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Make the Leap

25th April 2012

Interesting article in the Guardian this morning from Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency saying clean energy is both feasible and...

Taxi for Addison Lee!

23rd April 2012

Do the words "Gerald Ratner" not mean anything to boss of London taxi boss John Griffin? Jeweller Ratner famously described his own products as "crap",...

There’s always a reason to do nothing…

20th April 2012

I met the news that a national group has been set up to oppose wind turbines with an incredulous "why?!" Do they not understand the...

Book Review: The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin

18th April 2012

International energy adivsor Jeremy Rifkin's newish book The Third Industrial Revolution has been getting quite a lot of attention in the press, so I thought...

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...

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