The Ultimate Career Goal of Every Sustainability Practitioner…
...should be to make ourselves redundant. Unfortunately I don't think it's going to happen in my lifetime, but it is the goal we should always...
Shout sustainability from the rooftops or keep mum?
Jan 13, 2014
The first green neologism I have come across in 2014 is 'green hush'. If greenwash is exaggerating environmental performance then green hush is playing it...
More Strategy Secrets of the Sustainability Masterminds
Jan 10, 2014
On Tuesday we had the sixth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) - the small group of senior sustainability executives from large organisations...
Tickling The Employee Engagement Sweet Spot
Jan 8, 2014
The diagram above explains why most employee engagement for sustainability fails. It is all set slap bang in the middle of the world of sustainability...
Is it time to stop banging on about climate change?
Jan 6, 2014
That title may be a surprising one, it even might get some people foaming at the mouth, but bear with me. 'Risk perception' is the...
Fiendish Low Carbon Quiz Answers
Jan 2, 2014
Every December, I produce a quiz for subscribers to The Low Carbon Agenda. Here are the answers to 2013's 6 fiendishly difficult questions: 1. Which...
My Prediction for 2014: The Year of the Resource Crunch
Dec 31, 2013
Back in 2009/10 when I was writing The Green Executive, I interviewed 18 senior sustainability practitioners to generate fresh case studies. I asked all of...
A Baker’s Dozen: My top 13 blog posts from 2013
Dec 26, 2013
If you're after a bit of post-Chrimbo reading in what's left of 2013, here's my favourite blog posts of the year: The Art of Green...
A Big Shout Out to SolarAid!
Dec 24, 2013
My eldest son Harry came home a couple of weeks ago and announced that he wanted to collect money for "poor people in Africa." This...
2013 and all that!
Dec 20, 2013
It's that time of year that we do ourselves a little navel gazing and reflect on what has happened here this year. Here are the...