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Learn to Love Offsetting: Rule 9 of 10 for Corporate Sustainability

27th February 2026

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

More low carbon signal, less noise in Washington (the original one)

25th February 2026

This morning I was at the Washington Business Centre, in the middle of the town's sprawling automotive industrial estate, judging entries for the North East...

Lend me your ears! Ozone, climate change and Donald Trump

23rd February 2026

I now have a bit less ear than I woke up with on Friday morning. Later that day, a friendly and highly professional bunch of...

Turning Trauma into Purpose with Stuart Green

20th February 2026

In 2017, Stuart Green suffered the kind of loss we all dread. His wife Mia, a human rights and environmental lawyer, was brutally murdered by...

AI and Net Zero: I have thoughts…

19th February 2026

Back in 1993, I coded a recurrent neural network as my final year degree project (the only part of my finals where I got a...

Change-making or box-ticking? Sustainability doesn’t have to be a grind

16th February 2026

I was bemused last week by a light-hearted post on LinkedIn listing the rights of passage of junior Sustainability professionals - eg "Sending out 700...

The State of the Sustainability Profession with Sarah Mukherjee, CEO of ISEP

13th February 2026

Given the Net Zero Business Podcast is aimed at sustainability professionals, I thought it was about time we looked at the state of the profession...

There is Power in a Union, but is it Clean Power?

11th February 2026

Back in the mists of time, as callow trainee civil servant, I used to get shunted around the country to various locations to gain experience....

Embracing irrationality in Sustainability

9th February 2026

Regular readers will know that I've been feeding the trolls recently, partially to push back on some nonsense, partially to sharpen my arguments, partially to...

He’s an EV Lover – Jordan Marsden, the EV Guy

6th February 2026

Another fantastic interview for you this week with the EV Guy himself, Jordan Marsden. In a wide ranging discussion, we cover: • The state of...

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