The Ultimate Sustainability Strategy is…
...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...
You can’t push a circular economy
Nov 28, 2014
Yesterday I went to the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Annual Conference, which as usual, punched way above its weight when it comes to speakers....
The old sustainability vs growth chestnut gets another roasting
Sep 17, 2014
Two interesting interventions caught my eye this week: First of all we had Naomi Klein, of No Logo fame, wading into the climate change debate...
Fashion kills sustainability
Sep 8, 2014
For a newspaper from the Guardian stable that prides itself on its approach to sustainability, I winced when I read this in a Observer article on...
IKEA, fashion and sustainability
Jun 30, 2014
Last night I caught the first episode of the BBC documentary "The Men Who Made Us Spend" (if you live in the UK and you're quick,...
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...
Tesla: The Apple of Greentech
Oct 28, 2013
Remember what smartphones were like before the iPhone? Fiddly keyboards, nests of menus and terrible web navigation. Then along came Steve Job's little shiny slab...
Green: The New Normal
Oct 25, 2013
If I told you about a country where, last quarter, more than a third of all electricity was generated from low carbon sources, which one...
Interview with Ramon Arratia, Interface
Oct 23, 2013
Ramon Arratia is a Sustainability Director at carpet and floor covering giant InterfaceFLOR, reknowned as true sustainability front-runners. Ramon is a regular speaker on sustainability...