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I'm in Scherpenzeel in the middle of the Netherlands for one particular reason: it's the base of Interface's European operations and the location for the company's Mission...
Who is the keystone of your sustainability programme?
Nov 25, 2015
The keystone of an arch is the one which completes it and lets the arch bear weight. Whether in a structural engineering sense it is...
The mentality of sustainability targets
Oct 23, 2015
The installation of a pull-up bar on my school run route last year started a "challenge Daddy" thing with my kids where they joyfully count...
Hurrah for the sustainability doers!
Oct 19, 2015
This morning, I came across this quote from John William Gardner: An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. It resonated with...
Your Sustainability Thought of the Week
Aug 28, 2015
Sustainability Strategy: First Things Last
Aug 18, 2015
Last week, straight back from my US sojourn, I had to get my jet-lagged, sleep-deprived brain quickly back in gear for a progress meeting with a major...
Why you must align line management to sustainability
Jul 3, 2015
I've long argued that Leadership is the difference between the best at sustainability and the rest. Leadership is responsible for two critical sustainability issues: Strategy: all the...
The Ultimate Sustainability Strategy is…
May 5, 2015
...to align your business growth to sustainability. Unilever has just announced that half its growth last year came from its Sustainable Living Plan and its...
Sir Ian Cheshire on Sustainable Business Leadership
Mar 13, 2015
I had a fantastically green night out in London on Tuesday. After an impromptu diversion into a St Patrick's, er, Month drinks reception at the...
Sustainability Must Scale
Mar 11, 2015
I was at a rather posh dinner on Pall Mall last night where the speaker was Sir Ian Cheshire, outgoing CEO of Kingfisher and his...