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Posts tagged "risk"

The low carbon transition won’t be smooth and it might be more sudden than you think

Mar 16, 2026

My first role in Sustainability, albeit unpaid, was as a Voluntary Officer at the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, leading practical conservation tasks. Most of...

Making Your Business Resilient with the Sustainability Masterminds

Aug 1, 2014

Last week saw the eighth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group. We rolled up to another top-notch venue, the Lord Crewe Arms in Blanchland...

Donald Rumsfeld was right (about one thing, anyway…)

Jul 28, 2014

Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary under George W Bush has long been derided for this explanation of the flimsiness of the evidence for going to war...

When it comes to supply chains, ignorance is risk

Jun 16, 2014

Interesting report in Bloomberg Businessweek recently on industry's response, or lack of it, to the new US regulations on conflict minerals - the standard response...

Can you account for unknown unknowns in sustainability?

Oct 21, 2013

In 2002, while trying to justify the forthcoming war with Iraq, United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld came out with the infamous quote: "There are...

The 80:20 Rule and Sustainability

Oct 16, 2013

Historical factoid klaxon: the 80:20 rule, or Pareto Principle, was named after Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was...

Innovation, Failure & Sustainability

Jul 23, 2012

It is one of the most repeated clichés in business: The man who never made a mistake never made anything. Sustainability requires innovation, innovation implies...

Legislation changes. It’s the law!

Jun 1, 2012

There's an old(ish) tech saying "Never buy version 1.0 of anything." The thinking is that the first version of anything hasn't been 'battle hardened' by use...

The Wisdom of Craig Sams, Green & Blacks

Mar 21, 2012

Yesterday I was delivering workshops at the Get It Sussed event in Gateshead. While for some the highlight was hanging around in the foyer with...

Are you ready for a drought?

Mar 19, 2012

Living in Britain is supposedly synonymous with owning an umbrella. And a cagoule. And wellies. But something strange is happening - or not happening -...

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Some of my favourite chats on the pod are with true pioneers...

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