Are You Creating Wealth or Creating Value?
At the risk of sounding like a Mark Carney fanboy (yep, second blog in a week), the brand shiny new Governor of the Bank of...
Is fracking unethical?
Aug 16, 2013
I like to think of myself of one of the new breed of pragmatic environmentalists, who have freed themselves from the shackles of traditional big...
Mark Carney’s not the only one giving ‘forward guidance’…
Aug 14, 2013
Canadian financial rockstar Mark Carney has taken up his post as Saviour Governor of the Bank of England and revealed his secret weapon (drum roll...)...
CSR Hits the Headlines (as per usual…)
Aug 12, 2013
What do on-line bullying, zero-hours contracts, on-line porn filtering, the tax affairs of Starbucks, lads mags' covers, the tax affairs of Google, Page 3 of...
Is there an echo in here?
Aug 9, 2013
Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Is there an echo in here!" and it's about the dangers of spending...
The Fatberg is the Tip of the Iceberg
Aug 7, 2013
Imagine spending three weeks sluicing away 15 tonnes of congealed fat, wet wipes and 'sanitary items' from a London sewer. A Herculean task if there...
Zero Hours and CSR
Aug 5, 2013
Another week, another corporate responsibility issue hits the headlines. This time its the number of workers (up to a million) that are on 'zero-hours' contracts...
Happy Birthday to Us, Happy Birthday to Us!
Aug 1, 2013
Yep, it was 7 years ago today that we metaphorically smashed a bottle of champagne (the smashing was metaphorical, not the bubbly) on the hull...
Sustainability is a Joke
Jul 30, 2013
Family holidays lead to family in-jokes and the most repeated gag on this one comes from my second son, Jimmy winding up older members of...
Queuing for a Ferry and the Psychology of Energy Use
Jul 25, 2013
I'm on our family summer holiday - this year, we're in my hometown of Belfast. My mother has just turned 70, so we had a...