Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Want a Sustainability Strategy? Take me to your leaders…

4th November 2024

I'm currently developing two proposals for Sustainability Strategies for different public bodies. Public bodies being public bodies, they're always quite prescriptive, not only on what...

Are your Sustainability messages falling on deaf ears?

1st November 2024

In this week's episode of the pod, I explain why standard Sustainability messaging often falls flat (it's all down to how our brains work) and...

Will Budget 2024 boost a low carbon economy? Maybe…

30th October 2024

Today, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stood up in the House of Commons and delivered her first ever budget. Much has been made...

Climate Emergency vs Cathedral Building?

28th October 2024

Last week I was at an event where a presenter proposed local authorities should have a 100 year plan. I stuck up my hand. "From...

Healthy People, Healthy Planet with Dr Matt Sawyer and Dr Mike Tomson

25th October 2024

Climate change has been described as the biggest health challenge of the modern day. Conversely, our health service has an enormous footprint – at least...

The fundamental problem with Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

23rd October 2024

The UK Government's announcement of a whopping £22bn investment in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) caused quite a kerfuffle in Sustainability circles. Like the hydrogen...

Don’t worry about BP and ESG – (economic) nature will take its course

21st October 2024

I've been mulling on this Guardian article worrying that BP's prevarication over its own Net Zero targets is reflective on ESG (environmental, social governance) wobbles...

Can AI eliminate the Sustainability Reporting burden? with Louis Frank

18th October 2024

With booming numbers of reporting regimes – CSRD, EU Taxonomy, Double Materiality, SFDR etc – Sustainability teams increasingly find themselves slogging in the data mines...

Do we really have too much red tape, or too little, or the wrong kind?

16th October 2024

On Monday, the new-ish UK Government hosted an investment summit as an early step to rekindle economic growth in the country. The Independent proclaimed: Sir...

We can’t kick the carbon can down the road…

14th October 2024

I've recently started facilitating Sustainable Business seminars with students at Newcastle Business School. One of the main things I'm getting out of it is being...

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