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Is there a role for bean-counters in the sustainability revolution? As a former Director of Sustainability Services at KPMG, I have an insider-outsider view. The…
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More and more, I’m only trusting and supporting companies that go ‘all-in’ on sustainability. I still see so much greenwashing, bluewashing and (SDG-related) rainbow-washing. The…
Economy · Business & Finance
My simple test for separating sustainability pioneers from pretenders is to look at the extent of their admission (about the scale and urgency of our…
Economy · Business & Finance
New research by UNGC and Russel Reynolds Associates finds three types of sustainability leader: the born believers (45%, with a passion for the environment or…
Economy · Business & Finance
At last, finance for sustainability is starting to stick. One indicator of this is the boom in green, climate and social bonds, which are expected…
Economy · Business & Finance
Until now, ESG-related bonds have been largely ‘green’ – but social bonds look set to surge in 2020. For example, Alphabet Inc. has just made…
Economy · Business & Finance
Should consumers be given a choice whether to buy sustainable or not? Or should manufacturers and retailers practice what is called ‘choice editing’, which means…
Economy · Business & Finance
Unilever’s new 10-year Compass strategy replaces the transformational Sustainable Living Plan that was the legacy of former CEO Paul Polman. There was some concern that…
Economy · Business & Finance
What are we going to do about CEO pay – or don’t we really care? Most people agree with the principle of fair compensation. And…
Economy · Business & Finance
Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ of the market is misunderstood – and underrated. Many forget that besides The Wealth of Nations (1776), Smith also wrote The…
Economy · Business & Finance
If you want to know how future-fit a company or industry is, take a look at how it responds to criticism. In Spain, Heura, one…
Economy · Business & Finance
What stage of CSR is your company at? I spoke on a panel in organised by CSR Network Kosovo. As always, I saw different levels…
Economy · Business & Finance
One of the biggest barriers to progress on sustainability is negative lobbying by companies and their sector associations. That’s why the recent announcement by Coca-Cola…
Economy · Business & Finance
How can you respond if you are in an industry that is demoralised, by which I mean experiencing low morale, but also perceived to lack…
Economy · Business & Finance
Did you know that your children are regularly given the value of slaves; your grandchildren even worse? Under the US Constitution of 1787, an African-American…
Economy · Business & Finance
I enjoyed reading John Elkington’s book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. The metaphor is an elegant riff on Nassim Taleb’s black swans…
Economy · Business & Finance
Soon, the international criminal court (ICC) may add ecocide to the four offenses that it already prosecutes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the…
Economy · Business & Finance
How do you create 400 million jobs in the wake of a pandemic, while generating $10tn in annual business value by 2030? According to the…
Economy · Business & Finance
The only way to attract and retain talent is to keep employees engaged. This is easier said than done. According to Gallup, only 20-34% of…
Economy · Business & Finance
Entrepreneurs are like weeds – and I mean that positively. Having just spent a good chunk of time over the weekend weeding our lawn, a…
Economy · Business & Finance
Sustainable and responsible investments that are screened on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are less risky and outperform the market in both the short-and…
Economy · Business & Finance
Until we put a price on social and environmental impacts, the market will continue to undervalue social and natural capital. Usually, this means applying the…
Economy · Business & Finance
Why are so many factories places where the human spirit goes to die? We see beautifully designed headquarters (or campuses in the tech industry), but…
Economy · Business & Finance
Do you know how to tell a real sustainable company from a fake one? It’s very simple. If a company has not publicly committed to…
Economy · Business & Finance
Money talks. So, what do you think $130 trillion of climate finance might be saying? This is the amount of private capital committed by 450…
Economy · Business & Finance
For more than a decade, we have been celebrating the gigeconomy – the trend towards flexible, temporary or freelance jobs championed by the likes of…
Economy · Business & Finance
Millennials and Gen Zs look at business and society differently, so leaders be aware (and beware). Deloitte’s ‘Generation Disrupted’ research shows most still believe business…
Economy · Business & Finance
The younger generation is more concerned about global challenges and expect business to create a ‘radically better future’. This is the conclusion of BBMG-GlobeScan’s Next…
Economy · Business & Finance
The term ‘glocal’, which is a portmanteau of global and local, is said to come from the Japanese word dochakuka. The concept originally referred to…
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Imagine if companies hired the first person to apply for a job. No CV piles to trawl through, no background checks, no tortuous rounds of…
Economy · Business & Finance