When it comes to supply chains, ignorance is risk
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...
Interview with Andy Griffiths, Sustainability Manager, Nestlé UK
Mar 19, 2014
Here's the latest in a series of interviews I have carried out with key industrial sustainability practitioners. Andy Griffiths is Sustainability Manager at Nestlé UK's...
Are you hard enough for Sustainability?
Mar 17, 2014
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility roles were traditionally filled by bright young things with shiny hair, clean fleeces and extraordinary niceness, but over the years...
Let Sustainability Sinners Repent…
Mar 5, 2014
There's been a small kerfuffle in the sustainability world over the news that Staples is considering lifting its ban on Asia, Pulp & Paper (APP)...
The Business Case for A Sustainable Supply Chain
Dec 4, 2013
No matter what element of a client's sustainability programme I am dealing with, my first move is always to pin down the business case for...
Build the (green) economy you wish to see
Nov 29, 2013
Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Build the Economy You Wish To See" - why we need to be...
Chickens & Eggs: How to Build A New Green Supply Chain
Nov 20, 2013
It's the classic supply chain problem - you want to switch to a more sustainable material/component/vehicle but the supply chain for that option is immature...
Is your supply chain a ticking time bomb?
Nov 18, 2013
I own a 118 year old house. When people say "they don't build them like that anymore", my reaction is usually "thank, goodness" as the...
Interview with Tom Smith, Sedex
Nov 13, 2013
This is the last in my series of interviews with leading sustainability practitioners which I carried out to gain examples and pithy insights from the...
Interview with Tracey Rawling Church, Head of CSR, KyoceraDUK
Nov 6, 2013
The Kyoto Ceramic Company Limited was founded in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed Kyocera in 1982. It has grown into a multinational electronics and ceramics...