What Shell’s advertising ban says to industry
The UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) is getting increasingly feisty when it comes to greenwash. Its latest target is Shell, for releasing a series of...
Everything you need to know about Net Zero!
Jun 5, 2023
For the last few months, I've been beavering away producing a new online training course entitled "Everything you need to know about Net Zero"....
The Pros and Cons of Offsetting
May 29, 2023
I've never signed up to the George Monbiot view that offsetting carbon emissions (ie paying a third party to remove an equivalent amount of carbon...
Sustainability at the Party Conferences
Oct 10, 2022
As a political geek, every year I watch the leaders' speeches from all the major UK political party conferences. And every year I post a...
We won’t hit Net Zero by wishful thinking
Sep 20, 2022
The internal documents that have emerged during the US congressional hearing showing Big Oil's, ahem, creative approach to Net Zero climate targets take the breath...
Week Two of ‘Who wants to be Prime Minister?’ – the net zero angle
Jul 18, 2022
So, we're now down to five candidates to be the UK's next Prime Minister and they've had two TV debates to show the wider population...
Book Review: Net Zero: How we stop causing climate change by Dieter Helm
Jun 20, 2022
I haven't read a Sustainability book for some time, so when my partner handed me a copy of Dieter Helm's Net Zero at an Alpkit...
The Australian Election: A New (Climate) Hope?
May 23, 2022
I first became aware of the change in political leadership in Australia when the BBC played a clip of incoming PM Anthony Albanese (right) pledging...
What for Net Zero if Boris Johnson goes? Or if he stays…
Feb 7, 2022
I've always thought Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister at the time of writing, was a shameless huckster who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near high office....
Net Zero Rocks! And here’s why…
Jan 24, 2022
I woke this morning to hear an executive from Aviva Investors (which has a mere £262bn of assets under management) tell the BBC that they'd...