Sustainability firm folds due to shift in climate policy

Change By Degrees co-founder Tara Shine explains how its market all but vanished after the EU's omnibus measure scaled back key sustainability directives

Change By Degrees co-founder Tara Shine. File picture

A conversation following a swim off Sandycove beach in Kinsale Co Cork led to the formation of an award-winning company that would teach more than 25,000 people globally about sustainability.

However, the current shift in global politics to the right and changes to EU regulations forced that company, Change By Degrees, to announce its closure this week.