No, Sustainability isn’t “a balance”
At least twice in the last couple of weeks, I have heard Sustainability described as "a balance between environment, economy and society". No it isn't....
I ain’t going to COP-a
I've never been to a COP meeting. Nobody has ever invited me (can you hear the violins?), I've never spotted a role for me to...
Truckin’ on (bio)Gas with Philip Fjeld, CEO of ReFuels
What do my morning paper, the laptop I'm typing this on and my lunch have in common? They've all been on at least one truck,...
Multiple Sustainability event brain dump
On Tuesday morning I was at the Clean Energy UK/Net Zero North East England conference and, after an interlude talking hedgehogs and local authority finance...
In Sustainability, if you’re cajoling people, you’re losing
Ronald Reagan got plenty of opprobrium during his time as president (remember Spitting Image's The President's Brain is Missing! sketches? If not, ask your parents),...
Who says you can’t put a heat pump in a 16th Century farmhouse? with Alex Hilton
I like people who do what 'everybody' says cannot be done. In this episode of the pod, Alex Hilton describes how he completely electrified his...
Why we couldn’t ‘reset’ Sustainability even if we wanted to
Every week or so, I see some commentator or other calling for a 'reset' on Sustainability, Net Zero, the low carbon economy or some other...
Net Zero Business Academy 2026: Early Bird Registration Now Open!
Net Zero Business Academy is our set of 11 unique webinar sessions designed to help you accelerate your Sustainability programme whether in your own organisation...
The 80:20 rule and delivering Net Zero: how my thinking has evolved in the last decade
Many moons ago, I wrote a short book 'Accelerating Sustainability using the 80:20 rule'. I'm sure anybody reading this will know broadly what the 80:20...
Why your leadership must OWN Sustainability
Earlier this year, I wrote 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook...