The #1 problem facing green entrepreneurs…
A few days ago, I had a meeting with Robert Campbell, one of the founders of ZMove, a green delivery company, ZMove uses e-cargo bikes...
Sharma has to learn to say “No.”
Aug 10, 2021
As we head towards the delayed COP26 climate change conference in November, the press seems to be leading on many slightly tangential issues - the...
Book Review: Value(s) by Mark Carney
Aug 4, 2021
When appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, Mark Carney was described as the Rock Star of Bankers. Well, in Value(s), Carney has...
We’ve come a long way, Boris
Nov 18, 2020
The climate-sceptic right has long had a frustrating tendency to come up with nonsense arguments that superficially sounds like common sense. In 2013, a certain...
Are we going to #BuildBackBetter? Looks promising from here…
Nov 2, 2020
I looked at my diary this morning and swallowed. A packed week of meetings, client workshops and deadlines, requiring some smart planning, a lot of...
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...
Decoupling or ‘recoupling’ carbon to growth?
Mar 23, 2018
Had a great meeting of the Green Thinkers last night, despite the fact I had managed not to read the book I had suggested, A...
A Green Budget, Phil?
Nov 22, 2017
It's Budget day here in the UK and everybody, well a few of us, are waiting to see what Chancellor Philip Hammond will pull out of...
Michael Gove, Eco-warrior
Nov 20, 2017
The environmental movement let out a groan of exasperation when Michael Gove took over the reins as UK Environment Minister earlier this year. A long...
Sustainability Bites 13/10/17
Oct 13, 2017
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites where I really struggle to find anything to criticise in the UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy, so I...