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What we can learn from Sustainability ‘Reply Guys’

6th October 2025

Last Thursday, I posted one of my periodic "My views on the low carbon news" posts on LinkedIn. As these don't include any external links,...

Can Sustainability Make Us Happy? with Richard Lupo

3rd October 2025

Impending doom, eco-anxiety, sackcloth and ashes – Sustainability is often portrayed in very negative terms, but are Sustainable organisations happier organisations? Who better to ask...

Reaction to Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech on Net Zero

1st October 2025

Ed Miliband, the UK's Energy and Net Zero Secretary, has become a whipping boy for both ends of the political spectrum. The right attack him...

Beating “can’t do” on Sustainability

29th September 2025

I listen to a lot of political podcasts, but, as I've mentioned before, when Net Zero gets discussed, it often sets me off. This weekend...

Don’t try to convert people to Sustainability; use Green Jujitsu

26th September 2025

Earlier this year, I wrote 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook...

Why debate Net Zero if no-one knows what it means?

22nd September 2025

I tried listening to the BBC Moral Maze 'debate' on Net Zero, but I only got half way through as I was in a public...

Can offsetting drive your Net Zero programme? with Matteo Deidda, Tide

19th September 2025

Offsetting is often described as a distraction from decarbonisation, or, worse, a scam and/or greenwash. At best, organisations often say "we will concentrate on carbon...

The most frustrating thing in Sustainability…

18th September 2025

I've just finished my second 'mastermind' session in two days – yesterday was for the automotive value chain and one cross-sectoral. If I had to...

Talk Sustainability with people, not at them

16th September 2025

By Thursday I will have run a session of each of the three Mastermind-style groups I host in just two weeks. Only one of them...

How green is your website? James Chudley explains all.

12th September 2025

If the internet was a country, it would be one of the top 5 polluters. What's that got to do with you? Well, if you...

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