Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Decarbonising your supply chain may be easier than you think

17th March 2025

Several times in the last couple of weeks I had conversations along the lines of "how on earth are we ever going to decarbonise our...

Podcast: Vet Zero – Sustainability at the Royal Veterinary College with Rachel Ward

14th March 2025

If you think this episode is a bit niche, think again. Rachel is responsible for Sustainability across a number of public buildings (some listed), 400...

CBAM, EUDR, CSRD: all the right data, not necessarily in the right order

13th March 2025

I spent this morning facilitating a mastermind-style session for Sustainability managers in a particular manufacturing sector. The theme was legislation, which I was dreading as...

Does International Women’s Day actually change anything?

10th March 2025

You probably couldn't have missed that Saturday was International Women's Day. It really started on Friday as LinkedIn in particular transformed into a humble-bragging frenzy...

Sustainability in the C-suite with Jennifer Geary

7th March 2025

This week on the pod, I'm joined by Jennifer Geary, award winning author of a set of books on how to be a C-level executive,...

It’s a disgrace that we pay wind farms not to generate energy – or is it?

6th March 2025

On Tuesday, there was yet more harrumphing from the press about payments to windfarms not to generate electricity. This from the Telegraph: The so-called constraint...

Beer, frites and cycling: and an important Sustainability lesson from my weekend in Flanders

4th March 2025

So I'm back from a long weekend criss-crossing Flanders by bike to catch the Opening Weekend cycle races which (used to) herald the start of...

The biggest barrier to Sustainability is just 6 inches wide…

28th February 2025

… the space between our ears. This week on the pod, I talk about the need to start casting off mental baggage that is holding...

I’m not surprised by BP’s pivot away from Green Energy

27th February 2025

BP has continued its oscillating relationship with clean energy with a sudden pivot back to oil and gas under apparent shareholder pressure. However the stock...

The green economy is booming, despite best efforts to hold it back…

24th February 2025

To me, last week's podcast episode "Is the electricity grid ready for Net Zero?" is the most important since I started the pod in late...

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