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Elisa Gasperini of Ahlsell on Net Zero/SBTs, circular economy and authenticity

Dec 8, 2023

Elisa Gasperini, Head of Sustainability at huge Nordic construction suppliers Ahlsell, talks about her own Sustainability journey, the benefits of Science-based Targets in addition to...

Stop dissing recycling!

Oct 26, 2021

Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson bullishly overrode the opinions of the expert sitting next to him and told a group of schoolkids that recycling "doesn't...

Does ‘upcycling’ actually exist?

Jun 17, 2021

Every time I hear or read a reference to 'upcycling', my instinctive response is "Really?" The word is often used by chi-chi second hand furniture...

Making Sustainability Easy (pt 357)

Apr 26, 2021

I'm still up to my eyeballs in the local election campaign. One of the issues we are campaigning on is the very poor recycling system...

Book Review: Rummage by Emily Cockayne

Aug 24, 2020

I'm writing this blog in what appears to be the only house in our Victorian neighbourhood which managed to hold on to its wrought iron...

School of Mum & Dad, week 1

Mar 27, 2020

Like many parents around the globe, Mrs K and I have been landed with the job of educating our brood ourselves. And what a week....

Paul Polman on Business & Sustainability

Feb 13, 2020

On Tuesday, I was invited to listen to Paul Polman, who earned his Sustainability Leader spurs as Unilever CEO, speak at the Newcastle Business School...

A 2020 Vision for Sustainability

Jan 3, 2020

Happy New Year, everybody! For Sustainability people, 2020 is a bit like when we hit 1984 and the Western World wasn't run by oppressive, manipulative...

Economic growth in a finite world – not as daft as it sounds

Jul 22, 2019

One line which is often trotted out by green activists, most recently by the rather wonderful Greta Thunberg, is "you can't have economic growth in...

How successful will the refillable shopping model be?

Jun 5, 2019

I've been following the story of the Waitrose 'plastic free' experiment in Oxford where consumers bring their own cartons for refills of loose goods such...

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