The Circular Economy is about Raw Materials, not Waste Management
Last year I published 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook is...
Net Zero and the Waste Sector with Dr Adam Read MBE, SUEZ
Jan 16, 2026
This week on the pod, Chief Sustainability & External Affairs Officer at Suez UK Dr Adam Read MBE joins me for a freewheeling and fun...
Demand: the one word that will save the planet
Jan 31, 2025
This week on the pod, I muse on the magic that demand brings to the economy: plummeting prices, rising quality and security of supply. Therefore...
Business Leadership & Sustainability: Head, Heart & Hands with Profs Julia Binder & Knut Haanaes
Jan 24, 2025
This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I'm joined by the two editors/lead authors on a new book 'Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation', Prof...
Don’t stop the rot – what fungi can teach us about the circular economy
Dec 11, 2024
Last Thursday, I went to a celebration of all things fungal in Durham at a World Soil Day event organised by my partner, Prof Karen...
Incentivising the circular/low carbon economy
Dec 2, 2024
As the author of five Sustainability books, and a massive consumer of second hand books, I am all too aware of a massive misalignment of...
Circular Economy Insights at NERF
Nov 21, 2024
Yesterday, I attended the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Annual Conference in the impressive setting of Durham Town Hall (see pic). I love this event...
Sustainability and Small Business with Jasper Steinhausen
Sep 6, 2024
So, it's September and the Net Zero Business Podcast is back with a brand new interview, and it's a corker! Jasper Steinhausen, author of Making...
What does zero impact on the environment really mean?
Mar 20, 2024
Yesterday I was at an ESG event when a delegate asked whether Net Zero meant zero people? Not being on the platform, I didn't get...
Adieu to the disposable vape, you won’t be missed
Jan 29, 2024
We've now got to the stage of parenting where all three kids make their own way to school, erasing the natural boundary between breakfast and...