EcoVadis and UNESCO

Hotel Bellechasse 1 Hotel Bellechasse, in the lift

A fairly energetic day in Paris, where I arrived last night, staying again at the Hotel Bellechasse. Then around the corner to an advisory board meeting with EcoVadis, before heading across after lunch to UNESCO for a meeting with Liz Longworth and colleagues. Delighted to see such things as a Calder mobile outside and a large photograph of a whaleshark in the lobby. Jonah Goldstein also took me to see the Picasso mural, which he noted hadn’t been signed by the artist – I said I wasn’t surprised, the painting didn’t strike me as that wonderful. But then I spotted the central figure as we rounded a pillar – and exclaimed that, given my interest in flight and Homo volans, this was perfect, a falling angel. Icarus, Jonah explained.

Remarkable clouds on the way back to London by Eurostar, which I’m spending more time studying now that Elaine has joined us both up for the Cloud Appreciation Society.

Amputee, as I walk garden before EcoVadis meeting Facade Curtain in meeting room Whale shark at UNESCO Calder mobile Kalashnikov as praying mantis