by Michelle Marks | Sep 27, 2021 | Your Business and the Environment
Why Local Supply Chains should be Balanced with Longer Ones The UK’s food system is grappling supply chains challenges post-COVID with fuel and post-Brexit labour shortages. Throw into the mix the carbon impacts, as well as healthy diets and much of the chatter is...
by Michelle Marks | May 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
World Bee Day; A Great Opportunity to Motivate Your Teams about Environment Today, May 20th, is World Bee Day – but the content in this post is ‘evergreen.’ These amazing creatures give us so much. They pollinate 75-90+% or our crops including many staples like apples...
by Michelle Marks | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
In this article, How will Social Contagion affect the way you run your business – and what does Social Contagion mean? We’ve reached the point where businesses must embrace Climate Action or get left behind. That’s not only because we’re facing a climate...
by Michelle Marks | Feb 18, 2021 | Your Business and the Environment
I’m asking the Question; Can We Plant Our Way Out of Trouble? I keep reading that we can’t plant our way out of the problem. So the reason for this post is to look at carbon offset and answer the question; Why not? Let’s be straight from the get-go. I’m not...
by Michelle Marks | Dec 21, 2020 | News, Your Business and the Environment
Attract the best Hospitality Workers Attracting and retaining good staff is a challenge for all industries, but none more so than the hospitality sector. This sector traditionally sees high turnover from a broad range of people with differing backgrounds and cultures....
by Michelle Marks | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today is World Food Day. How many of us take food for granted? For many of us, food is so plentiful that we frequently don’t give it the respect and value it deserves. Yet, there are many people around us, and beyond our localities who don’t have enough food....
by Michelle Marks | Aug 11, 2020 | News
The National Food Strategy Part One – It’s Out! I was excited to read the new National Food Strategy Part 1 (NFS) document, recently published in July. I have recently taken part in various discussions and an in depth local workshop (in York) on building...
by Michelle Marks | May 31, 2020 | Your Business and the Environment
COVID Crossroads – What Happens to Business After Lockdown? Blue skies, audible birdsong and cleaner waterways may only be a temporary feature which will reverse after lockdown. We are already getting used to seeing more cars on the roads again. Worryingly, people are...
by Michelle Marks | Apr 30, 2020 | Your Business and the Environment
Sustainability and Resilience Post COVID-19 How do we focus on sustainability and how should we build resilience post lockdown? How do we respond to the new set of challenges the coronavirus has thrown at us? It’s clear that how we all do business is going to change...
by Michelle Marks | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized, Your Business and the Environment
Protect the Environment while Home Working; Six Simple Tips As we all adjust to the Covid-19 lockdown, isolation and home working, I’m reading a lot of posts about protecting our mental health. Whilst working from home, take this opportunity to consider the...
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