Interview with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager, Camira Fabrics
Here's an extract of an interview I did with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager of Camira Fabrics over the summer. Camira Fabrics is the biggest producer...
Sunk Costs Sink Sustainability Ambitions
Oct 21, 2014
Time and time again, clients tell me "if only we'd factored this in before we invested in that new boiler [or whatever] - bad timing!"...
The Littlest (Sustainability) Hobo
Oct 8, 2014
I've got a really random and retro ear worm. I can't get the theme from 'The Littlest Hobo' out of my mind. You know the...
When sustainability gets tough…
Sep 1, 2014
Back in the (work) saddle today after a wonderfully lengthy August break in Belfast and latterly Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Speaking of saddles, I took my bike...
Aligning sustainability to success (and vice versa)
Aug 21, 2014
Last Sunday, John Naughton quoted 1930s campaigning author Upton Sinclair (right) in a piece in the Observer about the social contract and tech companies: "It is difficult...
The problem with One Planet Living…
Aug 12, 2014
In the latest edition of my monthly e-mail bulletin The Low Carbon Agenda, I made an aside that an organisation should not have more than 7...
Ask Gareth: 5 Steps to Make Sustainability ‘The New Normal’
Aug 6, 2014
In this edition of Ask Gareth, I set out the 5 things you really need to do to make sustainability 'the new normal' in your...
Sustainability Strategies in an Uncertain World
Aug 4, 2014
I'm a news and current affairs junkie, but the news is so unremittingly grim at the minute, I'm trying to ration my intake for my...
Prioritise everything and you prioritise nothing…
Jul 25, 2014
The UN has just released its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - when I saw there were 17 of them, my immediate thought was "how do...
Go Big or Go Home
May 19, 2014
I get a little frustrated with the obsession with the little stuff. People fretting over the best time of day to charge their mobile phone,...