As the global push toward decarbonisation accelerates, renewable energy is no longer just about installing more solar panels or wind turbines. Behind the scenes, a quieter but powerful market mechanism is enabling this transition at scale — the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) and Credit Market. Often described as the “currency of clean energy,” RECs play a crucial role in monetising renewable attributes, ensuring transparency, and helping governments and corporations meet ambitious climate goals.

If you ask a progressive farmer how they decide when to irrigate today, the answer is rarely “gut feel” anymore.

It’s more likely: “When my phone tells me the soil moisture has dropped below the threshold.”

Welcome to the age of automated data logging in agriculture – where sensors, cloud platforms, and smart analytics quietly guide everyday decisions in the field.

A Strategic Perspective for Business Leaders and Investors

In the next five years, global industries will undergo a significant technological transformation. The integration of intelligent automation, autonomous decision systems, advanced analytics, and AI-led operating models is redefining competitiveness and value creation. Enterprises are shifting from incremental efficiency gains to intelligence-driven growth, where systems interpret, decide, and act on data.

The global automotive landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. While full battery-electric vehicles dominate headlines, an equally powerful—but quieter—revolution is underway inside millions of emerging models: the rise of 48-volt (48V) systems. These mid-voltage architectures are becoming the backbone of next-generation mild hybrids, offering higher efficiency, lower emissions, and performance boosts without the cost of full electrification.

Demand for mental health services soared with the pandemic and 61 million Americans (more than one in five adults) now have some form of mental illness, with prevalence among adolescents rising sharply.

Next-generation intervention cardiology represents a game-changing approach to treating complex cardiovascular diseases. Leveraging robotics, AI-driven imaging, and minimally invasive catheter-based techniques, this emerging field is revolutionizing the management of conditions such as coronary artery disease, structural heart defects, and valvular disorders.

In response to tightening regulatory frameworks and escalating concerns over water contamination, the global market for activated carbon in water treatment is experiencing a surge. The BIS Research report on the Activated Carbon Market for Water Treatment offers in-depth insight into this vital industry, spanning application types, end-use sectors, material categories, and regional breakdowns through 2034.

In a world where climate change feels like an unstoppable force, the solution might be right under our feet—literally. Agriculture, often criticized for its carbon footprint, is rewriting its narrative by becoming a powerful ally in carbon sequestration. Think of it as farming, but with a superhero twist: capturing carbon from the atmosphere and locking it in the soil, all while boosting crop yields and improving the planet’s health. 

Most Western companies and investment funds will have cut their ties with Russia in the last few years, but events there do have a bearing on the rest of the world so it is important to consider how events may unfold in the immediate future.