Is not doing bad good enough?
I got a piece of spam last week that made me chuckle - it was for "ethical" search engine optimisation (SEO). Ethical? How can SEO...
Make it easy to go green
A couple of years ago I was staying in a very nice boutique hotel in the East Midlands which obviously took its environmental performance very...
Nuggets from the Sustainability Mastermind Group
On Wednesday this week I launched my sustainability mastermind group with an inaugural meeting at the Baltic Art Gallery. We booked a third floor meeting...
Why rational argument will only take you so far…
Every so often (more often than I'd like to admit) I check the Amazon pages for my two books for new reviews, sales figures etc....
CSR and the “myth of the poor SME”
When I was down in London last Wednesday night, I had a light, but delicious dinner in the bar of the rather swish hotel I...
Chasing the Green Pound in London
Yesterday I was a panelist at the "Chasing the Green Pound" event hosted by Grayling's Future Planet team. It was a strong line-up with Ramon...
Who owns solar energy?
I saw this cartoon on Facebook last week and it made me giggle. Then it made me think. While it is primarily a pop at...
What timeframe should a sustainability strategy cover?
Last night we got back from a long weekend in Belfast to a glorious sight. OK, it may not look like much to you, but...
Does the ‘Shareholder Spring’ herald a new era for CSR?
Since the Arab Spring last year, it seems that appending 'Spring' to any popular movement has already become a cliche - the "-gate" of the...
Lessons on Green Communications from the World of Politics
Last Thursday was the most important day of the political year for me - polling day in the local elections. I wasn't up for re-election...