The myth of bottom-up sustainability
I couldn't have picked a better antidote to this dismal autumn than to spend 24 hours with the Interface Europe sustainability ambassadors in Scherpenzeel, Netherlands. Hearing...
Nobody does it better
Dec 2, 2015
I'm in Scherpenzeel in the middle of the Netherlands for one particular reason: it's the base of Interface's European operations and the location for the company's Mission...
Hopes for Paris
Nov 30, 2015
Yesterday, I threw off my cynicism about such things and went on the Climate March in Newcastle, taking the little one with me (right). All...
Sustainable Stupidity
Nov 27, 2015
I sometimes read stuff on-line that makes me go all "why oh why oh why?" This week it was yet another article from an employee...
Who is the keystone of your sustainability programme?
Nov 25, 2015
The keystone of an arch is the one which completes it and lets the arch bear weight. Whether in a structural engineering sense it is...
The last thing the planet needs is conspiracy theories
Nov 23, 2015
I've had it up to here (holds hand above head) with climate conspiracy theories. First it was claims that the group behind the Paris attacks...
Cast off the recycling blinkers!
Nov 18, 2015
Yesterday I was at the North East Recycling Forum annual conference, which believe it or not is one of the very few events I attend...
When bad things happen…
Nov 16, 2015
Checking social media early on Saturday morning, I started to get that dread feeling that something terrible had happened overnight. Flicking up the news, the...
The climate doesn’t care if you’re left or right
Nov 13, 2015
In the Telegraph this week, some sad sack 'controversialist' did a hatchet job on the talented comedian David Mitchell for being a "uniform Lefty bore"....
Leadership, Sustainability & Visibility
Nov 11, 2015
I'm very proud to be working on a project with the world leaders on corporate sustainability, Interface. The results of this work will be made...