Are the big car companies the capitalist dinosaurs whose time has come if we are to beat climate change?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021As the FT notes this morning: [D]espite months of pressure by the UK, four of the world’s five largest carmakers — Volkswagen, Toyota, the Renault-Nissan
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Greed is a threat to democracy
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021As many have reported, the US Federal Reserve has issued a warning on inflated asset prices overnight as US stock markets hit another new record
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There is no point in the SNP saying there will be another referendum with the currency issue still in the air
Monday, November 8th, 2021When I wrote a quick tweet referring to the SNP on Saturday I did not expect the reaction that followed. Now my follow up post
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Are large companies really paying legal dividends?
Saturday, November 6th, 2021What this post is about This post deals with a technical issue that is, however, of enormous significance to the UK and other economies. There
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Carbon counting is ultimately not what matters when it comes to climate change: getting rid of carbon is what matters
Friday, November 5th, 2021As the FT notes this morning: As Gillian Tett also noted in her article: [W]hile the corporate and government pledges emanating from the talks have
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Why carbon offset should almost never be a part of audited financial statements
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021Over the last day there appears to have been a pile-on of commentators on this blog all saying that my arguments on carbon offsetting implicit
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What we need is the faith to realise that we humans can innovate our way out of the climate crisis. Not by working to keep things as they are. But to make them as they should be.
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021David Willets is a commentator on this blog. He posted this in response to my post on advertising: I am not asking facetiously, as I’d
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The world of business is focussing on the problems of counting carbon when it should be addressing the need to eliminate carbon
Monday, November 1st, 2021As the FT notes this morning: Whenever companies address their climate impact, they tend to review their own immediate operations. But widely accepted science-based targets
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Advertising should be on the agenda at COP 26 - because it drives out excess consumption with the sole intention of making us miserable
Monday, November 1st, 2021COP 26 has begun. There are, unfortunately, few signs for optimism. I am not surprised. Whilst I am quite sure that most young people get
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