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Football, Tribes & Sustainability

18th June 2018

So In-ger-land kick off their World Cup campaign tonight. As a Northern Irishman who has lived in England for almost 30 years, I'm not terribly...

Beware pushing people out of their depth on Sustainability

14th June 2018

Regular readers will know that my big personal challenge this year is to do a triathlon. Cycle: easy-peasy, run: OK, swim... argh! So I've been...

Sustainability – for the many?

11th June 2018

Sometime last Tuesday, a hashtag #PlasticFreeDay appeared on my Twitter feed. I was vaguely aware that it was World Environment Day, but, like so...

The prevailing winds are blowing towards Sustainability…

6th June 2018

The steady stream of Sustainability good news stories continues to flow – 50 nations taking action on plastic consumption, consumer spending on fashion is on...

Back from a Bloody Past

4th June 2018

I'm just back from 5 glorious days of half term camping with the Kane clan in Wooler, in the north of Northumberland. We did the...

Jung, Greenwash and Sustainability

29th May 2018

Gotta love Twitter some times, and last night I saw this wonderful quote attributed to Carl Jung:* "You are what you do, not what you...

On Demand: Business & the SDGs

25th May 2018

We had a great webinar on Business and the SDGs on Wednesday, involving delegates from three continents! If you missed it, fear not, we can...

Book Review: Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth

24th May 2018

I haven't reviewed many Sustainability books on here of late, mainly because the few I have read recently have been terrible, some to the point...

Why behavioural change for Sustainability is difficult (and how to make it easier)

21st May 2018

Last week I was locking my bike outside one of my regular refuelling points when two Mobike employees appeared and started rounding up some of...

Why Supply Chain Sustainability is so difficult (and why it doesn’t need to be…)

16th May 2018

Here's three reasons why Supply Chain Sustainability is such a challenge: For the vast majority of organisations, the impacts and risks in the supply chain...

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