Cut the Bull**** – Straight Talking & Sustainability
I spent yesterday contributing to an draft of a client's sustainability strategy. What was most impressive was the Herculean attempts to keep the usual corporate...
Let’s Work Together – Partnership and Sustainability
'Partnership' is one of those funny words which far too many people spout with their brains disengaged - particularly when it comes to sustainability. It...
Do you ‘get’ Green Jujitsu?
When I explain the concept of Green Jujitsu to people, their first response is all too often not "Oh! That's where we're going wrong!", but...
The ONE thing you MUST do to secure commitment for sustainability
If you're like me, you're always bemused by all those snake-oil-selling blog posts which claim to have the ONE, single secret to health, wealth, happiness...
Taking Green Into The Mainstream
Years and years ago I was doing some consultancy work for the producer of a really good green product - one which managed to substitute...
Horse burgers, traceability and protecting the brand
As I write, the UK Government is debating the latest food scandal - that horse meat has been found in cheap burgers sold by some...
Looking for the Holy Grail of Sustainability? Don’t…
Many of us sustainability professionals are idealists - on a mission to save the planet and all the people on it. We genuinely care about...
“Go Green, Save Money” is (still) for amateurs
Whether I'm working with the board members of a FTSE100 company or be-overalled shop floor operatives, I usually start my workshops by asking why the...
Drucker nailed CSR 38 years ago
I'm increasingly educating myself more about organisational development than sustainability per se because I believe very strongly that implementation is much more important than theorising....
Sustainability – No Place for Wimps!
We are too nice. Yes, us, people who are passionate about sustainability, in our spotless fleeces, our well scrubbed faces and neatly trimmed beards. All...