By James Robey
Last month, with minimal media commentary the carbon concentration of the atmosphere crept past the 400 parts per million (PPM) level for the first time in several million years. While 400 PPM is in many ways just a number on a scientific...
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By James Robey
I’ve long considered how sustainability could be measured and presented in an easily comprehendible way. It seems that some of the measures commonly employed in the sustainability world are extremely esoteric and far from easy to...
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By James Robey
When discussing how to best support your sustainability strategy with human capital, it is tempting to assume that the responsibility for driving sustainability programmes will, in the future, continue to sit solely within dedicated sustainability...
Read moreToday is the United Nation’s International Day of the Girl Child.As educating women is the most effective single contribution that can be made to achieving the broadest number of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, that’s why Capgemini...
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By James Robey
Two articles caught my eye this week. First of all on Wednesday, The Times published a piece on the woes of the horticultural industry. The torrential summer rain has led to a squeeze in the peat supply chain!Peat may be seen as cipher for the more...
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By James Robey
Ever wondered what a place would look like if it contained all the different species of animal, bird and plant life we find across the world today? Well, in Ecuador you will find 65% of them! I recently accompanied an educational trip of school...
Read moreLast night I drove the 30 miles home in a family car, on the motorway using precisely no diesel or petrol and in theory had zero CO2 emissions. How did I do it? I was in a Vauxhall Ampera, a new type of electric vehicle, known as an Extended-Range...
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By James Robey
Up until now, I have to say I haven’t got too excited by the debate around the correct terminology to be used in the “Sustainability” world. However, I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t taking on a new importance.There are a number...
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By James Robey
I came across a curious fact in an article about aircraft weights in this month's British Airways in-flight magazine ...“… and unplanned weight has its own fuel cost implication. Were you to – and please don’t – secrete a tea bag on board a...
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By James Robey
Returning to the topic of energy of which we have discussed many times before, there was an interesting article in this week’s Nature journal.In the article, James Murray and David King argue that since 2005, oil production has reached an...
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