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Greener businesses doing better in the recession

27th April 2009

According to Management Consultancy, AT Kearney, in 16 of the 18 industries they studied, companies committed to sustainability outperformed industry averages by 15% over the...

Another Al Gore Movie

24th April 2009

Here's another Al Gore presentation on climate change from TED.com - updating on the science and proposing some solutions. It's over a year old, but...

Will Gordon give us green green shoots?

22nd April 2009

It is budget day today here in the UK and it is probably the trickiest budget to pull off in living memory. The big question...

Electric cars are NOT zero emissions…

20th April 2009

... unless you can guarantee the electricity comes from a 100% renewable source.It frustrates me that much of the recent press coverage describes electric vehicles...

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Top 10 Myths About Sustainability

7th April 2009

Scientific American's article on the myths surrounding sustainability is worth a read (hat tip to Mel Starrs for this link).

What planet is the energy industry on?

6th April 2009

I've written a couple of posts recently about the retail and automotive industries seeing green as the way out of the recession, but the rather...

Low Carbon Innovation Workshops

3rd April 2009

The two LCIN workshops yesterday went extremely well, with full capacity on each.The first, Long Term Environmental Strategy, was the more tricky for me as...

More green shoots?

2nd April 2009

I commented a few weeks ago on the car industry going green to beat the recession. Well last week I saw some evidence that retail,...

Low Carbon Innovation Network, 2 April, Newcastle

31st March 2009

I'll be facilitating two sessions at the Low Carbon Innovation Network on Thursday 2 April at Gosforth Park, Newcastle.The sessions are:1. Long Term Environmental Strategy,...

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