Katherine Sugar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4783275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Sugar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Sugar |
| SIGNATURE | SUGAR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8649-6988 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Networked, fragmented, unequal
This paper aims to interrogate the institutional, spatial, and social underpinnings of domestic energy advice in England. Based on a custom-built database of 131 distinct energy advice providers, analysed via a range of statistical methods, we explore the geographic and organizational patterns of energy advice support—identifying who provides it, where it is offered, and the methods used for its delivery. We also investigate the types of advice a…
Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical to achieving climate action goals but are neglected in policy and academic debates. Current SME climate and energy policies are failing to address the complexity and vulnerability of SMEs in the transition to a low carbon economy, often treating these organisations as a homogeneous group, with dominant narratives that appeal to economic or moral imperatives to decarbonise, without recognising…
(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand
Crisis and opportunity
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key actors in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their aggregate emissions are significant, and they are disproportionately affected by climate impacts, including extreme weather events. SMEs also play a vital role in shaping the environmental behaviours of individuals, communities, and other businesses. However, these organisations have been largely neglected by climate policies across all lev…
Local decarbonisation opportunities and barriers
Significant changes in public procurement are underway in the UK. Post-Brexit, the UK government is in the process of modifying the procurement rulebook. The new regime will be guided by the procurement strategy priorities of social value, jobs and net zero; however, the new approach to procurement foresees minimal rules and significant guidance. This paper explores implications of changing procurement legislation on the delivery of net zero at a…
(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand
Crisis and opportunity
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key actors in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their aggregate emissions are significant, and they are disproportionately affected by climate impacts, including extreme weather events. SMEs also play a vital role in shaping the environmental behaviours of individuals, communities, and other businesses. However, these organisations have been largely neglected by climate policies across all lev…
Local decarbonisation opportunities and barriers
Significant changes in public procurement are underway in the UK. Post-Brexit, the UK government is in the process of modifying the procurement rulebook. The new regime will be guided by the procurement strategy priorities of social value, jobs and net zero; however, the new approach to procurement foresees minimal rules and significant guidance. This paper explores implications of changing procurement legislation on the delivery of net zero at a…
Local decarbonisation opportunities and barriers
Significant changes in public procurement are underway in the UK. Post-Brexit, the UK government is in the process of modifying the procurement rulebook. The new regime will be guided by the procurement strategy priorities of social value, jobs and net zero; however, the new approach to procurement foresees minimal rules and significant guidance. This paper explores implications of changing procurement legislation on the delivery of net zero at a…
Crisis and opportunity
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key actors in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their aggregate emissions are significant, and they are disproportionately affected by climate impacts, including extreme weather events. SMEs also play a vital role in shaping the environmental behaviours of individuals, communities, and other businesses. However, these organisations have been largely neglected by climate policies across all lev…
Networked, fragmented, unequal
This paper aims to interrogate the institutional, spatial, and social underpinnings of domestic energy advice in England. Based on a custom-built database of 131 distinct energy advice providers, analysed via a range of statistical methods, we explore the geographic and organizational patterns of energy advice support—identifying who provides it, where it is offered, and the methods used for its delivery. We also investigate the types of advice a…
Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical to achieving climate action goals but are neglected in policy and academic debates. Current SME climate and energy policies are failing to address the complexity and vulnerability of SMEs in the transition to a low carbon economy, often treating these organisations as a homogeneous group, with dominant narratives that appeal to economic or moral imperatives to decarbonise, without recognising…
(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand
Corporate governance (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works)