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...
A Call to Arms on a Sad Day
It's only a couple of weeks since I wrote on the Manchester bombing and here we are again with blood on the streets of the...
The one question you need to ask of every Sustainability project
I was down in Manchester yesterday for a session with a client I haven't worked with for years. They had called me in 'to pick my...
Experience is the deepest learning
I'm just back from our annual family half-term camping trip to Wooler in Northumberland. Every year for the last five years we've stayed at the...
Sustainability Strategy and Engagement: two sides to the same coin
I had a meeting with a potential new client this morning. They want a sustainability strategy, but most of the conversation revolved about engagement of...
After Manchester: Fear and Optimism
Yesterday morning I woke at stupid o'clock and, after half an hour lying in the dark, decided that I'd head to the spare room with...