Gregory Borel shares a company post that explores the two key categories of risks, and  business impacts and dependencies on nature. Biodiversity, defined as the variety of living organisms and ecosystems on Earth, is essential for the long-term sustainability of natural, social, and economic systems around the world. Despite over half of the world’s GDP being moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services, human activities are causing an unprecedented and accelerating decline at a global scale.  Thanks to…

Gregory Borel shares a company post that outlines how to reduce energy costs.  The energy landscape is undergoing rapid transformation becoming more sustainable but increasingly complex. Meanwhile, commodity markets are becoming more volatile, resulting in record-high energy prices.  Never has it been more important for businesses to develop an energy strategy to mitigate and manage – and take advantage of – these uncertainties and complexities.  The proposed strategy of different players can be categorised according to the graph below. Four…

Gregory Borel shares a useful checklist for CEOs who are committed to moving towards NetZero and taking the necessary transformative steps. For Commercial Real Estate leaders, the starting point on net-zero is often the ambition: we need to be net-zero by… 2030? 2040? with some of the detailed thinking left for later.  This does not mean starting from scratch: most will have a baseline, a design track record sprinkled with BREEAM awards, some depth in energy efficiency and renewables production…

Gregory Borel shares a company post that highlights the financial and environmental benefits of Net Zero investments. In our previous blog, we recommended a business transformation approach to Net Zero, starting with a clear strategic rationale. The business case is a key foundation of that rationale, and an opportunity to look at Net Zero expenditure not as a cost, but as an investment. A well prioritised Net Zero pathway will start with areas of high value creation: energy savings, and…

Gregory Borel shares a company post designed to help move companies closer to net zero. How will we collectively achieve net zero by 2050? At a high level the answer can be summarised in four key requirements: Use less energy Make the energy we use renewable Protect carbon sinks Collaborate and help others to make the above happen Now, what does a sound and responsible corporate net zero ambition look like? Same as above. Let’s be more specific. Use less…

Gregory Borel shares an older but always relevant post on  dysfunctional “operational excellence.” I am sharing this note following the equally astonishing and disastrous experience of awaiting a shipment sent by my Mother from the South of France to London. You will have unfortunately seen a few of those horrors before. The (rather) long and short of it is that I stayed home a full two working days, handled 10 calls with customer services, adding up well above two hours,…