Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Does business know what ‘values-led’ means?

6th May 2026

Last week I attended the Manufacturing Leadership Summit at New College Durham. The agenda was dominated by recruitment and skills, not surprising when it was...

Most Sustainability events are a massive waste of their own potential

4th May 2026

I've been making a bit more of an effort of late to get out of my home office and interact with other human beings at...

The Battery Age: BESS, EV Power Pack Reuse and V2G with Matthew Lumsden, Connected Energy

1st May 2026

We're definitely living in the battery age. We wouldn't have smartphones, tablets or wafer thin laptops without the lithium ion battery - and the same...

Living in a Lithium World? Na…

29th April 2026

I think it was reading Volt Rush when I realised that we are living in a lithium economy. I am typing this on a...

Communicating Sustainability in the Age of Misinformation

27th April 2026

"A lie gets half way around the world before the truth gets its boots on" is an old cliché attributed to the usual suspects, but...

The Dire Straits of Hormuz | The Month in Sustainability Show

24th April 2026

Drum roll... this week I'm delighted to launch a new series on the podcast – working title: The Month in Sustainability Show. This will appear...

You don’t want to do Sustainability like that!

23rd April 2026

I like a good, positive contrarian argument. You won't have seen anything from me about Earth Day yesterday as I believe Earth Day and all...

Why Sustainability Projects Fail (and it is YOUR fault)

20th April 2026

Here's a (lightly disguised) anecdote I heard last week: "I worked really hard on this project, did all the research, polished my arguments, presented it...

Does Sustainability Sell? with Frédéric Dalsace, IMD

17th April 2026

10 years ago, Paul Polman and his baby, the Unilever Sustainability Living Plan, were the rock stars of corporate Sustainability. But in 2019, Polman was...

The view from under my duvet…

14th April 2026

First blog for a bit – last week I was walloped by what I thought was a bit of a cold at first, but escalated...

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