Green Thread = Green Wash
This month I had to comment publicly on an important local strategy which boasted about having "a green thread" running its policies. Yesterday, someone complimented...
More Strategy Secrets of the Sustainability Masterminds
Jan 10, 2014
On Tuesday we had the sixth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) - the small group of senior sustainability executives from large organisations...
I need your sustainability pearls of wisdom!
Nov 11, 2013
The last four Christmases I have published "Pearls of Wisdom" - short compendia of wise words on CSR/green business/corporate responsibility from some of the best...
Interview with Sean Axon, Global Sustainability Director, Johnson Matthey plc
Oct 31, 2013
Precious metals giant Johnson Matthey plc is one of those huge companies you may never have heard of, but if you have a conventional car...
Can you account for unknown unknowns in sustainability?
Oct 21, 2013
In 2002, while trying to justify the forthcoming war with Iraq, United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld came out with the infamous quote: "There are...
The 80:20 Rule and Sustainability
Oct 16, 2013
Historical factoid klaxon: the 80:20 rule, or Pareto Principle, was named after Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was...
How to facilitate meaningful sustainability conversations
Oct 4, 2013
We've all been there - sat in the audience while a sharp suited executive stands in front of glossy corporate Powerpoint slides and tells us...
Strategy Secrets of the Sustainability Masterminds
Sep 27, 2013
On Tuesday we had the fifth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) - the small group of senior sustainability executives from large organisations...
The Sustainability Iceberg
Sep 25, 2013
The great paradox of sustainability is that it is extremely complicated and yet, to make progress, we need to make it appear simple to wider...
Skin in the Game
Aug 29, 2013
I sat nervously in the anteroom, waiting for a colleague who had set up this presentation to a meeting of senior managers on one of...