A 2020 Vision for Sustainability
Happy New Year, everybody! For Sustainability people, 2020 is a bit like when we hit 1984 and the Western World wasn't run by oppressive, manipulative...
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Dec 20, 2019
OK, so we're closing down Terra Infirma Towers today for the Christmas holidays and I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all our clients,...
What a year!
Dec 16, 2019
Apologies for the recent lack of blogging, but the weekend before last I was a passenger in a car which hit a wall at speed...
Letting go is the hardest part of Sustainability
Dec 4, 2019
SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon is an shrewd political operator, and in recent election TV debates she has managed to skilfully dodge one crucial question. Twice...
“If the vegans are happy…”
Nov 26, 2019
I had a very fun day last Thursday facilitating a workshop on green business opportunities for a group of small business owners who have just...
Green Academy 2020 Early Bird Offer
Nov 13, 2019
This is the syllabus for our Green Academy online training course for next year. We have designed this syllabus to give you the tools to...
Meeting the Sustainability Challenge
Nov 11, 2019
On Friday I went to an IEMA roundtable on the climate emergency – the IEMA event I have attended since I was nominated as a...
Why ‘zero’ is such a powerful Sustainability target
Nov 8, 2019
I've had quite a week of zeros. On Wednesday night, with my political hat on, I proposed a motion to Newcastle City Council for zero...
Will this really be the greenest election ever?
Nov 4, 2019
Lots of green-leaning people have got excited by an Ipsos-Mori poll saying that over half of the UK's population will consider climate change when making...
Innovation for Sustainability in the Supply Chain
Oct 28, 2019
This time last year I was beavering away writing the Sustainability Chapter of the new 'Innovation in Procurement and Supply' textbook for the Chartered Institute...