Storytelling
I was delighted at the weekend to be sent this amazing picture by Melvin Redeker of him reading The Green Executive while on a kayaking...
Living in the Real World…
When I first got started in this business I used to get patronised a lot. "It would be nice to [be greener]," these grey haired...
Green Business Confidential: Stretch Yourself
Here's the latest Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "Stretch Yourself" - it's about how incremental targets are a false friend. Or, you can download it...
Leadership vs Management
The central theme of my latest book, The Green Executive, is that 'green' has been elevated from environmental management to business leadership. But what does...
Don't Print This E-mail…
Why do people still include "Think of the environment, Don't print this e-mail unless you really have to." in the thicket of information in their...
News of the Screws and CSR
It's hard not to feel a bit of schadenfreude over the plight of the News of the World ex-editor now News International bigwig Rebekah Brooks...
Integrating sustainability into the DNA of your organisation
How do you actually embed sustainability into the DNA of your organisation? Well according to my Sustainability Maturity Model (above - click to enlarge), you...
Think like a 4 year old. Why? Read on…
My eldest, Harry, is four and a bit years old and like most kids of his age, he's the king of the cheeky killer question,...
VW feel the full force of Greenpeace's wit
Well, Greenpeace have done it again. Having successfully targeted Apple back in 2007 - forcing a rare about turn by Mr Jobs - they're now...
Environmental Champions – Hit or Miss?
I don't think I've ever recommended to a client that they appoint environmental champions amongst their staff and my two books make only fleeting reference...