Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Traceability rules…

16th February 2011

We have seen countless examples where a company has been hung out to dry due to malpractice deep in their supply chain (Apple, BP and...

The value of stuff

14th February 2011

"We want to treat waste as a resource." is a constant refrain from the great and the good, but how do we make that happen?...

Stop Shouting At Me! Why Your Staff Engagement Isn't Working

11th February 2011

Here's the fiftth Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "Stop Shouting At Me", which discusses why your staff engagement isn't working and what you might want...

Is the peak oil cat out of the bag?

9th February 2011

Interesting article buried in the Guardian this morning - one of the Wikileaks cables concerned a 'reliable source' at Aramco, the Saudi national oil company,...

Heat from dead people? Why not?

7th February 2011

Here is a topic that is getting me fired up. Redditch Council will decide tonight whether to approve a scheme to capture waste heat from...

What would you do?

4th February 2011

... if you were a paper company and, due to your clearing of rainforest, you suddenly lose a roster of clients including Tesco, Staples, Office...

Green Business Webinar #2: Making It Happen

3rd February 2011

The second of our Green Business Webinars will be held on 2 March at 14:00 GMT. The hour long session will cover the Sustainability Maturity...

Going green is even more important in a recession

2nd February 2011

I delivered the second set of three environmental policy/action planning workshops yesterday for Compete North East - the aim being to help small and medium...

Green White Elephants

28th January 2011

I read in our local paper yesterday that a neighbouring council had just unveiled plans for a Green Business Incubator using £2.4million of European funding...

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