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Stranded Assets: Why Sustainability Scenario Appraisals are now part of smart business practice

Written by Ross on 3rd March 2019. Posted in investment, Responsible Management, sustainability, Sustainability Leadership.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Smart organisations, especially those utilities vulnerable to climate change or holding traditional fossil fuel investments now need to protect themselves. With increasing national regulations on carbon release, climate regulation and with consumers favouring more sustainable...

#sustainability #business #sustainability in business #leadership #environmentalleadership, asset management, Climate Change, scenario analysis, stranded assets

Building a Responsible Leadership Culture

Written by Ross on 17th February 2019. Posted in Corporate Social responsibility, EMS, environmental training, responsible leadership, Responsible Management.

Reading Time: 15 minutes Committed to a Responsible Leadership Culture? Organisations cannot expect a responsible leadership and sustainability culture to be built for them by HR, EHS and EMS teams. Orgamisational leaders through active involvement and participation, with commitment to the issues...

Human resource strategy, leadership training

Mentoring Young Sustainability Leaders – 3 Key Lessons

Written by Ross on 5th February 2019. Posted in Corporate Social responsibility, environmental training, responsible leadership, Sustainability Leadership.

Reading Time: 6 minutes After 25 years’ experience in environmental impact assessment, responsible management and sustainability. I repeatedly find that 3 common themes crop up again and again when coaching and mentoring young managers and leaders. When mentoring young sustainability managers...

mentoring, new leaders, professional development, young professionals

Climate Change storytelling & the UK chip

Written by Ross on 5th February 2019. Posted in Climate Change.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Climate change is a complex subject to communicate technically to the wider population, especially whilst the direction of travel is clear, the precision of local scenarios is still vague in the minds of communities. Climate change storytelling, however, can package learning...

agriculture, farming, potato, sustainable farming

Innovation is at the heart of Sustainability

Written by Ross on 31st January 2019. Posted in sustainability, Sustainability Leadership.

Reading Time: 5 minutes If we are to address many of the issues facing people and their environments, such as single-use plastics, we need to place innovation at the heart of sustainability within business. There are some great media stories out there extolling the steps that companies or brands...

#sustainability #business #sustainability in business #leadership #environmentalleadership, Innovation, leadership, plastic, plasticreduction

Getting Green Done ……

Written by Ross on 18th January 2019. Posted in Climate Change, CSR, leadership, sustainability.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Prior experience is a valuable commodity when ‘getting green done’ in organizations. It takes time, networks and experience to deliver your sustainability mission at times. I was amazed as a young environmental mentee lamented her recent lack of success in...

#IEMA #EMS #EHS, #lowcarboneconomy, #sustainability #business #sustainability in business #leadership #environmentalleadership, management

‘Consume less’ to save the Planet or ‘Consume more’ to save your Economy

Written by Ross on 16th January 2019. Posted in leadership, responsible leadership, sustainability, Uncategorized.

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhoto by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com ‘Consume less’ to save the Planet or ‘Consume more’ to save your Economy. A political and economic paradox, but a paradox that is currently operating in the UK. Over 2/3rds of the UK’s GDP depends on household consumption. Whilst this...

#lowcarboneconomy, #sustainability #business #sustainability in business #leadership #environmentalleadership

CLIMATE CHANGE – FACT OR FEELIE-FACT

Written by Ross on 25th November 2018. Posted in Climate Change, energy effeciency, leadership, Uncategorized.

Reading Time: 6 minutes Fact or Feelie-Fact! I was addressing a small group of SME business owners this week and we started to discuss the issue of climate change first as a potential business risk for some of their enterprises and supply changes, but also as an opportunity for some of them in how...

What Brexit teaches us about Leadership

Written by Ross on 21st November 2018. Posted in leadership, Uncategorized.

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is leadership? There are a multitude of definitions out there concerning leadership, but basically it seems to boil down to the ability of an individual to influence and guide their followers in a specific direction. In business and in other forms of life it will also...