We can’t kick the carbon can down the road…
I've recently started facilitating Sustainable Business seminars with students at Newcastle Business School. One of the main things I'm getting out of it is being...
Science-based Targets: Hope or Hype?
Jun 23, 2017
The latest thing in Sustainability is 'Science-based Targets'. The basic idea is to use the carbon emissions trajectory that the IPCC says is required to...
Oh to be back in the Bad Ol’ Days
Apr 24, 2017
Nostalgia is natural. I love the nostalgia section in our local newspaper, even though I'm not a native of the city. And it is always...
Happy Monday! Or why it’s too easy to be Blue
Jan 16, 2017
Before I had kids I used to see myself as a bit of a songwriter. One of my enduring insights from that time is that...
The British Steel Industry & the Carbon Leakage Conundrum
Mar 31, 2016
One of the more notorious comments from UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne came during his speech at the 2011 Conservative Party conference: "We're...
If it looks like a SUV…
Sep 2, 2015
We've just bitten the bullet and bought a new family car. Having three kids needing car seats/boosters limited our options massively – few 5 seaters...
Staying one step ahead of legislation
Jun 12, 2015
Last Friday saw the 11th meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group – the small group of sustainability managers from large organisations I facilitate. We...
VW feel the full force of Greenpeace's wit
Jun 29, 2011
Well, Greenpeace have done it again. Having successfully targeted Apple back in 2007 - forcing a rare about turn by Mr Jobs - they're now...
Cutting carbon in a globalised world
May 18, 2011
Two pieces of news caught my eye yesterday: the big news that UK Energy & Climate Change Minister Chris Huhne announced that the UK Government was...
Green Marketing: Audi vs Fiat
Apr 18, 2011
Saw this Audi ad yesterday and thought it was all wrong from a green marketing point of view - click on it to see it...