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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…

Hello everybody,

We have just completed our latest report on opportunities in the UK water sector. This is a key market for large and small companies – worth £22bn up to 2015 on capital investment projects alone in the water companies’ latest 5 year investment programme. However, it’s not always easy to track down the right people, who’s working on what and what the spend is.



Our report Complete AMP5 Contracts and Tier 1 Contractors provides detailed and…

I am a member of a student led city Bike Share scheme- ScratchBikes . The biggest positive for me about the scheme is that it shows that people's attitude to ownership is changing. You don't need to buy…

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. 

Radon is a naturally occurring cancer causing, radioactive gas you can't see, smell or taste.

According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Radon is the second leading cause of lung…

Hello to anyone working in or with the construciton sectior - T…

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Please could anyone recommend a sustainable packaging provider? I have a contact who is looking to source one with a view for potential business,

Many thanks

Rachael

rachael@rkwconsulting.co.uk…

• 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…

The Ecologist has reported that research shows high street chains using "dolphin-friendly" claims on cans of tuna are misleading customers about the damage to other marine wildlife, including turtles. Boots, Greggs, Tesco and Subway are amongst those selling huge quatities of tuna caught using environmentally damaging fishing methods.

Of the UK's top 5 sandwich outlets, only Marks and Spencer uses the more…

GPM Network has worked with many businesses to promote their environmental credentials. Click here for examples of our work.

Here are the top 11 tips as a result of that experience:



1. Keep it real – don’t be tempted to exaggerate or over gloss your environmental claims as the chances are…

Today the London Evening Standard reported outrage as BP chief executive, Tony Howard, claimed that the recent spill, off the southern tip of Louisiana (which left 17 workers injured, 11 missing and 200,000 galleons of crude oil a day leaking into the Gulf of Mexico), was "relatively tiny".

The current size of the Deepwater Horizon spill is hard to measure exactly, but attempts have been made to estimate it. Click here to…