Sustainability: what if you don’t have a Ray Anderson to lead you?

A challenge for many sustainability practitioners working in organisations is their senior leadership doesn’t have the same passion for sustainability that they have. So what do you do if you don’t have your very own Ray Anderson to lead the way?

A light green Queen’s Speech

The Queen’s Speech confirmed the Green Investment Bank will be enshrine in law in next Parliamentary session, but we will have to wait for another three Queen’s speeches to come and go before we can assess the success of it.

The solar Feed-in Tariff still offers a good rate of return – so why have installations dried up?

Since the beginning of April solar PV installations have fallen off a cliff, but the Feed-in Tariff still offers a good rate of return. So why have enquiries dried up?

What’s the best approach to unlock value and drive sustainability?

A question we are asked often by clients is: ‘What’s the right approach to identify opportunities and drive sustainability performance?’

Ecocide and other sustainable visions from TEDx Exeter 2012

‘Sustainability and Our Interconnected World’ was the theme of the first TEDx Exeter a sold out event thanks to an impressive list of speakers, but it was Polly Higgins’ and ‘Ecocide – the 5th Crime Against Peace’, which was the biggest and best vision presented on the day.

When is an energy efficiency measure a “conservatory tax”?

If some of you are a bit bewildered by the latest political row that has erupted over the so-called “conservatory tax”, then join the club. The Coalition Government appears to have got itself into ‘another fine mess’ over green policy – and this time it threatens to blow a hole in its flagship Green Deal programme.

Water risk management: is it time for businesses to take the plunge?

Millions of people have been told to stop using their hosepipes or face a £1000 fine, but what is the potential impact of water shortages on businesses, which sectors are most at risk, and what should they be doing about it?

Green Deal pioneers, but will they open the way for more providers?

They’ve been described as the “Green Deal pioneers”, and many of them are small to medium-sized companies, but will the first wave of Green Deal providers be able to open the way to a burgeoning market?

Barriers to sustainable change Part II: tackling process paralysis and M&S’ feedback loops

Once you’ve designed a strategy for your sustainable change programme, the journey to long-term change is all too often inhibited by two types of barriers – ‘process paralysis’ and ‘communications concerns’. So how can you overcome them?

Is your business at risk from diminishing resources?

The current economic downturn highlights the challenges of stretched financial resources. But what would happen if other fundamental building blocks of our economy – material resources and industrial feedstocks – run low?