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Posts tagged "stretch targets"

“And then something magic happens…” – the missing step to Sustainability

May 17, 2021

Suddenly 'net zero' carbon targets are all the rage, whether at a national level or an organisational one. Which is brilliant. Except... When you scratch...

What can business do to accelerate climate action?

Feb 10, 2020

And it's back. It's been a year since the last Ask Gareth – mainly because shooting videos on a building site is something of a...

If you don’t have a Sustainability target…

Sep 9, 2019

I need targets in my life. I may be a mediocre cyclist who has no ambitions for any kind of glory, but every year I...

How business should respond to the COP24 outcome

Dec 17, 2018

It's very easy to watch the UNFCC's annual COP get together with a sense of dread. The wheels of international negotiation turn excruciatingly slowly and...

How to Accelerate Sustainability

Nov 26, 2018

I got into a Twitter conversation last week about how to change towards Sustainability rapidly. That exchange was mainly about national issues, but my examples...

In Sustainability, there’s always an excuse to do nothing…

Jul 6, 2018

Terra Infirma's most powerful competitor is almost certainly "do nothing". Given where we work – near the cutting edge, we like to think – we...

Sustainability Lessons from 14 years in Local Government

May 7, 2018

Regular readers may have noticed that my output here and on social media has been somewhat patchy over the last few weeks, That's because I...

More rubbish about the SDGs

Dec 8, 2017

There's a constant stream of articles on my social media feeds about the 'failure' of corporates to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One...

The need for ‘outrageous ambition’ on Sustainability

Dec 1, 2017

I spent yesterday morning at the always-excellent North East Recycling Forum annual conference. The conference chair, the ever-ebullient Mark Shayler of APE, challenged us in...

Science-based Targets: Hope or Hype?

Jun 23, 2017

The latest thing in Sustainability is 'Science-based Targets'. The basic idea is to use the carbon emissions trajectory that the IPCC says is required to...

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Some reflections on the transition to the low carbon economy following the welcome announcement that the Nissan Washington plant's future is both secure and electric. You can change too fast or too slowly, but you gotta change.

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