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I don't tend to read many "green" books these days - not because I think I know it all, but because I'm topping up my knowledge everyday simply by doing my job, so sitting down in the evening and opening a weighty tome at p1 is less than appealing. However, I had heard a lot about these two titles so I read them back to back. On the face of it the two cover similar ground - charting the scale of the environmental challenge and what we need to do to fix it, but they go about their jobs in…

The last two Christmases I have published "Pearls of Wisdom" - short compendia of wise words on CSR/green business/corporate responsibility compiled from contributors to The Green Executive. I intend to do the same this year but, in lieu of the book interviews, would like to crowd source some contributions.

What I need are 1 or 2, maximum 3 sentences giving a real insight for…

I've just entered and won my second battle with a climate "sceptic". After the bruising experience of the first win (with an Emeritus Professor), I thought I would take a more intelligent approach. It worked, so I thought I would share.

The standard "sceptic" tactic is to bombard you with a barrage of nonsense to debunk - everything from the survival rates of polar bears to whether ice is melting on Mars. Most of this is irrelevant, cherry picked or simply made up and it…

I have a contact who needs some advice on these regulations - please send me your details and credentials (to gareth@terrainfirma.co.uk) if you have genuine experience/expertise in these and I'll pass them on. 

• Cause a big environmental disaster (ahem, BP...)
• Overstate your case and end up being accused of greenwash
• Expect your customers to take the pain
• Rely on an immature supply chain
• Leave 'green' in a ghetto/silo
• Give your sustainability staff responsibility but no authority
• Set no budget
• Expect a…