Japan's Double Jeopardy
I can't think of a worse situation than the one Japan finds itself in. They have suffered a terrible natural catastrophe, killing thousands and wiping...
Musings on the Carbon Plan
I leafed through the UK Government's new Carbon Plan on the train to Birmingham on Wednesday. The plan brings together a whole raft of initiatives...
Fiat's Green Marketing
I saw this ad for a new eco-friendly Fiat 500 on my way through Newcastle early this morning – I’m on my way to facilitate...
The Politics of Oil
This weekend the global oil situation finally made its way onto the front pages of the UK press with, for example, The Guardian's report on...
The Power of Good Design
It has been said that design is the engine room of good environmental practice and I couldn't agree more. Got an inefficient building? Design a...
Webinar: Staff Engagement & Culture Change
The third of our Green Business Webinars will be held on 13 April at 14:00 GMT. The hour long session will cover the critical issues...
Plenty more fish in the sea?
Great news in the Guardian this morning that the EU is to end the incredibly wasteful practice of fish discards. This is the situation where...
Keeping Good Company
Here's a short excerpt from my next book, The Green Executive, available for pre-order now: Deliberate disassociation The flip side of joining positive organizations is...
Climate Change & the World of Finance
This video from The Telegraph gives an insight into the financial sector's views on low carbon technology. Unsurprisingly they're taking a very hard nosed approach...
Are you prepared for an oil shock?
Yesterday I was writing a piece on major problems in the oil industry for The Sustainability Forum (it should go up today or tomorrow it's...