Should a Sustainability Leader be a weathervane, compass or sailor?
On the face of it, Sustainability here in the UK and abroad is in turmoil. Political pundits claim ESG, Net Zero and DEI are a...
Sustainability in the C-suite with Jennifer Geary
Mar 7, 2025
This week on the pod, I'm joined by Jennifer Geary, award winning author of a set of books on how to be a C-level executive,...
Business Leadership & Sustainability: Head, Heart & Hands with Profs Julia Binder & Knut Haanaes
Jan 24, 2025
This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I'm joined by the two editors/lead authors on a new book 'Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation', Prof...
Want a Sustainability Strategy? Take me to your leaders…
Nov 4, 2024
I'm currently developing two proposals for Sustainability Strategies for different public bodies. Public bodies being public bodies, they're always quite prescriptive, not only on what...
How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer with Anna Krotova
Jul 5, 2024
This week I talk to Anna Krotova about her fantastic new book, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer (co-authored with Jennifer Geary), digging into...
Shaun McCarthy OBE on Supply Chain Sustainability, ISO20400 and the London Olympics
Mar 15, 2024
This week's episode of The Net Zero Business Podcast should not be missed. I talk to Shaun McCarthy OBE who Chaired the Sustainability Panel for...
Does Sustainability Success breed Success or Complacency?
Mar 6, 2024
Two recent news stories made me ponder this question. Firstly, it was reported that the UK's Climate Change Committee was recommending that the UK Government...
Sustainability in a Leadership Vacuum
Oct 5, 2023
I wrote my second book, The Green Executive, to fill a clear gap in the market. Sustainability was fast moving from an incremental/ISO14001/managerial level up...
The *only* way to get boardroom buy-in for Sustainability
Apr 4, 2022
In the last year I've supported the development of Sustainability Strategies for two very similar umbrella organisations. The main difference between the two is that...
Pushing at an open door on Sustainability pt 257
Jun 21, 2021
Friday saw the apex of my biggest current project – developing an umbrella regional Sustainability Strategy for 20 largely autonomous organisations belonging to a much...