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And the winner is… the power of competition for sustainability

3rd July 2013

I'm writing this just before I catch the train to London, tux in tow, for the big BusinessGreen Leader awards tonight - Terra Infirma Ltd...

Is there a Hype Cycle for Clean Tech?

1st July 2013

I was at an European Parliament event on low carbon vehicles last Friday at the new Gateshead College campus adjacent to the Nissan factory. It...

The Lesson from the Green Deal…

28th June 2013

Yesterday, the UK Government released initial figures on the uptake of its flagship Green Deal programme. This was developed to help homeowners retrofit energy efficiency...

Obama steps up on climate change (at last)

25th June 2013

It was the big speech everyone concerned with climate change was waiting for. Barack Obama, leader of the world's biggest economy and second biggest carbon...

Sustainability frustrations? Don’t get mad, get ‘umble

24th June 2013

Regular readers will know that I get bemused by the amount of anger on t'internet, especially when it comes to sustainability issues. The killer question...

Book Review: The Burning Question, Mike Berners-Lee & Duncan Clark

21st June 2013

The central thesis of The Burning Question is that all our wonderful solutions to the climate crisis - renewables, nuclear, population control, energy efficiency -...

Why is the sky blue and other difficult questions

17th June 2013

At three and a half, my middle boy, Jimmy, has hit the golden age of the killer question - why? Daddy, why do we have...

Who has the power to green the supply chain?

17th June 2013

One of the issues we explored in our recent Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting on supply chains was who in the organisation has the power...

There’s nothing green about a crap product

14th June 2013

I really liked these bamboo socks when I saw them in TK Maxx, but they barely lasted a couple of weeks before they wore through....

What do (some) Greens and Climate Change Deniers have in common?

12th June 2013

Oh, the UK's new energy bill. Otherwise much lauded by green industry commentators, the bill put off setting a 2030 decarbonisation target until 2016 -...

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