Doing the right thing right.
"This is like building a loft extension in a house suffering from subsidence." is the rather brutal advice I had to give an organisation recently....
A Cycle-logical Summer
Aug 9, 2017
Just back from my second camping trip of the school holidays and the third this year – we're getting close to packing everything we need...
Embedding Sustainability into Capital Investment Decisions
Dec 16, 2016
Last Friday saw the final Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting of 2016. We met at the wonderful Live Theatre in Newcastle and had a great...
Beware the Dilution of Sustainability…
Nov 30, 2016
During her leadership campaign in the summer, PM Theresa May promised to shake up corporate governance. She would give workers a place on company boards and...
Lowering Mental Barriers to Sustainability
Nov 28, 2016
I've spent the first part of this morning giving some advice to an entrepreneur who has an exciting green business idea but wanted some help...
Activate your sustainability programme!
Oct 3, 2016
At last week's Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group, I (re)used my 'monster truck' template (above). The analogy is that we are in the truck, transversing the...
Helping Sustainability survive a change in leader
Jul 13, 2016
Well, the UK and the US are currently in the process of changing their political leadership. Many commentators are trying to second guess the implications for the...
Getting into a Sustainability Mindset
Feb 3, 2014
To act without knowing why; to do things as they have always been done, without asking why; to engage in an activity all one's life...
Smash the System!
Dec 16, 2013
You might have noticed these little fellas popping up around the country - self contained keep left signs which rely mainly on their reflective properties...
Challenge, don’t choke
Oct 2, 2013
I've been asked again this week how certain sustainable supply chain ideas fit into a particular procurement framework. As I'm bureaucracy-intolerant, I always have to...