Soviet Union – bastion of communism, communal good, anti-competition? Well it certainly was in 1942 in the midst of WW2. But as I’m learning from a long overdue re-watch of ‘The World at War’ (Thames Television 1970s triumph), some astonishing marketing genius emerged from the heart of the Kremlin that we can learn from even today. So in a…
Thanks to the Marketing Society for a great Annual Lecture last night – by Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever… If the assembled 300 audience didn’t realise it before, by the end we were quite clear he’s one of the most influential men on the planet, outgunning David Cameron et al by some margin… running an organisation that operates in…
So, it’s in the news today that Apple have published details of their supply chain and all the issues it has found – with underage workers, overworking, financial mismanagement, etc…. It adds up to a hell of a list of new years resolutions for the tech giant to get stuck into. So do we commend Apple on making this…
So, the swingeing cuts have included the government funding for the ‘arms length’ Sustainable Development Commission – for which I have been an expert panel member since its inception in 2006. I’ve just received a letter telling me it will close at the end of 2010 unless the devolved administrations want to keep some form of it going for…
Watching the ‘Women’ triad of documentaries on BBC gave me food for thought – not just over how lucky my generation is to have choices we take for granted, but also the similarities between how those ‘feminists’ felt in the 1960s vs how many sustainability advocates feel now. Of course, ‘feminism’ is a dirty word nowadays, seems to have…
I was in the foyer of the BBC yesterday and noticed that their stationery had arrived – cases of Evolve 100% recycled paper, exactly the same as I use. I was delighted. And then I thought, if even the BBC can do it (huge organisation, slow to change), then its really not hard. Why do we even use up…
Congratulations to the Ecology Building Society! They’ve been winning awards left right and centre for the hard work they do in creating genuinely ethical savings products – Ethical Consumer Magaxine’s ‘best buy’ 2009, and What Mortgage’s ‘best environmental lender’ awards and even ‘Mortgage Finance Gazette’s’ ‘best green lender’ award. Its because they are very strict on who they lend…
As December’s climate talks in Copenhagen draw near, the political shenanigans are rife – today the Guardian report that China and many developing nations think the developed nations are trying to sabotage reaching an agreement on the successor to Kyoto – the agreement to address climate change by cutting carbon emissions through various market and policy mechanisms. So are…
In a world of decaying trust, where…
A fascinating panel discussion of experienced Chairmen…
