Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Living in the Real World…

15th July 2011

When I first got started in this business I used to get patronised a lot. "It would be nice to [be greener]," these grey haired...

Green Business Confidential: Stretch Yourself

13th July 2011

Here's the latest Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "Stretch Yourself" - it's about how incremental targets are a false friend. Or, you can download it...

Leadership vs Management

11th July 2011

The central theme of my latest book, The Green Executive, is that 'green' has been elevated from environmental management to business leadership. But what does...

Don't Print This E-mail…

8th July 2011

Why do people still include "Think of the environment, Don't print this e-mail unless you really have to." in the thicket of information in their...

Integrating sustainability into the DNA of your organisation

4th July 2011

How do you actually embed sustainability into the DNA of your organisation? Well according to my Sustainability Maturity Model (above - click to enlarge), you...

Think like a 4 year old. Why? Read on…

1st July 2011

My eldest, Harry, is four and a bit years old and like most kids of his age, he's the king of the cheeky killer question,...

VW feel the full force of Greenpeace's wit

29th June 2011

Well, Greenpeace have done it again. Having successfully targeted Apple back in 2007 - forcing a rare about turn by Mr Jobs - they're now...

Environmental Champions – Hit or Miss?

27th June 2011

I don't think I've ever recommended to a client that they appoint environmental champions amongst their staff and my two books make only fleeting reference...

What I learnt this week…

24th June 2011

I’ve said it before, and I'll say it again: one of the things I love about the sustainability field is that it is so broad...

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