CONTENTS

In this issue

INFORM

Mike Scott

A regular contributor to the

Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Times,

Mike is a freelance writer specialising in environment and business issues for both the media and corporate clients, covering the entire spectrum of green issues

(see supplement)

05 ❘ Idle Thoughts 06 ❘ Carbon Reduction 08 ❘ Waste & Resource Efficiency

09 ❘ Transport

10 ❘ Corporate Strategy 11 ❘ Built Environment

12 ❘ Finance

14 ❘ The Peter McManners Column

REGULARS

16 ❘ Market Intelligence

Asking the customer to “buy green” involves a combination of methods. Peter Winters, president of the market research agency Haddock Research & Branding, evaluates some approaches

Chris Matthews

Chris, head of sustainability at United Utilities, kicks off a brand new column SB will be running in partnership with Business in the Community that is designed as a platform for business leaders to explain how they see sustainability as a corporate opportunity (p14)

18 ❘ Policy Tracker

20 ❘ Leaders

For its size, Commercial Group is the largest independently owned business in the UK. Co-founder Simone Hann tells Tom Idle about her “epiphany moment” and the company’s solid commitment to environmental standards

32 ❘ Diary

FEATURES

DON’T MISS...

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GREENER BUILDINGS

Making energy-efficient commercial properties work for you

22 ❘ Interview

Founded by Tom Szaky after he dropped out of Princeton, Terracycle has become an unlikely success story. Erik Jaques hears how the eco-friendly manufacturer’s creative approach to profit-making, from fertiliser to tote bags – and even a reality TV show – has paid dividends

24 ❘ Ready for the CRC?

Free with this issue

of SB

A new era of regulation has begun for thousands of businesses across the country as they are now required to register their electricity usage with the Environment Agency. Tom Idle examines how this new approach will work on the ground and assesses its impact

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27 ❘ Supply chain management

The business of environmental consulting aims to bring supply chains together. Nick

Cotton and James Cadman explain how

doing more with less has helped focus minds and deliver effective results

28 ❘ Packaging

The existence of natural carbon sinks, such as Scandinavian forests, makes managed forestry a useful method of combating climate change. Richard Hands considers its merits

30 ❘ Cover Story

Since the economic downturn, business schools and their graduates have been criticised for having little or no concern about sustainable business practices.

Professor Jeremy Moon explores how

they are responding to these challenges in the current economic climate

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CONTRIBUTORS

COVER

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