Why true Corporate Responsibility is so difficult
Back in 1996, my partner, a friend and I went to see Blinded by the Sun, a play by Stephen Poliakoff set in a University....
Getting down and dirty on waste…
Oct 24, 2018
I spent a very enjoyable hour yesterday morning picking litter as part of a Surfers against Sewage event. I find litter picking extremely therapeutic and...
Wiggo, grey areas and business ethics
Mar 9, 2018
I am a cyclist and I use performance-enhancing drugs. Well, one drug. I will never set out on a long ride without a couple of...
Let’s Build the Sustainable Future we want to see
Dec 2, 2016
After the groundswell of hope after the Paris Agreement this time last year, 2016 hasn't been a great year for sustainability in general and climate...
Bradley Wiggins and the Spirit of the Law
Sep 26, 2016
There can't have been a more disconsolate figure than that of Bradley Wiggins, almost certainly the greatest cyclist of our generation, on the BBC yesterday...
How good are you, really?
Jun 13, 2016
Cracking column by Eva Wiseman in yesterday's Observer on the trials of trying to live ethically – self-coruscating about the blind eye she turns to ethical issues...
Beware the safety of the herd…
Jun 8, 2016
Have you ever tried making a complaint to a large organisation? You'll get a whole load of guff back about how they take every concern...
Milton Friedman was not only wrong on CSR, but dangerously wrong
Nov 6, 2015
The continued fall out from the VW scandal has made me mull on the risks of ignoring corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the favour of...
There’s no silver bullet in CSR
Sep 28, 2015
For those of us searching for ways of making business more responsible, it is all too easy to call for simple solutions. Unfortunately recent scandals have...
Is there any mileage in unethical business?
Sep 21, 2015
It's well known that car makers use all kinds of tricks to bump up the apparent fuel efficiency of their vehicles (surely easily sorted by...