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Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas

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Fossil fuel subsidies – pouring petrol on the climate fire?

An IMF report this week (6th October 2021) suggests the fossil fuel industry receives subsidies of $5.9tn per year – or a more understandable $11m per minute. The climate crisis is already big enough – why are we stoking the fire?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: News, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable energy
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Sustainable Products

How do you know if a product or service is sustainable?
What is a sustainable product?
How do you go about defining, designing and developing them?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Hints and Tips, Practical Guidance, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Products

Driving change in a crisis – can we do it?

COVID-19 has provided an enormous shock to our way of life and economy. It’s still unfolding, and the consequences are unclear and uncertain.
Yet amongst this turmoil, there's a growing recognition that life after COVID-19, should that be possible, could and must be different.
Does our current situation provide the conditions for improving life and building a better world?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value
Eart Day 2020

Earth Day is 50 today!

The Coronavirus crisis is providing a massive shock to our way of life, our health, well being, businesses and livelihoods.
Will this shock provide a wake-up call to re-prioritise what’s important and what’s of value?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: News, Towards 9 Billion
Trust - having values and sticking to them

Trust in business? – 5 key things you must get right

Arguably trust in businesses revolves around having purpose, values & sticking to them. But what does this mean in practice?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Hints and Tips, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainability Shorts
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Sustainability Issues 2020 | Business Purpose

Research shows people are losing trust in public institutions and even capitalism as it is now. What can businesses do to build trust?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainability Issues
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Transforming the business case for sustainability

In a business context it’s often been necessary to justify why sustainability is important with a business case. While it gets less visibility now, it’s still common to see the symptoms of not having a good business case, or one that’s not widely implemented.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Hints and Tips, Practical Guidance, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Business Management, Sustainable Business Strategy
Sustainability-Myths

Biodiversity and business is for the birds

We can often struggle to see the relevance of biodiversity to business. But even if distant, the links, risks and dependencies are vital.

This article looks at the main issues, drivers and impacts and explores the example of Garden Centres to see how biodiversity relates to business in practice.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Natural Capital, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas
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Climate change

The world seems to be finally getting its head around the idea that climate change is turning into climate emergency but is there still too great a gap between words and action?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Towards 9 Billion
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Sustainable Business Culture

Any change in organisational priority implies a change in organisational approach and capacity. Successful sustainability must be approached as a change issue, in the norms, values systems and structures of an organisation as much as the specific ambition, goals and performance commitments of a sustainability strategy.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Practical Guidance, Provocations, Sustainable Business Management, Towards 9 Billion
Sustainable budgeting - Accountants have always weighed up the future

UK Budget 2018 – any finance for a sustainable future?

The budget indicates the government’s funding priorities. We cut through the noise and look at what's important for the environment and sustainability.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainability Issues

Sustainable Business: cost or value?

Why you should look at sustainable business as a source of business value rather than a simply a cost of business.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value
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