Oh, I do like green one-upmanship
We're in the middle of the UK political conference season and as usual I'll be summarising the green content of the leaders' speeches once they're...
If we really want to tackle ocean plastic…
...the solution may be much more prosaic than we think. Forget (for the moment) agonising over whether you should buy a coffee in a disposable...
We’re Back!
After a summer recess to upgrade the Terra Infirma website, I'm back up and running on the blog. Did you miss me? The primary reason...
In Sustainability, there’s always an excuse to do nothing…
Terra Infirma's most powerful competitor is almost certainly "do nothing". Given where we work – near the cutting edge, we like to think – we...
Are Sustainability accreditations worth the bother?
I spoke on the phone yesterday to the Sustainability Director of a major worldwide brand. She was exasperated as she was in the middle of...
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...