Zeroing in or losing focus?
I'm reading John Elkington's new book The Zeronaughts, which I'll review in whole in due course, but there's one thing about it which is really...
Taking The Extremes Out of Sustainability
Jul 9, 2012
Last week, political broadcaster Andrew Neil (right) hosted a debate on climate science. He invited libertarian polemicist James Delingpole and Friends of the Earth campaigner...
Reframing the environment vs economy argument
Jul 6, 2012
In my keynote speech at the Energy & Environment North East 2012 conference, I argued that the question was not low carbon or growth, but...
Is the team key to creating a culture of sustainability?
Jul 4, 2012
What can a single designer do to change the life cycle environmental performance of a complex product, say, a car? If they're really clever (or...
Blame it on Rio+20: Consensus or Competition?
Jun 25, 2012
So the Rio+20 conference chugged to its almost inevitable anticlimax. The NGOs and green-friendly press are looking for villains - missing big name leaders, lack...
The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability
Jun 22, 2012
Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability" and you'll have to listen to find out...
From Total Football to Total Sustainability
Jun 18, 2012
Oh, how the mighty fall! The Dutch national football team limped out of Euro 2012 last night without a point to their name. I was disappointed...
Why Sustainability Programmes Fail
Jun 15, 2012
I diagnose the most common causes of failure of sustainability programmes as: No leadership: leadership is critical to any successful corporate transformation programme and, given...
Make it easy to go green
May 28, 2012
A couple of years ago I was staying in a very nice boutique hotel in the East Midlands which obviously took its environmental performance very...
Nuggets from the Sustainability Mastermind Group
May 25, 2012
On Wednesday this week I launched my sustainability mastermind group with an inaugural meeting at the Baltic Art Gallery. We booked a third floor meeting...