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The UK riots hold warnings for Net Zero

5th August 2024

We've had a week of depressing headlines here in the UK: the horrific murder of the most innocent kids doing the most innocent of things...

Words of Wisdom: Engagement for Sustainability

2nd August 2024

This week's podcast is a summer special compilation of my favourite excerpts of our interviews to date on the theme of engagement. First up we...

Summer, summertime at Terra Infirma Towers

1st August 2024

I've just spent three days bikepacking around Northumberland, my route taking in a number of prehistoric sites such as the Five Stones of Duddo (see...

3 Reasons Why Your Net Zero Strategy is Failing… and how to avoid them

26th July 2024

In this week's episode of the pod, I look at the three reasons why Net Zero Strategies fail and how to avoid them. If you...

Beyond ticking boxes: sustainable procurement needs to stimulate innovation

24th July 2024

Last week I went to a Sustainability event for suppliers to our local NHS Hospitals Trust (who I've done some work for over the years)....

Fare Ye Well, Low Carbon Joe – Biden’s Sustainability Legacy Must Live On

22nd July 2024

“Joe Biden’s legacy as the greatest president for climate and environmental action is etched in stone." Ben Jealous, Executive Director, Sierra Club "President Biden leaves...

Building trust in green marketing with Russ Avery

19th July 2024

In this episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to Russ Avery, co-founder of Avery & Brown, a marketing and branding agency specialising...

The green belt is about more than protecting green fields

17th July 2024

There is a huge debate in the UK about how to kickstart housebuilding. The new Labour Government is proposing relaxing rules preventing building on the...

The Climate Blindspot: Why The Media (Largely) Ignores Climate Change

15th July 2024

It was a real jolt to wake yesterday to videos of bullets whizzing past Donald Trump, miraculously only grazing him. Members of his audience were...

Shining a light on offsetting with Nic Alexander

12th July 2024

Are offsets "a dangerous distraction from carbon reductions"? Are they morally abhorrent, akin to murderers buying 'indulgences' from the church in medieval Europe? Or are...

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