Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

When is an environmental policy not a policy?

16th April 2012

Something that really bothers me is how many organisations have bland, lookalike environmental policies. Take Boots' policy above (click to enlarge) - put your hand...

Tackling the Sustainability Elephants in the Room

13th April 2012

My dad often tells a story about a senior manager he used to work with who had three trays on his desk "In", "Out" and...

Making the case for sustainability in the boardroom

10th April 2012

I'm a big fan of The Apprentice - both for entertainment and, controversially, the business angle. I know it is fashionable to say that two...

Greetings from (occasionally) sunny Northumberland

5th April 2012

I'm away with family in Budle Bay in Northumberland - just south of Lindisfarne or Holy Island. Budle Bay is part of the Lindisfarne nature...

The Sins of Your Suppliers

3rd April 2012

Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "The Sins of Your Suppliers" - why you must take active responsibility for...

Are we stuck in an oil price doom loop?

30th March 2012

I'm reading The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin - I'll post a review here in the next few weeks - but in the first...

Getting the message right, first time, everytime

28th March 2012

In one of my client workshops, a manufacturing operative, straight off the factory floor and still wearing his dirty overalls, put it bluntly: “We’ve got...

Will your sustainability programme outlive you?

26th March 2012

Looking at many of the big sustainability leaders like InterfaceFLOR, Marks & Spencer and Body Shop, it is clear that their success, initially at least,...

Sustainability Takes Teamwork

23rd March 2012

One of the frequent criticisms of climate change communications is the dissonance between the scale of the problem and the ability of individuals to make...

The Wisdom of Craig Sams, Green & Blacks

21st March 2012

Yesterday I was delivering workshops at the Get It Sussed event in Gateshead. While for some the highlight was hanging around in the foyer with...

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