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giles gibbons

@gilesgibbons

Founder of Good Business, The Sustainable Restaurant Association, Shift (formerly We Are What We Do), The Paraorchestra and Good Business Ventures

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Tambuzi is the world’s first rose farm to achieve Carbon Neutral Gold Standard Status and the first Kenyan organisation to sign the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative pledge. Even more excitingly, there are already many members of the Kenyan flower industry looking to join

Tambuzi is the world’s first rose farm to achieve Carbon Neutral Gold Standard Status and the first Kenyan organisation to sign the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative pledge. Even more excitingly, there are already many members of the Kenyan flower industry looking to join
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In last week's edition of Friday 5, we gave the Good Business take on Lucozade Ribena Suntory's decision to pull branding from the #qatarworldcup, but what's your take? lnkd.in/eSqT_C6k

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Is COP15 the most important conference you’ve never heard of? COP15, a UN conference dedicated to biological diversity, kicked off yesterday, and over the next two weeks representatives from 196 nations will gather to adopt a global framework to halt a…lnkd.in/epF-Q5zz

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Did we get it wrong? Should the UN Conference on Biodiversity (#cop15) have been integrated into the more widely known UN Conference on Climate Change (most recently #cop27)? If early results from this poll are anything to go by, we’re in the minority i…lnkd.in/eDMtAvbR

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In last week’s Friday 5, we gave the Good Business take on BrewDog’s decision to step aside from B Corp UK.   As part of a formal investigation by B Lab on the back of specific stakeholder complaints, #brewdog were asked by B Lab to implement additional…lnkd.in/eU5YqNSU

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There’s a fine line between setting bold commitments and over-committing to targets that are too hard to reach. In a recent interview with Oliver Balch for Reuters – I put forward the view that we must allow business to be aspirat…lnkd.in/eFgK7sdE lnkd.in/eyjXjKnD

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The voluntary #carbonoffset market has come under fire again. Last week, an investigation revealed that over 90% of certified rainforest offset credits were found to have no positive impact for the #climate. This raises questio…lnkd.in/eMfe4ST3 lnkd.in/eDBuZTWg

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Planet Tracker's report on the 6 deadly sins of #greenwashing comes amidst increasing regulatory efforts to clamp down on greenwashing practices. Read our full take in last week's Friday 5: lnkd.in/etbHiyHz #greenclaims #sustainability #netzero lnkd.in/eH5E_653

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7/10 British businesses outsource part of their business to third parties, and that rate is growing.   The increase brings a lot of positives (time efficiency, external expertise etc.), as well as some potential dangers. Maybe the…lnkd.in/eqUpipdc lnkd.in/eQkecWfw

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Do we need more carrots? A new analysis last week by the NewClimate Institute, which examined 24 multinational companies that are part of the Race to Zero campaign, has left us wondering whether all scrutiny of #climate commitmen…lnkd.in/e7B2SwNr lnkd.in/ehqjQkVA

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After nearly 20 years at Shift (formerly We Are What We Do), I with David as co chair, bode farewell to the team last night. I am immensely proud of what the organisation has achieved in that and I have huge respect for my colleagues (too many to write!…lnkd.in/eyJUaQWC

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Beer advertising has traditionally reinforced traditional gender roles, portrayed women as seductive and featured women as sexual objects. In a bid to make amends for its own contributions to this, Miller Lite (owned by Molson Co…lnkd.in/ex7HmKhP lnkd.in/eUwjEzyf

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Big day for the SRA. If you are a restaurant, cafe, hotel, anywhere in the world, you can now assess your sustainability performance with the new Food Made Good Sustainability Standard. Go to the thesra.org to start your journey. Congratu…lnkd.in/eCdNcYHu

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NEWS! We are so excited to announce Lloyd Coleman will be joining us full time as our 1st Associate Music Director: paraorchestra.com/lloyd-coleman-…

NEWS! We are so excited to announce <a href="/LloydRColeman/">Lloyd Coleman</a> will be joining us full time as our 1st Associate Music Director: paraorchestra.com/lloyd-coleman-…
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We do need to call time on the “purpose parasites” and certainly put an end of the myths and spin of bullshit CSR. B…lnkd.in/eukYDpD