Some Thoughts on Business & Biodiversity
Last week, the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) considered the topic of business and biodiversity. Here are my main takeaways: Biodiversity is as big an...
Creating A Sustainable Supply Chain – In the Circle Yorkshire
May 27, 2021
Here's the recording of last week's In the Circle session on Creating A Sustainable Supply Chain, featuring yours truly.
Synergies will deliver Sustainability
Feb 15, 2021
When I was a geeky teen in the early-mid 1980s, the arrival of a BBC Micro Model B into our house was a huge life...
Dragging Sustainability through the value chain
Nov 30, 2020
For the last few weeks I've been helping small and medium sized businesses 'build back better' from Covid-19 through the Small Business Leadership Programme. The...
Winners and losers in Sustainability
Jun 9, 2020
Last week, I got a complaint from someone on the West Coast of the USA that our Green Academy Supply Chain edition was at 6am...
Sustainable Supply Chains start on the inside…
Jan 27, 2020
I'm busy planning the next meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group on Friday. The topic is one we keep coming back to – making...
Innovation for Sustainability in the Supply Chain
Oct 28, 2019
This time last year I was beavering away writing the Sustainability Chapter of the new 'Innovation in Procurement and Supply' textbook for the Chartered Institute...
Staying profitable in a Low Carbon Economy
Oct 24, 2019
I'm currently designing a workshop to help small businesses understand their place in a low carbon economy. The stakes are high - the current UK...
Some thoughts on the ISO20400 Sustainable Procurement Standard
Feb 1, 2019
I've been busy this week reviewing the new(-ish) ISO20400 Sustainable Procurement Standard on behalf of a client. At first I thought it was a...
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...