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Companies serious about climate change should boycott CoP 29
April 3, 2024
At some point over the next couple of months, Chief Sustainability Officers will be making decisions and recommendations about this year's CoP in Azerbaijan at the end of the year. My advice to them: spare yourselves the hassle. Just don't send anyone.
There’s a Lot Riding on The Global Plastics Treaty
Waste,Retail,Business,Young People
June 19, 2023
On Friday 2nd June, in Paris, 170 nations signed up to an agreement to draft a Global Plastics Treaty by the end of 2024. This is a positive step on our journey to tackle plastic pollution.But don't hold your breath. The meaningful nature of the treaty is under threat. The fossil fuel and…
The Aotearoa Circle: An Initiative for Our Times
Government,Business,New Zealand,Nature & Natural Capital
May 4, 2021
Back in 2016, I sat down in Auckland with a very good friend of mine, Rob Fenwick, to share our frustrations at the difficulty of getting New Zealanders to understand the critical importance of New Zealand’s natural wealth – its soils, forests, biodiversity, rivers, coastlines, oceans and so on. We…
Do you want the good news? Or the bad?
July 31, 2020
Six months into the pandemic, it’s anybody’s guess whether: 1. Governments are effectively using their massive recovery programmes to address the Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies; 2. Businesses are effectively using their voice (and backing words with actions) to encourage governments to seize…
The least we should expect of business is to call out the failure of the system
July 23, 2020
For the past 25 years of my life, I’ve been an uncompromising advocate of the benefits of NGOs working with business rather than working against business, in order to accelerate the transition to a genuinely sustainable economy. I still am, but not in the same way, and absolutely not on the same…