Shouldn't be posting here, but wanted to put a marker out that there's a far more detailed - and hopefully interesting - output looming on this subject. I am working on a far longer paper on sustainability and the business ...Read More
It's a chap called Stewart Brand. And he's written a book called An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. Actually the full title is Whole Earth Discipline - an Ecopragmatist Manifesto. But it is a great read, and challenges many of the longstanding ...Read More
Well, probably not the most elegant or amusing titles for a blog entry. But then there was little that was elegant about the last 2 weeks. So COP15 is over, and the 'accord' is such a flimsy piece of paper, I ...Read More
So COP15 is nearly over. And business - and its brands - finds itself in between a rock and a hard place - which looks likely to be a hot place too. With no clear architecture emerging, business is now stuck ...Read More
Have just seen an interesting piece that shows on this, the last day of COP15, the business community has been denied access to the conference because of a change in conference policy, that is beautifully and ludicrously ironic. Up until today, ...Read More
I know our group has been responsible for some of the excellent creative work around this campaign - to temporarily rebrand COP15 as Hopenhagen - but I cannot help wondering if it's not such a good idea after all. As an ...Read More
And I couldn't agree more. As a keen snapper, I have often managed to turn a mediocre picture into something approaching a little more than OK, with a good crop, border and frame. But if there's one picture that is terribly ...Read More
So, Sustainable Futures 09 - our commitment to helping companies move towards a more engaging version of CR - is in full swing. And this week, we were presenting some of the findings at the World Retail Congress, in Barcelona. From our ...Read More
As Kavita has mentioned, we have just returned from a trip to Delhi, where we took part in the IHT's Sustainable Luxury Summit: we were fortunate to be part of a very impressive line-up of speakers and I undoubtedly had ...Read More
It's hard to escape the constant ratcheting-up of rhetoric around the economic crisis over the last few months.In the context of sustainability, we've seen a flurry of reports and papers on whether sustainability and CSR will survive during the downturn, ...Read More
