martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Category Archives: green business
Construction lacks green, key business and foresight skills
Construction lacks essential skills. A recent poll of 1,450 construction employers, conducted by Construction Industry Training Board and Sector Skills Council, CITB-ConstructionSkills, skills gaps such as understanding the implications of green issues (43%), identifying potential new business (39%) and not … Continue reading
Posted in comment, construction, green business, improvement, social media
Tagged CITB, construction, CSR, CSRWire, skills
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What is Green Deal: the hard, the soft, the CSR and the terminology.
Just what is Green Deal? Associated with my support for organisations developing strategies and implementation plans for ’transition’ to eco refit or green deal work, the following documents are proving very useful indeed. Getting Ready for Green Deal (Fairsnape and PBEnergy) Is … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, CSR, green buildings, green business, legislation, sustainability
Tagged CSR, eco-refit, Green Deal, sustainability. green build
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Sustainability in Built Environment dominates Guardian Sustainable Business Awards
Sustainability in the Built Environment dominates Guardian Sustainable Business Award winners: At British Land – winner of the Guardian Sustainable Business built environment award: As the relationship with Camden council shows, British Land takes its corporate responsibility seriously and this is reflected in … Continue reading
sustainable resources and publications update
Items of interest to built environment + natural environment + sustainable communities filtered from the Sustainability Development Research Network (SDRN) update Engaging Places A new initiative has been launched by CABE and English Heritage to help every school exploit the … Continue reading
Green Building Elevates Expectations
Two thousand seven may go down as the year that green buildings became cornerstone of a global strategies to address global warming Green building in the US gets a good review in the recommended recently published paper from Greenbiz.com State … Continue reading
offsetting problems
Financial problems in the mysterious (and distracting) world of carbon offsetting reported in todays Guardian The fledgling carbon-offset market was undermined yesterday when AgCert International, a producer and seller of certified emission reductions (CERs), said a key deal had collapsed … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, green business, News, off setting
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Heros and Texts for a future Built Environment based on #CSR
“suddenly the air smells much greener now” Listening to ‘These Streets’, lyrics by Paolo Nutini summed up the brilliant, inspiring Green Vision conference in Leeds – exploring CSR within the built environment. A mix of talks, presentations, round table discussions … Continue reading →