Perfect Green Jujitsu
On Wednesday I was delivering a workshop upskilling green champions at one of my healthcare clients. Just before we got into the meat of the...
Killer Sustainability anecdotes (and not in a good way)
Last week I retweeted a gif showing a well designed cycle crossing being used by a steady stream of ordinary people on bikes – the text...
Heinz need to ketchup on customer engagement
Last week I was chatting with a local authority recycling officer, checking exactly what I could put in my recycling bin (and if I'm not 100%...
Science-based Targets: Hope or Hype?
The latest thing in Sustainability is 'Science-based Targets'. The basic idea is to use the carbon emissions trajectory that the IPCC says is required to...
Neutralising anti-green attacks
Between the horrific series of recent terrorist attacks and the shocking disaster that was the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK...
My big 2017 challenge – done!
Last May, I went the full MAMIL. You know the cliché, I turned 45 and decided that the one thing missing in my life was...
SDGs & Business: snog, marry, avoid?
Yesterday I spent an enjoyable afternoon at Newcastle Business School at an event on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) run by the Global Compact. I...
Are you doing the right thing in Sustainability?
This month's Ask Gareth considers an excellent question from Sophie Wallis of Upthink Consultancy in Australia - when you're beavering away making sure you tick...
What does the election result mean for Sustainability?
Well, that was weird, wasn't it? The winners lost and the losers won. The whopping Tory majority everybody expected (me included) didn't happen, and PM...
Evolve or die
I had an interesting (off-the-record) chat with a contact in the energy sector yesterday. I was left with the clear impression that the fossil fuel...