Why Leadership is still the key to Sustainability
Yesterday I listened to a very insightful podcast by Mallen Baker where he interviewed the outgoing CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman. Polman's understated but undeniable...
Putting the Personal Into Sustainability
Sep 27, 2017
So, the Guardian Sustainable Business site is no more. I don't think I'm really going to miss it because I don't think I ever read...
Book Review: Global Sustainability by Mark Lefko
Feb 20, 2017
When I first read the bumf around Mark Lefko's new book Global Sustainability, I was a bit worried that it clashed with my own tome,...
No Leadership, No Sustainability
Feb 29, 2016
I'm working on two major client projects at the minute, one on sustainability strategy and one on employee engagement – which between them make up the essentials...
Some consistency please, Mr Cameron
Dec 19, 2014
As a good liberal, I'm always keen to give people the benefit of the doubt. When newly installed Prime Minister David Cameron promised back in...
Leadership is (still) THE key factor in Sustainability
Aug 26, 2014
Four years on, I'm back in the Yorkshire holiday 'cottage' - actually a 3.5 bedroom stone house - where I beat my second book, The Green...
Leadership is everything in CSR
Apr 4, 2014
I wrote The Green Executive in 2010 to provide both an inspiration and a manual for the new generation of responsible and progressive business leaders...
Sustainability as a Horror Story?
Sep 16, 2013
Today the Confederation of British Industry has revealed that 95% of its members are concerned about energy prices. This follows an EEF survey which showed...
The Struggle for Sustainability
Jul 17, 2013
Greenpeace don't do things by halves do they? Last week's Ice Climb protest saw 6 climbers scale London's iconic new Shard skyscraper to bring attention...
The Stuff of (Sustainability) Champions
Jul 8, 2013
So 77 years of "why can't we (male) Brits win Wimbledon?" is over as Andy Murray takes the legendary trophy. While I'm euphoric for the...