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The Summer of Stewardship
by Mark Goyder So the summer of stewardship is under way. We have launched our new report ‘Why Stewardship Matters’ which shows how the...
Jun 24, 20111 min read
Defending the Atmosphere, Part 2
In response to a lawsuit that argues greenhouse gas emissions are a “public nuisance”, three of Congress’s most active opponents of...
Jun 20, 20115 min read
Reflections on an elephant
Richard Young, a freelance writer and editor, worked with the research team on Tomorrow's Corporate Reporting in an editorial capacity....
Jun 6, 20113 min read
We need a responsive corporate reporting system
We need a responsive corporate reporting system The current corporate reporting framework was largely established during the Industrial...
May 19, 20112 min read
The business model that is creating a whole new world
The New Pioneers By Tania Ellis Foreword by Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic ForumJ ohn Wiley and Sons, 2010 ISBN...
Apr 20, 20113 min read
Draft Climate Bond Standard released
The Climate Bonds Initiative announced in Brussels last week the countdown to the worlds first Climate Bond issuance - worth a quarter of...
Mar 31, 20112 min read
Markets and banks need morals, says Gordon Brown in his new book on the financial crash
Beyond the crash, overcoming the first crisis of globalization by Gordon Brown, Simon and Schuster, 2010 Reviewed by Michael Smith This...
Mar 4, 20114 min read
Can We Win the Future Racing Uphill?
As the House debated the federal budget this week, Democrats (176 of them, to be precise) tried to save billions of dollars by taking...
Mar 2, 20116 min read
Force for good pioneers forum – the beginning
The first force for good pioneers forum meeting took place on the 11th February at Linklaters. It marked the beginning of what we hope...
Feb 23, 20115 min read
The UK recruitment industry needs to get its Equality Act together
Anne Tynan is an HR Equality and Diversity specialist, whose report on Recruitment Equality has just been published. On 3 February,...
Feb 4, 20112 min read
The Financial Innovation We Really Need
Matthew Bishop and Michael Green are the authors of “the Road from Ruin”, whose British edition is launched today (3 February 2011). On...
Feb 3, 20112 min read
New Year (Re)solutions
by Tania Ellis Every New Year brings new resolutions – and solutions. What’s yours? Do you want to boost your turnover? Or do you want...
Jan 28, 20113 min read
UK City leaders must rebuild trust, restore the City's 'licence to operate'
by Tony Manwaring Bankers' bonuses have burst out from the business pages of UK newspapers, and are headline news. The bonus round...
Jan 25, 20115 min read
Cancun Climate Talks: Mexico finds its mojo and India emerges a winner
by Malini Mehra The UN climate conference’s surprise outcome was not pre-determined. Just two weeks ago, most scribes had written off the...
Dec 22, 20105 min read
Companies need to focus on values, behaviour and sustainability, says London forum
by Michael Smith Underlying the financial crisis is a crisis of value and of values,’ asserted Tony Manwaring, Chief Executive of the...
Dec 15, 20103 min read
SAP's Smart Sustainability Site
by Robert Eccles The recent book One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy argues that in order to best communicate and...
Dec 15, 20103 min read
Sustainable Happiness
by Len Jones Happiness in its broadest sense is a psychological process which cannot be directly quantified. The stream of enjoyment, or...
Nov 30, 20107 min read
The Global Future of Green Capitalism
by Marc Weiss Green Capitalism generates substantial economic and employment growth and sustainable business and community development by...
Nov 29, 20103 min read
Common Sense: The Dark Matter of the Law
by Nick Gould As part of my research for a seminar in which I was involved during the summer, I asked the owners of about 40 small and...
Nov 23, 20105 min read
QE2 - The Last Resort
by Bill Sharon The Federal Reserve’s second round of Quantitative Easing or QE2 is set to launch next week. Ask yourself and a half a...
Oct 29, 20103 min read
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