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The 80:20 Rule and Sustainability

16th October 2013

Historical factoid klaxon: the 80:20 rule, or Pareto Principle, was named after Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was...

Interview with Stephen Weldon, CSR Manager of Greggs plc

14th October 2013

I recently carried out a number of interviews with top CSR/Sustainability Managers for a couple of book projects I am working on. As I am...

Whose Footprint Are You Part Of?

11th October 2013

On Monday, I spoke at the inaugural Preferred Supplier event at the Design Centre in Gateshead. My speech was entitled "Whose footprint are you...

The ‘cost of living crisis’ is ecological

9th October 2013

The UK's political conference season was dominated by a debate over the 'cost of living crisis'. Labour leader Ed Miliband blamed this on a lack...

Blossom or fade away?

7th October 2013

The economy changes. Sometimes it evolves slowly. Sometimes it changes fast. But more often there is a slow evolution up to a tipping point and,...

How to facilitate meaningful sustainability conversations

4th October 2013

We've all been there - sat in the audience while a sharp suited executive stands in front of glossy corporate Powerpoint slides and tells us...

Challenge, don’t choke

2nd October 2013

I've been asked again this week how certain sustainable supply chain ideas fit into a particular procurement framework. As I'm bureaucracy-intolerant, I always have to...

Will your business and sustainability strategies converge?

30th September 2013

At the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group, my job is to guide the conversation, ask provocative questions and record the 'take home points' that arise. Of...

Strategy Secrets of the Sustainability Masterminds

27th September 2013

On Tuesday we had the fifth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) - the small group of senior sustainability executives from large organisations...

The Sustainability Iceberg

25th September 2013

The great paradox of sustainability is that it is extremely complicated and yet, to make progress, we need to make it appear simple to wider...

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