Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Talking Green Jujitsu with Nestle & Greggs

27th November 2013

On Monday, I addressed an IEMA event on Employee Engagement for Sustainability in Newcastle, sharing the platform with Andy Griffiths of Nestlé and Paul Rhodes...

Business Ethics: Compliance vs Conscience

25th November 2013

On Saturday there was an interesting, provocative piece in the Telegraph by Charles Moore on the 'Crystal Methodist' Paul Flowers/Co-operative Bank scandal. He argued that...

Banking Bad: What The Co-op Got Wrong

22nd November 2013

So the latest big banking scandal involves my own bank - The Co-operative holds both my personal account and those of Terra Infirma Ltd. The...

Chickens & Eggs: How to Build A New Green Supply Chain

20th November 2013

It's the classic supply chain problem - you want to switch to a more sustainable material/component/vehicle but the supply chain for that option is immature...

Is your supply chain a ticking time bomb?

18th November 2013

I own a 118 year old house. When people say "they don't build them like that anymore", my reaction is usually "thank, goodness" as the...

Do we really need a single definition of sustainability?

15th November 2013

There are said to be hundreds of definitions of sustainability and I often come across people who think this is a problem. But is it?...

Interview with Tom Smith, Sedex

13th November 2013

This is the last in my series of interviews with leading sustainability practitioners which I carried out to gain examples and pithy insights from the...

I need your sustainability pearls of wisdom!

11th November 2013

The last four Christmases I have published "Pearls of Wisdom" - short compendia of wise words on CSR/green business/corporate responsibility from some of the best...

Are we winning?

8th November 2013

Regular readers may have noticed a rather upbeat tone to my posts here recently. And for good reason. Renewables starting to take big chunks out...

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