What Darwin tells us about the low carbon transition
I've long been fascinated by Charles Darwin. I think it started when I studied in the same place as him, Christ's College Cambridge, treading the...
Britishvolt: A Green Business is NOT a Charity
Jan 23, 2023
And so the Britishvolt EV battery startup has died a big messy public death, as I predicted. Not because of any particular skill on my...
A tale of two gigafactories…
Nov 14, 2022
As the name suggests, an EV battery gigafactory is truly colossal with a price tag to match – we're talking billions rather than millions. A...
The #1 problem facing green entrepreneurs…
Aug 30, 2021
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...