The State of Sustainability in UK Politics
Every autumn, without fail, I watch the leaders' speeches at the big three political party conferences. Until this year. I don't know if it's my...
Being seen to do the right thing…
May 27, 2020
British politics has been aflame for the last few days following the revelation that the Prime Minister’s ‘Special Advisor’ (read Chief of Staff) Dominic Cummings,...
Doing the right thing (and being seen to do the right thing)
Apr 6, 2020
I’m sure many of us are having our hearts warmed by the many positive actions we see in these dark days. The volunteers taking supplies...
Paul Polman on Business & Sustainability
Feb 13, 2020
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...