Haribo to be part of the People's Ad Break
A great idea from ITV. With everyone stuck at home, and discovering hidden creative talents, offer up 5 of the Nation's favourite ad...
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It's time for Greener Marketing
Thanks to John Grant for the chance to have an advance read of his new book Greener Marketing. A vital subject, and one very close to my...
Good Reads: There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee
As well as being the brother of Tim Berners-Lee (he who invented the WWW), Mike Berners-Lee is a professor and fellow of the Institute...
Two thirds of Britons believe Climate Change as serious as Coronavirus
So says new research from Ipsos Mori. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Particularly as we're a long way down the...
HOW things WILL change after Covid-19 is the wrong question
We just can't know the answer, despite the claims of all the 'experts' who have suddenly arrived on the scene: you may as well read your...
Normal was the problem
"WE CAN'T RETURN TO NORMAL, BECAUSE THE NORMAL THAT WE HAD WAS PRECISELY THE PROBLEM" I can't vouch for the translation of this graffiti...
Building resilience in uncertain times: what we can learn from the natural world
"If one virus can wipe out the entire economy in a matter of weeks and shut down societies, then that is proof that our societies are not...
Thought for the day
When this is eventually all over, let's hope... there's (finally) an acceptance that the 'market' only benefits the few, and is...
Football clubs' Covid response
After playing and coaching staff at Leeds United Football Club look a wage deferral so that non-playing and casual staff could remain at...
The Mighty Whites become the first UK football team with an official Covid pay policy
Don't know what's going on with other top football teams in response to Covid-19, but the Mighty Whites are doing their bit with players,...
New music: Billy Bragg can't be there for Mother's Day
New song from Billy on this lockdown Mother's Day, Can't Be There Today. If it doesn't make you cry there's not much I can say.
Coronavirus shows our system is broken
If there is one important lesson to be learnt from the current crisis (assumimg more proof was required post the 2008 crash), it's the...
Now is the time for businesses to show a 'we understand'​ generosity of spirit
Last week, high street retailer Wilko announced it is to cut sick pay entitlement for every member of staff in stores and distribution...
Coronavirus: warning over lack of sick pay for gig economy
There's lots of cheerleaders for the gig economy, and the 'freedom' it brings. They are normally people who don't have to work in that...
Heathrow third runway ruled illegal given potential climate impact
Now that's a positive development. The economic argument was weak at best, and anyway should have taken a backseat to the environmental...
JP Morgan says fossil fuels are a world ending investment
When a leaked report from JP Morgan, the world’s largest financier of fossil fuels, warns clients that the climate crisis threatens the...
Ecover take the fight to fast fashion
As a long-term Ecover buyer, I'm liking the new 'laundry against landfill' strategy. It takes a brand that always had a bit of a soft,...
Buying mattresses online may be convenient but it's not good for the environment
The explosion in online mattress businesses has been one of the internet success stories of recent years. But what, on the face of it,...
How can both electric car sales and car emissions be growing?
Seems counter intuitive yes? But in 2019 sales of electric cars doubled in the UK, which is good news. Yet car-related emissions...
Our economic and social system is broken
So says the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. Just a shame we don't seem to be listening.
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