Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Get In Early!

15th August 2011

A recurring theme from our clients is that great opportunities have been missed because sustainability wasn't considered early enough in a particular project. By the...

Wrestling with Olympic Dilemmas

10th August 2011

Last night, I caught the BBC's mockumentary series Twenty Twelve about the arrangements for next year's Olympic games. There was a lovely scene where the...

A Tribute To Ray Anderson

9th August 2011

It was with great sadness that I saw the news that Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface, had died yesterday. I never had the pleasure of...

Never forget compliance!

8th August 2011

Most of us in the green business world are very gung ho about "going beyond compliance", but I've started adding a caveat to that -...

Toxic Legacies

5th August 2011

My first paid "green" job was researching techniques for the eco-design of "large made to order products" such as oil platforms, ships and process plant...

Delivering Corporate Sustainability

3rd August 2011

In sustainability maturity model (above) that sits at the heart of The Green Executive, one of the five key requirements to create a truly green business...

Happy Birthday to Us!

1st August 2011

It is five years to the day that I cast off the chains of an institutional career and set up Terra Infirma. I still remember...

Make it easy for your staff to be green!

29th July 2011

At the minute I am spending the bulk of my project time engaging clients' staff members in sustainability with the aim of changing their attitudes...

Avoiding Greenwash: How Green is Green?

27th July 2011

Greenwash is widely regarded as the greatest sin in the green business world. The term was coined by environmentalist Jay Westerveld in response to those...

What matters to us

25th July 2011

It just seems to be unrelenting bad going-on-horrific news at the minute: the famine in Somalia, the massacre in Norway and Amy Winehouse's tragic, if...

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