Getting smart on smart grids
The Smart-grid has always been more talked about than done, but now the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has announced that the UK could save up to £8bn...
Peak stuff? Peak Carbon? It’s happening, folks…
Mar 2, 2016
A headline in yesterday's Guardian stopped me in my tracks: UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? From crops...
No Leadership, No Sustainability
Feb 29, 2016
I'm working on two major client projects at the minute, one on sustainability strategy and one on employee engagement – which between them make up the essentials...
Making an emotional connection to sustainability
Feb 26, 2016
Very belated happy valentine to you - the least romantic day of the year has passed chez Kane without a murmur once again. Last week, on...
You can’t change culture for sustainability…
Feb 24, 2016
...or not quickly anyway. I was reminded of this on Monday at the sustainability strategy workshop I was running for a client, when a participant...
Never underestimate the ability of an organisation to resist change
Feb 22, 2016
I've had a number experiences recently with trying to get a large organisation to change its mind. It is quite incredible the number of ways...
Book Review: Doing Good Better
Feb 19, 2016
When I was an undergraduate, I unexpectedly came into a small amount of cash as I'd been underpaid for a summer job. Rather than fritter (all) the...
So what is ‘natural’?
Feb 16, 2016
I've just spent a long (but all too short) weekend in the North Yorkshire Moors with the family – staying in a converted barn we've...
Sustainability vs the bottom line – who wins?
Feb 10, 2016
The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers the relationship between Sustainability and the bottom line – and explains why a change of mindset is required to...
Catching the Sustainability Virus
Feb 8, 2016
During a recent piece of employee engagement work, one of the people I was speaking to likened sustainability to a virus – once it infects...