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Fear of a Green Planet II

10th June 2013

I was fascinated to read that when BMW wanted to develop its new electric car range, they set up an arms length division to prevent...

We’ve Got the Certificate, What More Do You Want?

7th June 2013

Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "We've Got the Certificate, What More Do You Want?" and it's given by...

How to deal with a climate sceptic

5th June 2013

When I originally came up with the concept of "Green Jujitsu", it was in the context of 'dealing with difficult people' in The Green Executive....

The Resource Crunch IS Crushing Growth

3rd June 2013

Yesterday I was perusing The ENDS Report (possibly my last edition, but that's a different matter) when I saw this from Tom Burke: Nearly a...

Kids get it, why don’t adults?

28th May 2013

Last week I had one of the more exacting challenges of my professional career - explaining the circular economy (but not using that phrase, natch)...

Supply Chain Secrets of the Sustainability Masterminds

24th May 2013

Tuesday saw the fourth meeting of our Corporate Sustainability Mastermind (CoSM) Group. This time we went for a rural location - the Crown Hotel, Wetheral,...

Words Matter: What “The Bedroom Tax” can teach us about selling sustainability

22nd May 2013

You can win or lose an argument on the words you choose to use. Take the recent furore over changes to UK housing benefits. The...

Book Review – The Green Book: New Directions For Liberals in Government

20th May 2013

I've been a member of the UK's third political party, the Liberal Democrats, for the best part of a decade - and an elected Councillor...

Sustainability Stories or Statistics?

17th May 2013

How many times have you sat through a sustainability presentation that consists of graph after graph, table of data after table of data. And...

The New Mindset

15th May 2013

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