Cheer Up! The planet may depend on it…
OK, the bad news - 2014 was the warmest year on record and carbon emissions are still rising. There's still a long, long way to...
A bit of healthy competition in sustainability
Feb 4, 2015
We are competitive beasts. Whether in business, sport, the arts, science or technology, there is a natural, human drive to be the best - the...
3 Ways to Use the 80/20 Rule for Sustainability
Jan 26, 2015
My new book, Accelerating Sustainability using the 80/20 Rule, draws heavily on The 80/20 Rule by Richard Koch. Koch takes the general idea of the...
Why the 80/20 Rule will get us to sustainability faster
Jan 21, 2015
Before Christmas, my fifth book, Accelerating Sustainability using the 80/20 Rule, was published. I'm really excited about it as it sets out a manifesto for...
The easy road to employee engagement for sustainability
Jan 16, 2015
OK, cards on the table time. I am a very frustrated man. Frustrated because employee engagement/behavioural change is critically important; Frustrated because everybody says that...
Nurse your employee engagement with combined benefits
Jan 14, 2015
As part of a piece of work for one of our NHS clients, I've been working my way through the organisation's latest sustainability strategy documents. I...
Do you really want to make sustainability everybody’s responsibility?
Jan 9, 2015
Interesting piece in Guardian Sustainable Business yesterday, predicting that 2015 would be the year when businesses made sustainability part of everybody's job description. On first...
Green Communications: Are you speaking to the right audience?
Dec 8, 2014
Last Friday saw the last Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting of 2015 - we were discussing green communications. I'll be posting some of the multitude...
Winter is coming*… or is it?
Nov 24, 2014
My eldest son, Harry, is doing a project at school entitled 'The Angry Earth.' Last night over dinner he suddenly shouted "I hate global...
Interview with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager, Camira Fabrics
Nov 19, 2014
Here's an extract of an interview I did with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager of Camira Fabrics over the summer. Camira Fabrics is the biggest producer...