The fracking debate in Europe continues to fascinate and provoke. The most fascinating part? The concerns voiced by opponents are not their real concerns. And the real concerns are rarely discussed. The topic of shale gas exploration (commonly known… read more →
Look as hard as you like, but you will not find any country implementing, or even proposing effective action against climate change. While scientists continue publishing newer and firmer evidence of climate change, no government seems willing to invest the… read more →
“Green marketing” has become a hot topic, and as ever with the fashionable, a lot of nonsense is being talked. The number of myths in this area is astonishing. We offer a few thoughts worth we believe remembering: 1. “18 %… read more →
Two things can be said with confidence about this December’s Copenhagen Conference on climate change. First, the outcome will be hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ and a ‘great step forward’. And second, it will be another failure. No doubt there will… read more →
“They can change the industry in the same way that we used to expect the government to change industry.” – Jeffrey Hollender, President Seventh Generation, talking about Wal-Mart This is a remarkable statement, and it is true. Wal-Mart and Tesco… read more →
Many companies who sell to Wal-Mart and Tesco have found in the last year that they are facing an increasingly complex set of demands on environmental issues. What is happening? Why have these companies embraced sustainability? Or have they? These… read more →
“After 13 hours of assembling all the parts, I finally got home with a perfectly functional 3D printer. A machine that can automatically sculpt and create almost any object, like something out of science fiction; and how did I make this fandandangled… read more →
When a pressure group complains… Listen “Who are these people? Why are they attacking us? They have no legitimacy, they haven’t been elected by anyone. They don’t understand our industry. We’re correct on the science. Their arguments aren’t rational, they’re… read more →
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) provides the best opportunity for better protecting Europe’s fish. The MSC was established to encourage brands to compete with each other. From our perspective at HLC, this process has stalled, or at least could be… read more →
In our previous essay, Life after Copenhagen, we laid out the reasons we believed that Copenhagen would be a failure. On this occasion, it gives us at HLC no great pleasure to say “we told you so”. It is striking how… read more →