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Here are some of my most recent consultancy clients. If you
want to see some previous clients click here or if you want to see
speeches click here.
 
MARKS &
SPENCER (Sep/Oct08)
Having
written a consumer
briefing sheet (and done a video)
on carrier bags for M&S, I am now working on a similar
briefing on packaging issues, which will be published
online. This will be followed by a briefing paper, also on
packaging issues but targeted at businesses, government and NGOs,
explaining in more detail M&S's strategy, approach and policy
recommendations. And, alongside Jane Bickerstaffe from Incpen
(Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) and Mark
Barthel from WRAP (Material
Change for a Better Environment) I sit on an expert advisory
panel at M&S focusing on packaging too!
RECKITT
BENCKISER (Sep08)
Behind
brands like Finish, Dettol, Veet, Vanish, Airwick and Cilit Bang,
Reckitt Benckiser are a leading player in the household cleaning
market. Following a speech
I gave to Reckitt executives they asked me to advise them on
sustainability issues. The interesting point of difference
for Reckitt B is that their commitment to reduce carbon emissions
by 20% by 2020 (Carbon
20), includes emissions throughout the life cycle of their
products - even during consumer use. Did you know that 90% of the
impact of a surface cleaner is when it's being used? And
changing consumer habits is not easy.
MORRISONS
(Mar08) I've
started working with Morrisons advising them on sustainability
issues. Their newly built Bradford headquarters is state of
the art. I spent a couple of days there finding out what
they have done to date. This included visiting a local
Morrisons store, a fruit and vegetable packing and distribution centre
and Farmer's
Boy, their meat processing factory.
  PROCTER
& GAMBLE EXPERT ADVISORY GROUPS
(Jan&Feb08)
I've been
to both Germany and Switzerland to sit on expert panels advising
Procter & Gamble on sustainability issues to do with their
baby care, laundry and cleaning products. The sessions give
a fascinating insight into the how the corporate giant behind
brands like Ariel, Fairy and Pampers is serious about reducing
it's global footprint.
   NUMIS
- INVESTMENT BANK
I've been working
with Numis investment bank helping identify potential
opportunities in renewable and clean technologies for them to
raise capital for. I'm particularly interested in looking at
opportunities in anaerobic digestion (AD) systems.
 MARKS
& SPENCER
I first started
working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned
to do a report on sustainability issues relating to the food
sector. The brief was to look at the broad drivers for
change, to prioritise the key issues affecting food, identify the
key organisations shaping the debate and make recommendations on
what M&S should do in this area. Their feedback was 'a
superb piece of work that is really going to help us move forward'
and subsequently they gave me credit for helping them get Plan A
off the ground. In 2007 I did some more work with them
on food strategy and I continue to have a close working
relationship on a range of issues.
 SHELL
In February
2008 I made a presentation to Shell communication executives on
sustainability energy issues. They were looking to be
challenged and provoked in an intense session lasting over an
hour, which included time for a lengthy Q&A. In 2005
Shell commissioned me to write one of a series of Guidance
Notes,
on social performance in the retail environment.
 MCDONALDS
I haven't been the greatest
fan of McDonalds in the past but was impressed with their response to
Greenpeace's campaign in 2006 on soya used in chicken feed coming from
newly cleared rainforest. (See
more about this in my Blog). So I went to Naples to give a
presentation to McDonalds European Management Team on sustainability
issues. This trip was covered in the Financial
Times. And I've agreed to go to Chicago at the end of April to sit
on a panel debate on the same theme to an audience of McDonalds
international management. They clearly weren't too horrified by what
I had to say because I was then invited to Chicago as part of a
panel of experts to talk to an international audience of McDonalds
restaurant owners and other employees. We were
told to be provocative and give our honest views of the organisation,
which I enjoyed! See My
Blog for a detailed description of the trip.
McDonalds
Blog - Why a business blog is the best tool for developing authenticity (7may07)
McDonald’s
used to take a defensive approach to its image as a destroyer of the
environment. It even went so far as to sue
Julia Hailes the author of a book about green living because she
implicated them in the destruction of the rainforest.
McDonalds
Blog: A
visit to McDonalds – McD CSR website (2may07)
Julia
participated in a panel discussion that explored our CSR past, present and
future. We encouraged her to be provocative because we want to be challenged
to create game changing social and environmental policies and programs. And
she sure delivered. She has strong opinions about McDonald's, and she's not
afraid to vocalize them.
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