July 23, 2020
The least we should expect of business is to call out the failure of the system
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…
May 28, 2020
Beyond COVID-10: Can Business Really ‘Build Back Better’?
First published by Forum for the Future, May 28, 2020 | The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating impact – both in terms of lives lost and economic disruption. At Forum for the…
May 28, 2017
Unilever versus Kraft/Heinz: Competing Models of Capitalism
For all sorts of reasons, the way people feel about corporate sustainability is influenced disproportionately by how well Unilever is seen to be doing through its Sustainable…
September 26, 2016
The Extraordinary Works of the Late, Great, David Fleming
David Fleming was one of the most important people in my early green life – perhaps the most important. When I joined the Green Party in the mid-70s (or Ecology Party as it was…
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…
December 11, 2014
Shock Horror! Tories and Lib Dems Don’t Agree about the Economy
I can’t deny that it’s highly entertaining watching the Coalition Government energetically tearing itself to pieces over the future of the economy. You’ve just got to laugh out…