science demands climate action, so too does behavioural science require that to communicate effectively, there must be creativity and humanity at the heart of messaging. This is how change happens.