Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Can you see the wood for the trees?

23rd June 2014

Something I've come across a couple of times in recent months is sustainability practitioners complaining that they are too bogged down in process to actually change...

My Generation (or the next…)?

20th June 2014

I was speaking to a senior manager from a major company last week, a gent of a certain age on the brink of retirement, and I...

‘Mindfulness’ vs ‘the New Normal’

18th June 2014

There's a bit of tendency amongst us sustainability practitioners and in the greater green movement that we need everybody to 'get' sustainability - some go...

When it comes to supply chains, ignorance is risk

16th June 2014

Interesting report in Bloomberg Businessweek recently on industry's response, or lack of it, to the new US regulations on conflict minerals - the standard response...

Elon Musk, disruptive innovation & sustainability

13th June 2014

Regular readers will need no reminder of my high regard for Tesla Motors and its maverick owner Elon Musk. And the thing I like the...

Sustainability for Real People

11th June 2014

As I write, I'm half way through an 8 day stint of solo-parenting our three boys - and, boy, am I exhausted. With the little...

Stay Hungry…

9th June 2014

In Steve Jobs' legendary commencement speech to Stanford University students (above), he signed off with a maxim he first read in the proto-sustainability bible, the...

Sustainability as Core Business Strategy

6th June 2014

The whole corporate sustainability thing emerged from the idea of 'doing the right thing' or 'social responsibility' - but a recent trend is to harness...

How do I get my CFO engaged in sustainability?

4th June 2014

In this edition of Ask Gareth, I answer the tricky question "How do you get the Chief Finance Officer on board for sustainability?" You can...

The First Law of Sustainability

2nd June 2014

The Second Law of Thermodynamics says: The entropy of a closed system always increases. Indulge me here for a minute... Entropy is a measure of...

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