Sustainability: It’s not us against them
I've been blogging a lot about the politics of sustainability recently. As a part-time politician myself, I know that politics should be a battle of...
Can you generate Scottish Referendum levels of enthusiasm for sustainability?
Sep 19, 2014
So it's the morning after the night before and, as broadly expected, Scotland voted to stay in the UK with the rest of us. But...
What if employees won’t engage in sustainability?
Sep 10, 2014
In this edition of Ask Gareth, I tackle the nightmare scenario when employees refuse to engage in sustainability. The answer, naturally, is Green Jujitsu! You...
Why you need to be a pain in the ass to deliver sustainability
Sep 5, 2014
An offhand tweet yesterday got me embroiled in a debate about the efficacy of environmental awareness weeks. This spilled onto the ZeroWasteWeek Facebook page where...
When sustainability gets tough…
Sep 1, 2014
Back in the (work) saddle today after a wonderfully lengthy August break in Belfast and latterly Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Speaking of saddles, I took my bike...
Stupidity and employee engagement for sustainability
Aug 28, 2014
Einstein famously said: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. And so, apparently, did Ben Franklin,...
Aligning sustainability to success (and vice versa)
Aug 21, 2014
Last Sunday, John Naughton quoted 1930s campaigning author Upton Sinclair (right) in a piece in the Observer about the social contract and tech companies: "It is difficult...
It’s not about who YOU can trust, but about who THEY can trust…
Aug 14, 2014
I'm thoroughly enjoying the first phase of our family summer holidays visiting my parents in my home town of Belfast. My dad has become something...
Making Sustainability Boring
Jul 14, 2014
I like my routine in the morning. Most mornings, when the alarm goes, I get up, get the littlest one up and change his nappy,...
When the penny starts to drop…
Jul 9, 2014
In his brilliant lead article in BusinessWeek last week (being a Brit, I read the magazine a week late), Mark Hertsgaard points out a revolutionary statement...