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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,...

The Green Business Bible is no more!

30th March 2009

The ink has dried on the contract, the manuscript has been submitted and the (as yet un-re-named) Green Business Bible has been fed into the...

EEF Report Shows Manufacturing Still Not Proactive on the Environment

25th March 2009

Interesting report on the manufacturing sector published by EEF and Envirowise last summer, but being publicised now. Some notable conclusions:- 90% of respondents were doing...

Weekly Tip(s) #48: The last GBB tip…

23rd March 2009

This is the last of the weekly tips from the Green Business Bible:A Green Business is not a charity. A Green Business has to compete...

Can you think of a better title than “The Green Business Bible”?

19th March 2009

I've now signed a contract to publish The Green Business Bible as a book, but the publisher wants a new title as the religious reference...

Weekly Tip(s) #48: The waste hierarchy is not carved in stone

16th March 2009

This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the Green Business Bible e-book:OK the waste hierarchy says minimisation is better than recycling,...

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