So, just how Green is Rishi Sunak?
I've never seen political turbulence like it – three UK Prime Ministers in a couple of months. But now Rishi Sunak has taken the helm...
We need Sustainability at Scale (but watch out for the little stuff)
Oct 24, 2022
Given the average rating of my online Green Jujitsu Employee Engagement course is roughly 4.4 out of 5 after more than 7000 students, I don't...
What is Just Stop Oil trying to achieve?
Oct 17, 2022
On the face of it, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) spin-off Just Stop Oil and I agree on our goal: a rapid end to the fossil...
Sustainability at the Party Conferences
Oct 10, 2022
As a political geek, every year I watch the leaders' speeches from all the major UK political party conferences. And every year I post a...
Some Thoughts on Business & Biodiversity
Oct 4, 2022
Last week, the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) considered the topic of business and biodiversity. Here are my main takeaways: Biodiversity is as big an...
Pumping frack dash, it’s a gas, gas, gas?
Sep 26, 2022
The selection of Liz Truss as the new UK Prime Minister at the start of the month was completely overshadowed by the death of Queen...
We won’t hit Net Zero by wishful thinking
Sep 20, 2022
The internal documents that have emerged during the US congressional hearing showing Big Oil's, ahem, creative approach to Net Zero climate targets take the breath...
Green Queen (and King)
Sep 12, 2022
The Royal Family has long followed that tradition of upper-class British environmentalists who see no contradiction between saving wildlife and shooting it (Peter Scott, who...
Message to our next PM: Climate Cakeism Won’t Cut It
Sep 5, 2022
Here in the UK, the long, tedious slog to take over as Prime Minister from the disgraced Boris Johnson finally comes to an end today....
The killer question is: can we really afford fossil fuels?
Aug 30, 2022
In our high-carbon economy, everything is dictated by the cost of oil and gas. From an economic point of view, this was fine and dandy...