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The Addictive Quest for Transcendence

The Addictive Quest for Transcendence

Certain experiences rise above the everyday. They don’t merely impress us – they overwhelm us. They bypass cognition and connect directly with your soul, producing an involuntary jolt that makes you want to leap from your seat. These are the…

Winter 2026

Why Calling Natural Capital ‘Extractive’ is NONSENSE

Why Calling Natural Capital ‘Extractive’ is NONSENSE

There is a strange and persistent accusation thrown at natural capital: that it is ‘extractive’. That investing in landscapes, restoring ecosystems, and revitalising rural economies is somehow the same as mining, monocropping, and deep-sea dredging. It’s a comparison so wildly…

Winter 2026

The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Enshrining our Approach in Statute

The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Enshrining our Approach in Statute

Scotland has just passed landmark legislation that introduces new standards of transparency, community benefit, and environmental accountability for large landholders. The new land management requirements that will be introduced by the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill align with what we’ve been…

Winter 2026

The Climate Businesses of Tomorrow Start with Oxygen Conservation

The Climate Businesses of Tomorrow Start with Oxygen Conservation

Peter Thiel is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, and author whose insights have shaped the trajectory of some of the world’s most transformative companies. As a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and the first outside investor in Facebook, Thiel’s contrarian approach…

Winter 2026

ESG: The Label No Longer Relevant

ESG: The Label No Longer Relevant

The latest flurry of panic in the environment sector has related to Trump’s (et al.) impact on the ESG agenda. Are corporates abandoning ESG? Has the tide turned against sustainability? But before we leap to outrage or eulogies, let’s ask…

Winter 2026

Carbon, Capital, and Creative Chaos: 13 Lessons from Climate Week NYC

Carbon, Capital, and Creative Chaos: 13 Lessons from Climate Week NYC

Climate Week in New York is a strange kind of theatre. Imagine the United Nations General Assembly meets Glastonbury – world leaders, billionaires, scientists, activists, and investors all squeezed into midtown hotel ballrooms, coffee shops (largely absent of bathrooms), and…

Winter 2026

Leadership in the Age of Climate Disruption

Leadership in the Age of Climate Disruption

During New York Climate Week, I had the privilege of joining the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative for a discussion about the most wicked problem of our time. Being invited into a discussion with…

Winter 2026