You gotta make Sustainability easy, or it won’t happen
I was on the wireless on Saturday, commenting on a new injection of cash for cycling infrastructure in Newcastle and other major UK cities. The...
What does emotional engagement really mean?
Last week I had a long Twitter discussion with a friend and colleague about why people are getting so worked up about ocean plastic while...
Thoughts on the Oxfam scandal
Years ago at a wedding, I found myself making small talk with a friend's boyfriend who worked in famine relief in Africa. I'd recently been...
Small is Sustainable?
Interesting report from advertising agency 18 Feet & Rising this week. They polled 100 CEOs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about attitudes to Sustainability. 88%...
I have no intention of going plastic-free, and nor should you
I cannot recall a single television programme in my lifetime which has had a bigger impact on public discourse than Blue Planet II (Cathy Come...
Habit-changing is hard
Regular readers can't have helped notice my big personal goal for the year is to do a triathlon. As I mentioned last month my swimming...
The first step to culture change for Sustainability…
Yesterday was one for my other job - City Councillor and Opposition Spokesman on Sustainability. There were two big set-piece events: the launch of the...
Book Review: Frugal Innovation – Doing More With Less
Mrs K picked up this 2015 book by Cambridge Judge Business School academics Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu for me on the way home from a...
A Merry Christmas to All Our Readers!
Can I take a moment to wish all our readers, clients and partners a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Let's make Sustainability...
Successful Sustainability Stories
Our usual Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting last week went into 'general problem solving mode'. A couple of members couldn't make it due to last...