Paul Polman on Business & Sustainability
On Tuesday, I was invited to listen to Paul Polman, who earned his Sustainability Leader spurs as Unilever CEO, speak at the Newcastle Business School...
Whither Sustainability under Boris?
Jul 26, 2019
And so it came to pass that Boris Johnson took up the position he craved as a young boy, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
Why Leadership is still the key to Sustainability
Jan 30, 2019
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...
How to Accelerate Sustainability
Nov 26, 2018
I got into a Twitter conversation last week about how to change towards Sustainability rapidly. That exchange was mainly about national issues, but my examples...
The Stumbling & Humbling of Elon Musk
Oct 1, 2018
The electromagnetic pioneer Nikola Tesla gave us the AC motor, radio, robots, x-ray photographs and much more. However, he was clearly bonkers with bizarre aversions to...
In Sustainability, there’s always an excuse to do nothing…
Jul 6, 2018
Terra Infirma's most powerful competitor is almost certainly "do nothing". Given where we work – near the cutting edge, we like to think – we...
Sustainability, Consistency & Leadership
Jun 29, 2018
I've long preached that big 'L' Leadership is the difference between those at the cutting edge of Sustainability and the rest. And one of the...
Jung, Greenwash and Sustainability
May 29, 2018
Gotta love Twitter some times, and last night I saw this wonderful quote attributed to Carl Jung:* "You are what you do, not what you...
Sustainability Lessons from 14 years in Local Government
May 7, 2018
Regular readers may have noticed that my output here and on social media has been somewhat patchy over the last few weeks, That's because I...
Small is Sustainable?
Feb 12, 2018
Interesting report from advertising agency 18 Feet & Rising this week. They polled 100 CEOs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about attitudes to Sustainability. 88%...