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Offsetting is, er, complicated…

4th December 2024

Today I'm debuting the first brand new session in Net Zero Business Academy since it was launched as Green Academy over a decade ago. Out...

Net Zero Business Academy 2025: Early Bird Offer Open!

3rd December 2024

We are delighted to announce the dates for Net Zero Business Academy 2025 – our unique set of Sustainability/Net Zero training webinars. Our ten sessions...

Incentivising the circular/low carbon economy

2nd December 2024

As the author of five Sustainability books, and a massive consumer of second hand books, I am all too aware of a massive misalignment of...

Five Big Sustainability Lessons from the first year of the Net Zero Business Podcast

29th November 2024

Happy Birthday to the Net Zero Business Podcast! What a year it has been – 53 episodes, 37 interviews with amazing Sustainability people, a mid-year...

Notes from the Net Zero North East England Annual Summit

28th November 2024

For the last two days I've been at the Net Zero North East England Summit, our regional annual get together. It was great to talk...

Go touch grass. Literally

25th November 2024

Me and the Prof have got to that wonderful stage in parenthood where we can simply dump a pan of chilli on the kitchen table,...

Can a building be net positive for the environment? Regenerative design expert David Cheshire explains how

22nd November 2024

Most of our Sustainability efforts focus on making things "less bad", but can we go past zero and start making our society good for the...

Circular Economy Insights at NERF

21st November 2024

Yesterday, I attended the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Annual Conference in the impressive setting of Durham Town Hall (see pic). I love this event...

Sustainability Legislation Bites Back

18th November 2024

Last week, I ran a Sustainability workshop for members of the North East Automobile Alliance (NEAA). As the delegates were new to me, I started...

Solitaire Townsend on the March of the Sustainability Solutionists

15th November 2024

This week we're joined on the pod by one of the rock stars of Sustainability, Solitaire Townsend, to talk about her fab book The Solutionists....

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