Getting emotional about Sustainability (and elephants)
As someone born with no ball skills whatsoever, I never envisaged that a significant chunk of my parenting responsibilities would involve schlepping to various wind...
What’s the key to Sustainability engagement/communications?
Mar 4, 2024
Last Tuesday evening I was shivering on the touch line of my youngest’s football practice and scrolling through my e-mails. A message had arrived from...
Sustainability is about change and change is about psychology…
Feb 14, 2024
On Sunday, I heard an MP on the radio say "Of course we have to tackle climate change, but my constituents don't want to give...
Help! My boss is a climate change denier! What should I do?
Feb 9, 2024
This week's episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast is a bit different – it's a Q&A featuring this superb question from Alice Doyle: how...
A Sustainability Blast from the Past
Dec 22, 2023
Something slightly different this week - some years ago Anthony Day interviewed me for the Sustainable Futures Report podcast which sadly came to an end...
Elisa Gasperini of Ahlsell on Net Zero/SBTs, circular economy and authenticity
Dec 8, 2023
Elisa Gasperini, Head of Sustainability at huge Nordic construction suppliers Ahlsell, talks about her own Sustainability journey, the benefits of Science-based Targets in addition to...
5 tips to beat eco-anxiety
Dec 6, 2023
More and more I've been hearing Sustainability people talk about their eco-anxiety. It's very easy to look at the constant stream of bad environmental news...
Are Science-based Targets now coming into their own underpinning Net Zero?
Nov 28, 2023
When Science-based Targets (SBTs) first emerged in 2015, I must admit I was slightly cynical. I mean, why stipulate that your organisation needs to, say,...
Sustainability is about psychology, not technology
Oct 23, 2023
I'm an engineer, both by training and outlook. When I first dipped my toe in the field of Sustainability about 25 years ago, I was...
The denial of climate science is, sadly, human nature
Jun 12, 2023
I'm currently reading the wonderfully quirky and free-ranging Map Addict by Mike Parker which I happened upon in a charity bookshop a couple of weeks...