Hair shirt? What hair shirt?
One of my quirks is my fondness for the distinctly non-green, carbon-laden guilty pleasure that is Top Gear. Last night I caught up with Sunday's...
Build the (green) economy you wish to see
Nov 29, 2013
Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Build the Economy You Wish To See" - why we need to be...
Interview with Ramon Arratia, Interface
Oct 23, 2013
Ramon Arratia is a Sustainability Director at carpet and floor covering giant InterfaceFLOR, reknowned as true sustainability front-runners. Ramon is a regular speaker on sustainability...
There’s nothing green about a crap product
Jun 14, 2013
I really liked these bamboo socks when I saw them in TK Maxx, but they barely lasted a couple of weeks before they wore through....
Fear of a Green Planet II
Jun 10, 2013
I was fascinated to read that when BMW wanted to develop its new electric car range, they set up an arms length division to prevent...
What would you ban, if you could?
May 8, 2013
"Hurrah!", shouted the green world, as the neonicotinoid pesticides blamed by everybody (except their producers and their political allies) for the worrying decline in bee...
Taking Green Into The Mainstream
Jan 21, 2013
Years and years ago I was doing some consultancy work for the producer of a really good green product - one which managed to substitute...
Green must not mean shoddy
Jul 30, 2012
Last Friday I popped into a high street stationers to pick up some printer paper. They only had two packs of recycled paper and both...
Tackling the Sustainability Elephants in the Room
Apr 13, 2012
My dad often tells a story about a senior manager he used to work with who had three trays on his desk "In", "Out" and...
The Wisdom of Craig Sams, Green & Blacks
Mar 21, 2012
Yesterday I was delivering workshops at the Get It Sussed event in Gateshead. While for some the highlight was hanging around in the foyer with...