October 4, 2023
OPENING UP A SECOND FRONT AGAINST BIG AG
It’s slightly scary to realise that once we’ve seen off the Evil Empire of Big Oil (and we will – but just not soon enough to avoid cataclysmic climate disruption), that there’s…
July 26, 2022
Sort Out the Meat Monster – or We All Go Down!
Feeding the world, the way we do it today, is now the greatest single threat to the future of humankind. I’ve spent the last three weeks gorging myself on a massive meat feast.…
November 22, 2018
Sustainable Palm Oil: If you Want to End Deforestation, Stick to the Facts!
I hate to have to say this, but James Corden and Bill Bailey have allowed themselves to be duped by an unholy combination of NGOs and naïve retailers. I’m referring, of course, to…
April 27, 2018
Iceland, Palm Oil and Empty PR Stunts
Richard Walker, MD of Iceland Foods, is a man on a mission to save the world’s rainforests. You can bet he felt really pleased with himself when his decision to ban the use of…
February 2, 2018
Palm Oil: the Edible Oil Westerners Love to Hate!
Just back from another visit to KL as part of the work Forum for the Future does with Sime Darby Plantation – one of the biggest (and most sustainable!) palm oil companies in the…
December 16, 2016
Seafood Companies Launch Major Initiative
Wednesday saw the launch of one of the most fascinating – and significant – initiatives that I’ve been involved in for a very long time: Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship…
June 1, 2016
Re-inventing the ‘Limits to Growth’ debate
Still barely a mention about the environment in the Referendum campaign – just another reminder that these issues still have very little cut-through in UK politics. Beyond the…
February 26, 2016
Values, Global Citizenship and the EU Referendum: a Mind-Boggling Mindset Mash-up!
I don’t feel good about this, but I can’t help despising most of the people involved in the Brexit campaign: Nigel Farage, Iain Duncan Smith, Norman Tebbit, Owen Paterson, George…
December 15, 2015
Latest Chapter in the Palm Oil and Deforestation Saga
Today (Tuesday 15th December) in London, we’ll be launching our Report on High Carbon Stock (HCS) forests, and the role of the palm oil industry in helping both to identify them…
November 14, 2015
FiFo – Fish-In, Fish-Out
Global food security is all about sourcing enough protein, on a genuinely sustainable basis, for a population in excess of nine billion people in the second half of this century.…