Interview with Ramon Arratia, Interface
Ramon Arratia is a Sustainability Director at carpet and floor covering giant InterfaceFLOR, reknowned as true sustainability front-runners. Ramon is a regular speaker on sustainability...
Can you account for unknown unknowns in sustainability?
In 2002, while trying to justify the forthcoming war with Iraq, United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld came out with the infamous quote: "There are...
The Quiet Green Revolution
Yesterday I opened the BigEcoShow at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. My address was entitled "The Quiet Green Revolution" - reflecting on the scale...
The 80:20 Rule and Sustainability
Historical factoid klaxon: the 80:20 rule, or Pareto Principle, was named after Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was...
Interview with Stephen Weldon, CSR Manager of Greggs plc
I recently carried out a number of interviews with top CSR/Sustainability Managers for a couple of book projects I am working on. As I am...
Whose Footprint Are You Part Of?
On Monday, I spoke at the inaugural Preferred Supplier event at the Design Centre in Gateshead. My speech was entitled "Whose footprint are you...
The ‘cost of living crisis’ is ecological
The UK's political conference season was dominated by a debate over the 'cost of living crisis'. Labour leader Ed Miliband blamed this on a lack...
Blossom or fade away?
The economy changes. Sometimes it evolves slowly. Sometimes it changes fast. But more often there is a slow evolution up to a tipping point and,...
How to facilitate meaningful sustainability conversations
We've all been there - sat in the audience while a sharp suited executive stands in front of glossy corporate Powerpoint slides and tells us...
Challenge, don’t choke
I've been asked again this week how certain sustainable supply chain ideas fit into a particular procurement framework. As I'm bureaucracy-intolerant, I always have to...