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As the world faces the twin crises of coronavirus and climate change, now more than ever businesses need to reset their relationship with the societies they serve. These challenges cannot be tackled by Governments alone. Only with long term, collective effort will we be able to provide profitable solutions to the problems of people and the planet. I spoke last week at the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation Purpose summit. The project blends academic research with insight from business and policy leaders to review the role business plays in society.

It's International Women in Engineering Day and renewables engineer Samantha Cunningham is passionate about tempting more women into the sector.

A £245,000 investment by SSE’s networks business Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to improve and strengthen the resilience of the electricity network serving a Hampshire village has been completed to budget.

SSE has approved a final investment decision for the 103-turbine, 443MW Viking onshore wind farm, in a step which will help to drive forward a green economic recovery after the coronavirus lockdown. Located in Shetland, Viking is wholly owned by SSE Renewables having been developed in partnership with Viking Energy Shetland.

SSE plc has set a new series of comprehensive carbon targets, aligned to the 2016 Paris Agreement, and validated by the Science Based Target initiative, which will see SSE strive to cut emissions further and faster.

Today’s full-year results presentation is unlike any we’ve given before. Delivered a month later than originally planned, it will be fully virtual with analysts firing in their questions from home. I won’t be wearing a tie, since there’ll be nobody to see it. The event underlines in its own small way how much life has changed in recent months.