7 Signs Your Sustainability Programme Is Working
Here are seven tell-tale signs that you are winning: 1. It gets discussed enthusiastically at board level; 2. You hear people talking about sustainability in...
Cost or opportunity?
Oct 6, 2010
There's a story in the Independent this week that upgrades to the UK's electricity grid will cost £32bn, part of an estimated £200bn that will...
Brought to Book
Oct 4, 2010
Phew! Last Thursday I finally submitted the manuscript for The Green Executive after the most intense week I've had since my final exams at Uni....
It's the economy, stupid
Sep 29, 2010
Back in the early 1980s, I persuaded my parents to part with the princely sum of £399.00 for a BBC Micro Model B. My initial...
Quick wins
Sep 27, 2010
If your organisation is new to the whole idea of going green, then the best thing to do is get started and quickly show some...
Green Business Confidential Ep3: The Challenge Ahead
Sep 24, 2010
Here's the third Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "The Challenge Ahead", for your listening pleasure: Or, you can download it here and listen on your...
My Top 10 Tweets
Sep 22, 2010
I've become a bit addicted to Twitter - I find it very useful for keeping up to date with news and views from a very...
The (Wrong?) Road
Sep 20, 2010
The other evening I watched The Road, the post-apocalyptic movie based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy. The plot involves the attempt by a father...
Blinded by methodology
Sep 17, 2010
This week, with great fanfare, The New Economics Foundation has released its latest ranking of 'clone towns' - all those town high streets that have...
It'll all come out in the wash…
Sep 15, 2010
When I speak in public, I like waving tangible objects (aka 'realia') around to break up the dreaded monotony of Powerpoint slides. At the LloydsTSB...