We are all ethical – until we go to work…
Interesting piece of research doing the rounds in the media where they found that bankers were more honest when they weren't thinking about being bankers. This...
Interview with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager, Camira Fabrics
Nov 19, 2014
Here's an extract of an interview I did with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager of Camira Fabrics over the summer. Camira Fabrics is the biggest producer...
A neat trick to engage your boss in sustainability
Nov 17, 2014
An interesting thing happened at the G20 summit which took place in Australia over the weekend. Aussie premier Tony Abbott (right) is one of the...
Should we be exploring space when life on earth is unsustainable?
Nov 14, 2014
Like much of the population on Wednesday, I was gripped by the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Never mind that it's parked worse than my...
The military has climate change in its sights
Nov 12, 2014
Despite all the jibes about 'military intelligence being an oxymoron', armed forces around the world spend an awful lot of time and effort analysing geopolitical trends,...
Putting my money where my mouth is…
Nov 10, 2014
I've just made a modest investment in Triodos Renewables via the TrillionFund. This follows a smaller peer-to-peer loan to another renewables project I made earlier...
“Why?” is the most powerful weapon in sustainability
Nov 7, 2014
One of the things I love about my job is I get to speak to people from a wide range of sectors - from charity...
How do you define sustainability?
Nov 5, 2014
In this edition of Ask Gareth, I discuss how to define sustainability in a way which makes sense to your fellow employees. What do YOU...
Science Has Spoken (Again) – Now What?
Nov 3, 2014
So the cycle goes around again. The International Panel on Climate Change produces its five yearly synthesis report on the state of climate change science...
I need your Pearls of Wisdom
Oct 30, 2014
It's that head-scratching time of year again - when I ask you for a pithy one-liner for my 'Green Business Pearls of Wisdom' series of...