How to unstick when you are stuck
I usually find the first week of September to be a crushing collision with reality. Holidays for me are often a time of reflection and...
The Three Most Underrated Concepts in Sustainability
May 31, 2024
In this week’s episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I nominate three concepts that can be used to revolutionize your Sustainability programme, but remain...
Some Sustainability fads deserve to die, others not so much…
Feb 12, 2024
Every time a new fad hits the threshold of zeitgeist, you are guaranteed a slew of earnest articles trying to find a Sustainability angle. I...
Sometimes you’ve got to rip it up and start again…
May 22, 2023
I bought the iMac I'm typing this on a couple of years ago. As a long time Mac user who runs his IT until it...
Net Zero Greenwash? Don’t believe the hype…
Dec 6, 2021
Aaaand re-laaaaax! For the first time in what feels like months, I can take a step back and look at the bigger picture – where...
“And then something magic happens…” – the missing step to Sustainability
May 17, 2021
Suddenly 'net zero' carbon targets are all the rage, whether at a national level or an organisational one. Which is brilliant. Except... When you scratch...
Sustainable Supply Chains start on the inside…
Jan 27, 2020
I'm busy planning the next meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group on Friday. The topic is one we keep coming back to – making...
Meeting the Sustainability Challenge
Nov 11, 2019
On Friday I went to an IEMA roundtable on the climate emergency – the IEMA event I have attended since I was nominated as a...
Cutting through the noise on Sustainability
Sep 13, 2019
I don't mind admitting I'm suffering from a bit of overwhelm just at the moment. I'm still getting back into the way of having two...
The Goldilocks Zone of a Climate Emergency
Sep 6, 2019
Regular readers will know I wear (at least) two Sustainability hats– here as a consultant and politically as the Opposition Spokesman for Sustainability on Newcastle...