The best path to Sustainability?
The 17th Century poet Matsuo Basho (right) said: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought." While...
Will the Oil Industry collapse?
I'm reading 'Collapse' by Jared Diamond at the minute – the tale of how many civilisations just suddenly disappeared off the map. While the most...
Is the world now ready for the product-as-service model?
The launch of the Riversimple's Rasa electric two seater car is remarkable for two reasons. First, it could bring hydrogen vehicles onto the market at the...
Reasons to be cheerful (pt 396)
Here's a selection of headlines from the last few days: Big Oil unexpectedly backing newest non-fossil fuels Big Oil abandons $2.5bn arctic drilling rights Saudi prince...
Have we run out of Sustainability ideas? Probably a good thing.
About five years ago, there seemed to be a new sustainability concept coming over the horizon every 5 minutes: the circular economy, creating shared value,...
Sustainability: follow the signal, ignore the noise
In complex systems such as the global temperatures, we see long term trends (climate in this case), overlaid with short term fluctuations (weather). Those who seek...
There’s always an excuse not to do Sustainability. What’s yours?
Here are some of the excuses I've heard over the last couple of years not to move forward on a Sustainability project or strategy: We're selling...
On sustainability, are you running with the herd or swimming against the tide?
Humans are herd animals. You can see this in every political scandal, such as the current antisemitism row in the Labour Party, where otherwise intelligent...
Sustainability Timescales – not too near or too far
An organisation I have dealings with (not a client), has recently announced an challenging sustainability target for 2050. "More ambitious than Paris" is the boast. Which...
You must forge your own path in Sustainability
At the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange two weeks ago, a representative from the Tees Valley stood up and gave a presentation on a vision for...