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Successfully implementing sustainability in an organisation can be tricky. Over the years I’ve worked with many organisations and seen the traps they can fall into, here are the top 5: Trap #1 No (or poor) strategy – if you’re implementing the wrong things (however well) you’re not heading in the right direction Trap #2 Poor …
What did the 2017 budget mean for sustainability? A concise overview of what it means.
Sustainable Business Model Canvas - the building blocks you need to plan a sustainable business model, operations and best practice - all on one page!
We have just produced a series of short, sharp blogs for sustainability practitioners on Edie. Each one provides a bridge between the big ideas and analysis in our Towards 9 Billion book series and the challenges and issues encountered by sustainability professionals in their daily lives. The pieces cover the rise of sustainability context, technology …
May 2016 Terrafiniti’s two founding partners are both delighted and honoured to be included in the first set of Working Fellows in the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. Chair of the ICRS, Claudine Blamey said, “Offering Fellowship to the very best CRS practitioners strengthens the profession and the Institute. Those selected have a wide …
April 2016 Our commentary on the issues and challenges related to one of the big topics in sustainability at present, the multiple capitals concept, has been published by the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales). The ICAEW’s Rethinking Capitals initiative brings together business, academics, practitioners, policy makers, and members of civil society …
19th November 2014 Our Days are Worth Years Is time running out for a sustainable world? Every day we are assailed with bad news about the environmental and social challenges coming our way. By 2050 we are told, we will have many millions (even billions) of hungry mouths to feed and less food, water or …
3rd February 2014 Energy economics as if thermodynamics mattered The Laws of Thermodynamics describe the fundamental physical principles governing the way energy behaves, and provably frame and shape our scope for existence. Yet they are effectively ignored by economic policy and process.
27th June 2013 New governance for sustainability The Salzburg Global Seminar was formed in 1948 with a mission to “…challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern.” Joss was invited to the Seminar’s session 515 – new governance for sustainability to talk about Terrafiniti’s IPO for Earth concept. See the slides and …
11th June 2013 Essential foundations for a circular economy The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and Environmental Services Association 2013 conference focussed upon the promise and challenges of the circular economy. Joss Tantram of Terrafiniti took part in a panel discussion focusing on the essential building blocks of a sustainable transformation focusing on abundance, price …
June 2013 Towards 9 Billion Second Sight is a platform, a publisher and a lab about trend research and trend forecasting. With its quarterly magazine Second Sight provides an ongoing research into the spirit of our times. Terrafiniti’s Towards 9 Billion concept was featured within Second Sight’s Issue #34 on Interdependence.
Practicing what we preach? – employment practices in CSR and sustainability Unpaid internships and zero-hour contracts have hit headlines recently. As our sector promotes best practice, should it lead the fight for better employment or follow the race to the bottom? Our survey has gathered data from the CSR sector.
