How do you know your colleagues are engaged in sustainability?
I've spent a lot of time over the last couple of years trying to find an effective measurement of employee engagement in sustainability. You can...
Why you must align line management to sustainability
I've long argued that Leadership is the difference between the best at sustainability and the rest. Leadership is responsible for two critical sustainability issues: Strategy: all the...
Are millennials really that green?
I was very struck by the above photo showing the aftermath of the Glastonbury festival. Every year we hear how Glastonbury is more than just...
Broadening Horizons
Everybody looks at the world through their own 'frame' – the psychological filter that blots out the majority of stimuli to concentrate our attention on...
CSR – HR = PR
On Wednesday I was at an event organised by CIPD North East for HR professionals. I'd been asked to come along by my colleague Tracy...
Exploiting the Virtuous Circle of Employee Engagement for Sustainability
I'm working on an employee engagement project for a major client which requires a quite detailed literature review. While I endeavour to keep up to date with...
Making Sustainability the Easy Path to Take
I loved this picture when I saw it on LinkedIn last week (I don't know who to credit it to, I'm afraid). It sums up...
A week’s a long time in (climate) politics
It's been quite a week in terms of political positioning on climate change. One of the most interesting statements came from UK Chancellor George Osborne...
If you can’t trust a charity…
A couple of months ago, I was leaving the swimming pool with the older two boys and I was stopped by a nice man selling...
The Wonders of Nature
We've had a very educational Spring chez Kane with our camera-rigged bird box hosting its first blue tit family. The video clip above shows the...