Heat, risk, business, politics and sustainability
I spent a remarkable amount of time yesterday talking about district heating and combined heat and power (CHP) - with students in the morning and...
Looking for the Holy Grail of Sustainability? Don’t…
Jan 16, 2013
Many of us sustainability professionals are idealists - on a mission to save the planet and all the people on it. We genuinely care about...
David Cameron, Cognitive Dissonance and Clarity
Dec 12, 2012
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said: The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the...
Sustainability in a globalised world
Nov 19, 2012
I got home from a business trip last week to find a mystery parcel waiting for it. I ripped it open and six copies of...
C.S.R? How about T.A.X?
Nov 12, 2012
Today some top honchos from Starbucks are up in front of MPs to explain how they organise their tax affairs. The papers have been full...
Will Obama now lead on climate change?
Nov 7, 2012
...we want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive...
Green Is Working
Oct 24, 2012
It's a real pity that last week's Green Is Working in London demonstration didn't get the attention it deserved. The pro-growth message, the presence of...
Creative Destruction and Sustainability
Sep 28, 2012
We're in the midst of party political conference season and one thing you will notice in any discussion about sustainability and climate change is the...
The Silent Green Majority
Sep 21, 2012
Photo: Critical Mass protest in Budapest 2007, source: becherpig Just dig these new public perception stats on renewable energy released by UK's Department of Energy &...
Objectivity is Subjective
Aug 17, 2012
One of the most frustrating things about this business is the politicisation of environmental issues, and how difficult this makes getting objective analyses. Whether you...