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‘If we are to rise to the climate challenge, boards need to embed sustainability, pronto’

Comment: David Grayson, co-author of the Sustainable Business Handbook, explains why he’s on a mission to turn capitalism into a force for good
  • Brand Watch: In the face of war, companies need to both act and...

    The host of ‘wicked problems’ confronting sustainable...

  • Activist investors vow to keep climate in their sights, despite...

    Mike Scott reports on the new breed of shareholder...

  • From philanthropy to radical new business models in Latin America

    Oliver Balch meets Felipe Chajin, head of Sistema B, the...

  • Why all MBA graduates need to be part of the sustainability revolution
  • '‘By 2041, I suspect most major brands of today will be unknown’
  • Brand Watch: Google's greening of its search engine to unleash...

  • To avoid climate-related litigation, organisations must ensure their house is in order

    Stephanie Eaton and Michael Rawlinson QC and Samuel Cuthbert, (Aug 18, 2021)

    COMMENT: TCFD recommends companies go beyond mere reporting and consider the financial implications and ramifications of climate change. Businesses ignore this advice at their peril, warn lawyers from Signature Litigation and 12 King’s Bench Walk

  • A decade after the UN Guiding Principles, companies have a new responsibility

    Désirée Abrahams, (Aug 3, 2021)

    COMMENT: Désirée Abrahams of Global Action Plan argues that a new approach to due diligence is needed that spans both action to address climate change and unintended human rights consequences

  • Brand Watch 1: One step forward, three back in fashion industry’s sustainability ‘journey’

    Oliver Balch, (Jul 26, 2021)

    In the first part of his monthly column, Oliver Balch looks at a series of damning reports on a sector that is trying to play up its green efforts, from plastics content to human rights

  • ESG Watch: Insurers and airlines begin to feel the heat over climate risk

    Mike Scott, (Jun 29, 2021)

    Mike Scott rounds up the latest ESG news, from the G7 meeting, to the launch of the Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosure

  • Brand Watch: Amazon under fire for incinerating unsold stock and dodging ESG investors

    Oliver Balch, (Jun 29, 2021)

    In his monthly column, Oliver Balch reports on the importance of ‘walking the talk’ on sustainability commitments, a breakthrough in recycling plastic, and a drive to nudge SMEs towards net zero

  • ‘It’s not enough to rely on sustainable business “heroes”, we need every company to act’

    Chris Turner, (Jun 16, 2021)

    Comment: B Lab UK’s Chris Turner explains why more than 550 companies and the Institute of Directors are backing a campaign to put people and planet on equal footing with profit in the UK

  • Why the business of business must be to solve the planet’s problems – not create them

    Colin Mayer, (Apr 14, 2021)

    COMMENT: Colin Mayer of the Saïd Business School at Oxford University makes the case for a new management perspective that empowers companies to flourish while making a positive impact

  • ‘We’ve dealt Gen Z a bad hand of cards. Now we must give them the tools to rein in Big Tech’

    Robert Wigley, (Apr 13, 2021)

    COMMENT: Robert Wigley argues that regulators have a duty to ensure companies that control the internet serve society, not just their own profit and loss accounts.

  • Policy Watch: China’s national emissions trading market boosts global carbon pricing push

    Angeli Mehta, (Feb 21, 2021)

    In her monthly column, Angeli Mehta rounds up key recent policy developments, from EU carbon border taxes to the rise of vaccine nationalism

  • ‘Leicester 'sweatshops' show the urgent need to change unethical business practices'

    David Grayson, (Nov 30, 2020)

    Comment: David Grayson of the Cranfield School of Management draws some wider lessons from what was described as 'one of the worst ESG scandals in modern UK history' during the recent House of Commons debate, in which Labour MP Liz Kendall criticised investors for failing to hold Boohoo to account

  • Chipotle, DBS, Thai Union, Verizon, Olam International, ReNew Power and Maersk among winners at the 2020 Responsible Business Awards

    EC Newsdesk, (Oct 12, 2020)

    Winners of the internationally renowned Reuters Events Responsible Business Awards revealed during a two-day virtual awards ceremony

  • The future of work: The Ethical Corporation assesses the long-term impact of Covid-19

    Terry Slavin, (Oct 7, 2020)

    The axioms by which companies have done business for the past 50 years have been upended by the pandemic. In this month's issue of the magazine we look at whether developments like the remote working revolution will help or hinder companies as they seek to get onto a more sustainable path

  • Why the way we work will never be the same again after Covid

    Mike Scott, (Oct 6, 2020)

    With the enforced lockdown pushing companies to implement digital solutions that should have taken years in just a few weeks, Mike Scott assesses the long-term implications, and explains why speed and adaptability are the new business competences

  • Black Lives Matter movement turns up heat for boards to walk the talk of racial diversity

    Helen Chan and Julie DiMauro, (Oct 5, 2020)

    Helen Chan and Julie DiMauro of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence look at how US and Canadian companies are responding to investor and consumer pressure to promote race relations in their own operations

  • Sanda Ojiambo: ‘There’s a lot of work to do in the Global North as well as the Global South’

    Oliver Balch, (Sep 18, 2020)

    Oliver Balch speaks to the new executive director of the United Nations Global Compact about stepping into Lise Kingo's shoes, and her agenda for delivering the SDGs by 2030

  • The pitfalls and opportunities of business activism

    Mary Martin, (Sep 15, 2020)

    Comment: Mary Martin of LSE IDEAS says companies have to internalise the changes they are demanding if they are going to take a stand on social issues like Black Lives Matter

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