Sustainability Must Scale
I was at a rather posh dinner on Pall Mall last night where the speaker was Sir Ian Cheshire, outgoing CEO of Kingfisher and his...
The Comfort Zone of Doom
I'm reading 'Lean In' by Sheryl Sandberg - the Facebook COO's bright and breezy book on dealing with the disadvantages that women find in the...
Forget Mindfulness, we need mindless Sustainability
I was once solemnly informed "We won't get to Sustainability without Mindfulness." If you don't know what Mindfulness is, it's apparently "the intentional, accepting and...
Are we ignoring the ‘social’ in Sustainability?
In this edition of Ask Gareth, I consider whether we tend to ignore the social when we talk about 'Sustainability' and some of the issues...
Obama’s Litmus Test is Keystone XL, What’s Yours?
Barack Obama knows that his commitment to tackling climate change will be critically tested by his decision whether or not to permit the Keystone XL...
Are we afraid of success in sustainability?
As regular readers will attest, my most recent soapbox has been the use of the 80:20 Rule to get sustainability programmes out of the mire...
Are eco-labels worth the sticky paper they’re printed on?
Interesting article in the Guardian yesterday about the drop off in FairTrade sales. Some of this decline is due to squeezed consumer wallets, but there were...
The Circular Economy is Circular, Stupid!
I saw this explanation of the circular economy in the business section of our local rag last week and it made me grind my teeth. It...
The Only Way is Ethics…
Look at the headlines. Has HSBC been helping very rich people people avoid tax? Did the Conservative Leader know about it before ennobling an HSBC...
Most leaders don’t understand that leadership is critical to sustainability
An anecdote from another consultant this week really resonated with me. He had a meeting with a C-level executive at a major client about an...