What Kodak’s demise tells us about cleantech
Poor Kodak. You couldn't make it up. A classic brand invents a great new technology (digital photography) but decides it would cannibalise their own products,...
There’s no such thing as too much renewable energy
There were stories in the press this month about £1.2m worth of 'constraint payments' made to Scottish wind farms over Christmas to not generate electricity...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt2
The BusinessGreen webcast on customer behaviour went really well on Monday. The recorded version will be online soon and I'll put the link in the...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt1
I'm writing this on the East Coast Mainline, charging across the frozen fields of eastern England as the sun casts various tints of orange across...
Green Executive Book Launch Video
Here's the video of my book launch for The Green Executive back in June. Given the diverse audience, I focus on the lessons I learnt...
Putting the customer first
There's disappointing news from the world of low emission vehicles (LEVs) - while sales of all cars were up 10% last year in the US,...
Resilience
Just this weekend, my partner and I were chatting about the UK petrol protests of 2000 (it's laugh a minute in our house sometimes...). At...
12 for 2012
Here are 12 potential green business new year resolutions of varying ambition for your business - pick one and drive it through to get 2012...
Looking Back & Forth
I've found it weird reading the inevitable deluge of "that was 2011, what will 2012 have in store" articles in the press. The consensus of...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We're closing down this afternoon for the festive season, so I'd just like to wish all readers, friends and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and...