Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

The Business Case for A Sustainable Supply Chain

4th December 2013

No matter what element of a client's sustainability programme I am dealing with, my first move is always to pin down the business case for...

Ever seen a happy Green Champion?

2nd December 2013

At last week's IEMA Green Jujitsu session, I asked the audience how many had a network of green champions. A forest of hands went up....

Build the (green) economy you wish to see

29th November 2013

Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Build the Economy You Wish To See" - why we need to be...

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...

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