Weekly Tip #39: Watch your tone
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the Green Business Bible e-book:Match the tone of your internal and external green communications...
Book Review: Sustainability By Design
Jan 9, 2009
Warning: don't be fooled by the cute sunflower on the cover, or the modest page count, John Ehrenfeld's Sustainability by Designis the most intellectually rigorous...
Waste or food?
Jan 7, 2009
Over the holidays I've been reading David Archer's excellent book Tyne and Tide: A Celebration of the River Tyne about the legendary river which flows...
A Happy New Year to all!
Jan 5, 2009
But here's a challenge for you. What are you going to do to make your or your clients' business more sustainable in 2009?Innovate new green...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dec 19, 2008
I'm unlikely to be posting much if at all over the next two weeks, so I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my...
Weekly Tip #38: Motors
Dec 16, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the Green Business Bible e-book:Motors are responsible for a 64% of industrial electricity demand...
Lord Smith on climate change and the CCC report
Dec 11, 2008
In this podcast from edie, Chris Smith, Environment Agency Chairman talks to the Environmental Industries Commission. Unlike the usual blandishments you get from the 'great...
Five stupid questions I get asked about environmental consultancy
Dec 10, 2008
1. Why would a hard pressed business be bothered with the environment?I reviewed 26 environmental health checks I carried out over the last two years...
Weekly Tip #37: Managing Expectations
Dec 8, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the Green Business Bible e-book:One trap that many fall into when working with stakeholders...
Another Perverse Incentive
Dec 5, 2008
A perverse incentive is an economic driver that encourages 'bad' behaviour. Examples in the sustainability field include the lack of tax on airline fuel (how...