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6 May 2021
Six great sustainability startups – meet the winners of the Santander X Environmental Challenge
Tackling the climate emergency is the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetime. It will take…
22 April 2021
Earth Day 2021 – Six key climate change voices; Christiana Figueres, Huw Van Steenis, Greta Thunberg and more
Happy Earth Day! It feels like a pit stop on the Race To Zero - namely the global campaign to…
19 April 2021
What does the future of travel look? Can the sector bounce back post-Covid?
If you were asked what you missed most during lockdown what would you say? Seeing anyone outside of…
8 April 2021
What Emmanuel Faber’s ousting from Danone means for the future of the ESG movement
Journalism,Articles,Podcasting
What’s your view on Clubhouse? It’s the audio-only app which went live on iOs last year and feels…
5 February 2021
Accelerating change – three things I learned at Future Investment Initiative 2021
Ongoing attempts to contain the Covid19 pandemic meant that many of the big events that…
22 June 2020
Five things I learned from interviewing Allan Pease
Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Allan Pease, communications guru at the Recovery…
19 June 2020
1 week -> MC & moderator in 3 conferences; FIA mobility and sport conference, The Recovery Summit, Transition Forum – Here’s what I learned
So it is Friday and I am now looking back over what has been a rather busy week. With June still…
17 June 2020
On the UN World Day to combat Desertification and Drought – what can tech do to solve water shortages?
Today, June 17th is the UN’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. It really is a…
17 June 2020
Three places at once – the FIA, Recovery Summit and Transition Forum
This week is one of those where I have ended up in three places at once, virtually of course. It…
19 May 2020
A date for your diary – The Recovery Summit
When is the last time your conversation with someone didn’t involve the word ‘pandemic?’ I’ve…
12 May 2020
How do we design a post-Covid world?
What will the future of the world be like post Covid-19? Take your pick of crystal ball forecasts.…
28 April 2020
How do we build back better post Covid-19?
How do we come back from this? Not since World War II has so much of the world been so shattered by…
17 April 2020
Managing Under Uncertainty – Expert tips for business leaders as they seek to thrive in a crisis
So with a fair chunk of the world of Covid19 lockdown for at least another month we have plenty of…
14 April 2020
Four more ways to improve your video conferencing presentation skills
Communication Training,Articles
We’re over three weeks into Lockdown, though it feels like three months. Or is it three years? I’ve…
30 March 2020
Four techniques to improve your video conferencing presentation skills
Communication Training,Articles
(or, how to Zoom your way through Covid-19) I’m doing online communication training courses -…
12 March 2020
Six things I learned from my time at Kakuma refugee camp with iamtheCODE
I spent five days in Kakuma refugee camp on an iamtheCODE.org mission. The organisation has…
6 March 2020
Six truly inspirational women – for International Women’s Day
On Sunday it is International Women’s Day. I will be celebrating with the girls of Kakuma refugee…
27 February 2020
Thinking the unthinkable. Radical solutions for climate change – we got ‘em!
Nothing like some trolling by people whose side you’re on to make you feel good. Earlier in the…
19 February 2020
Meet iamtheCODE
I am excited that at the beginning of March I am travelling to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to…
14 February 2020
BP’s net zero plans and KKR’s new impact fund. Stepping stones towards Global Goals?
I am taking a moment to examine the two huge Global Goals related news stories in the past 48…
6 February 2020
Is COP26 in Glasgow our last shot at a meaningful cut in carbon emissions? Christiana Figueres interview
Leadership Matters! Within the gossip and mud throwing around the sacking of Claire O’Neill from…
3 February 2020
Climate Change at Davos 2020 – nine key voices (videos)
At Davos 2020 I was fortunate enough to speak to a wide variety of interesting, knowledgeable and…
31 January 2020
Davos 2020: AI, Greta, changing capitalism and women on the moon…
It’s fairly easy to write Davos off as the place where billionaires go to meet other billionaires…
16 January 2020
Climate change, Gen-Z, Stakeholder Capitalism – the key themes for Davos 2020
So here we are hurtling towards the end of January and that can only mean one thing - it is time…
3 January 2020
Mark Carney makes the financial case for tackling climate change
I believe that in 2020 we’ll hear a lot more about what I consider to be the most important issue…
20 December 2019
2020 – are we on a Highway to Hell?
As AC/DC memorably sang a few decades ago - are we on a Highway to Hell? Well sometimes I……
19 December 2019
The 2019 election – a new dawn in the UK’s battle against climate change?
Notable for its staggering lack of leadership from governments, COP25 failed to deliver. “The point…
9 December 2019
New Global GoalsCast – can companies save the planet?
As you may know through Greta Thunberg’s boating escapades, the interjection from the Pope, and the…
22 November 2019
How technology is tackling the slave trade
In 1807 William Wilberforce, along with many supporters, managed to put an end to the Transatlantic…