Taxing CSR Issues
Very interesting article in the Observer yesterday about tax avoidance and the UK Uncut campaign who maintain that the current UK austerity package would be...
Softly, softly at Cancun…
Dec 10, 2010
It's been quite hard to get a real feel for progress at the COP16 climate change negotiations in Cancun this week, but the overall impression...
You need friends
Oct 15, 2010
If you believe the version of business as portrayed by The Apprentice, then it's an every-man-for-himself, dog-eat-dog, devil-take-the-hindmost kind of world. Which is largely nonsense,...
Green Business Up and Down the Supply Chain
Aug 23, 2010
Most organisations still see 'environment' as an internal affair - all about walking around their factory with clipboards sorting out a little energy efficiency here...
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Jun 2, 2010
What do Apple and BP have in common? Both are taking hits for something that's happened in their supply chain - BP for the gulf...
The benefits snowball
Dec 11, 2009
When I do workshops with either professional or student engineers, I always emphasise the need to take a systems approach to design. If you optimise...
Weekly Tip #31: Work with your suppliers
Oct 28, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the forthcoming Green Business Bible e-book:Work with your suppliers to match specification to your...
Closing the (Paper) Loop
Aug 1, 2008
Many of the smaller businesses I have worked with over the years have struggled to get office paper recycled as they just don't produce enough...