Objectivity is Subjective
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...
Why I’m Not Calling for a Plastic Bag Tax
Aug 6, 2012
There's another big call out for a plastic bag tax in England and Wales. I'm not against such a tax per se, but it is...
Osborne vs Davey: The Big Fight!
Jul 25, 2012
So in the big green battle in the UK's Coalition Government, it looks like round 1 to Energy and Climate Change Secretary (and my political...
Taking The Extremes Out of Sustainability
Jul 9, 2012
Last week, political broadcaster Andrew Neil (right) hosted a debate on climate science. He invited libertarian polemicist James Delingpole and Friends of the Earth campaigner...
Blame it on Rio+20: Consensus or Competition?
Jun 25, 2012
So the Rio+20 conference chugged to its almost inevitable anticlimax. The NGOs and green-friendly press are looking for villains - missing big name leaders, lack...
Does the ‘Shareholder Spring’ herald a new era for CSR?
May 10, 2012
Since the Arab Spring last year, it seems that appending 'Spring' to any popular movement has already become a cliche - the "-gate" of the...
Lessons on Green Communications from the World of Politics
May 8, 2012
Last Thursday was the most important day of the political year for me - polling day in the local elections. I wasn't up for re-election...
Greenest Government Ever and The Vision Thing
Apr 30, 2012
In my post last Friday on David Cameron's little green speech, I mentioned in passing that I thought his vision to lead "the greenest Government ever"...
It’s about Leadership, Mr Cameron
Apr 27, 2012
All green eyes were on UK Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday as he made the first environmental speech of his tenure at the Clean Energy...
Book Review: The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin
Apr 18, 2012
International energy adivsor Jeremy Rifkin's newish book The Third Industrial Revolution has been getting quite a lot of attention in the press, so I thought...