Shining a light on offsetting with Nic Alexander
Are offsets "a dangerous distraction from carbon reductions"? Are they morally abhorrent, akin to murderers buying 'indulgences' from the church in medieval Europe? Or are...
The ‘we’re emitting less carbon than X’ fallacy
Jul 10, 2024
One feature of the recent UK General Election was the Tory Government using the country's admirable decarbonisation achievements so far to attack opponents' proposals to...
After election upheaval, what next for Net Zero in the UK?
Jul 8, 2024
Like most political geeks, I spent most of Thursday night/Friday morning awake in front of the TV, watching the most revolutionary election I can remember...
How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer with Anna Krotova
Jul 5, 2024
This week I talk to Anna Krotova about her fantastic new book, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer (co-authored with Jennifer Geary), digging into...
The cost of Net Zero? How about the cost of Do Nothing?
Jul 3, 2024
Like much of the world, we're in the jaws of a general election here in the UK with polls opening tomorrow. One of the big...
Green tech needs to work better than other tech
Jul 1, 2024
I'm still recovering from a long weekend in the Lake District with my old schoolfriends – all of us are Dads and normally have a...
How to sell Sustainability to just about anybody
Jun 28, 2024
In this week's episode of the pod, I answer a question I was asked earlier in the week – how do you persuade executives to...
‘Cut through’ on Sustainability can cut both ways
Jun 26, 2024
My socials are full of people pointing out that 100,000 people marching through London under the banner of Restore Nature Now got very little press...
How to unleash your hidden Sustainability army…
Jun 24, 2024
This morning I facilitated a wonderful session of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group. We had several new participants, so I picked a nice broad topic...
Aida Greenbury on turning an environmental pariah into a Sustainability pioneer
Jun 21, 2024
In 2012, Greenpeace launched a boycott of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), endorsed by a huge number of brands ranging from Gucci to Staples. In...