The kids are alright, but adults need more attention…
My eldest son, Harry, has been asked to design a carbon footprint awareness poster at school this week. As I dropped him off this morning,...
Go Big or Go Home
May 19, 2014
I get a little frustrated with the obsession with the little stuff. People fretting over the best time of day to charge their mobile phone,...
Practising what we preach…
May 16, 2014
We're all human. And a human trait that concerns me is a tendency for some who are on a CSR/sustainability/ethical mission to give themselves a...
Sustainability by Innovation vs Sustainability by Metric
May 14, 2014
Yesterday, I had a fantastic visit to Camira, the UK's largest interior fabrics company. Even if you've never heard of them, you've almost certainly sat...
‘Do Nothing’ never looked so unappetising…
May 12, 2014
Industries fail. Big brands hit the rocks. Governments fall. Change is as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning. The winners are those who...
Green Jujitsu is the Launchpad of Employee Engagement
May 9, 2014
My green jujitsu approach to employee engagement says forget all the clichés of 'green' - the jute bags, the fair trade chocolate and the heart-rending...
What if your boss doesn’t get Sustainability?
May 6, 2014
Regular readers will know my opinion that the one difference between the best and the rest at sustainability (or any other organisational priority for that...
Play the game
May 2, 2014
Too many sustainability people I meet are single-handedly trying to change a huge monolithic organisation into some kind of hippy village with people sitting around in...
Save us, please, from vacuous green slogans
Apr 30, 2014
Saw this the other day. Anybody guess what it means? Does 'green' just refer to the company livery? Or is it a promise of sustainable...
Getting Skin in the Sustainability Game
Apr 28, 2014
I've written before about the need to get skin in the game for sustainability - to turn spectators into participants. Otherwise many of your colleagues...