The missing pieces in many Sustainability Strategies
I see lots of Sustainability Strategies which consist of a baseline (e.g. a carbon footprint and waste arisings data), targets and a series of nice...
Sustainability, Consistency & Leadership
I've long preached that big 'L' Leadership is the difference between those at the cutting edge of Sustainability and the rest. And one of the...
Making people think about Sustainability is true engagement
Yesterday, I ran a Green Jujitsu training workshop at the Northern Sustainability Innovations Conference, hosted by (our client) Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust as...
People taking to Sustainability like a duck to water…
On Tuesday I ran a workshop for Sustainability Champions at one of my clients – introducing them to the Sustainability Strategy targets and giving them...
Football, Tribes & Sustainability
So In-ger-land kick off their World Cup campaign tonight. As a Northern Irishman who has lived in England for almost 30 years, I'm not terribly...
Beware pushing people out of their depth on Sustainability
Regular readers will know that my big personal challenge this year is to do a triathlon. Cycle: easy-peasy, run: OK, swim... argh! So I've been...
Sustainability – for the many?
Sometime last Tuesday, a hashtag #PlasticFreeDay appeared on my Twitter feed. I was vaguely aware that it was World Environment Day, but, like so...
The prevailing winds are blowing towards Sustainability…
The steady stream of Sustainability good news stories continues to flow – 50 nations taking action on plastic consumption, consumer spending on fashion is on...
Back from a Bloody Past
I'm just back from 5 glorious days of half term camping with the Kane clan in Wooler, in the north of Northumberland. We did the...
Jung, Greenwash and Sustainability
Gotta love Twitter some times, and last night I saw this wonderful quote attributed to Carl Jung:* "You are what you do, not what you...