Past reports
Five years of consistent, comparable analysis helps distinguish short-term hype from durable progress – across countries, companies and technologies.
You can find all previous articles, findings, and green innovation patent data linked below.
4th edition articles
Building on the response to the third edition of our report, we both broadened and refined the scope for 2024. We took a fresh look at some previously visited areas of innovation, including: sustainable plastics technology, low carbon energy such as hydrogen and nuclear, battery technology, carbon capture and sustainable food sources. This fourth edition of our Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report additionally includes analyses of technological developments in transport (automotive and aerospace), and looks into the use of gene editing technology in agriculture.
Transport
Aerospace | Automotive
Is aircraft efficiency improving and moving aviation towards a more sustainable future? As electric vehicles become more abundant on the roads, what is instore for the next generation of automotive transport?
Food
CRISPR | Plant-based meat | Cultivated meat | Insect protein
How can we feed our growing population sustainably? Are there environmentally friendly alternative protein technologies on the horizon?
Materials
Bioplastics | Plastics recycling | Carbon capture, utilisation and storage
What will the next generation of environmentally friendly plastics look like? And what can we do to reduce the environmental impact of the current plastics of today?
3rd edition articles
Building on the response to our 2022 report, we took a fresh look at some previously visited areas of innovation: sustainable plastics technology, low carbon energy such as hydrogen, battery technology, carbon capture and more sustainable food sources. This third edition of our Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report additionally includes analyses of technological developments in wind energy, and nuclear energy.
Energy
Hydrogen | Batteries | Nuclear energy | Wind
Is aircraft efficiency improving and moving aviation towards a more sustainable future? As electric vehicles become more abundant on the roads, what is instore for the next generation of automotive transport?
Food
Plant-based meat | Cultivated meat | Insect protein
We continue our review of environmentally friendly alternative protein technologies that are on the horizon - covering cultivated meat, insect protein, and plant-based meat.
Materials
Bioplastics | Plastics recycling | Carbon capture utilisation and storage
What will the next generation of environmentally friendly plastics look like? And what can we do to reduce the environmental impact of the current plastics of today?
2nd edition articles
Along with revisiting the innovation areas of plastics, batteries and food production, the Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2022 includes analyses of technological developments in carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), hydrogen, heat pumps and solar energy, all of which are grouped into the categories of food, materials, and energy.
Energy
Hydrogen | Solar | Batteries | Heat pumps
Producing renewable energy is only a part of the solution - to reduce strain on production capacity as population and energy use grows, the importance of using our energy efficiently will only increase.
Food
Plant-based meat | Cultivated meat | Insect protein
Protein is a major part of our diet, but one of the most environmentally polluting to produce – traditionally produced through livestock rearing. We review what more environmentally friendly alternative protein technologies are on the horizon.
Materials
Bioplastics | Plastics recycling | Carbon capture, utilisation and storage
We identify and assess some key bioplastics as well as leading recycling technologies. Capturing greenhouse gases emitted from power generating and manufacturing processes is also likely to be a key green technology.
1st edition articles
Our inaugural edition of Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2021 focuses on the most pressing and most widely-recognised issues facing us today: food production, plastics, and energy in the renewable age.