Dragging Sustainability through the value chain
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...
Santa & Sustainability
Dec 7, 2018
Pity the poor hack who has to write a Christmas-themed environmental piece at this time of year. This one, "Can you have a plastic...
Why Supply Chain Sustainability is so difficult (and why it doesn’t need to be…)
May 16, 2018
Here's three reasons why Supply Chain Sustainability is such a challenge: For the vast majority of organisations, the impacts and risks in the supply chain...
Making Sustainability Robust to Sudden Change
Oct 18, 2017
What happens if your super-Sustainability-champion-of-a-CEO suddenly announces their retirement? How do you make sure your Sustainability programme survives the inevitable upheaval? It was questions like this...