Monday marked the launch of the UK’s third social Saturday, which takes place on 15th October 2016, by MPs in the House of Commons and some...
Yesterday’s headlines included more than 200 civil society organisations urging G20 governments to end fossil fuels subsidies, close to record breaking numbers of attendees attended Renewable...
Human rights, environment and trade policy changes are all on the agenda at this year’s Sustainability Conference of the Foreign Trade Association (FTA). The opening today...
ShareAction have coordinated a letter co-signed with 11 other organisations, to the European Council on the IORPs (Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision) Directive. The Trialogue negotiations between the Council,...
Today a major new coalition of businesses, cities, trade unions and NGOs, are calling on EU leaders to act on the Paris Agreement and ensure that...
The Awards, announced in October 2015, fulfil an important recommendation from Lord Young’s review of the Social Value Act. They will recognise and celebrate good practice in commissioning...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said that civil society movements are vital to reaching fair and sustainable climate targets at the Paris conference in December....
The head of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, Ben van Beurden, is set to urge the fossil fuel industry to actively engage in the climate change...
The first social bond fund, which will invest in charitable and social projects, is set to launch in January. It has been reported that investors could...
The UN Environment Programme’s director has called on the private sector and civil society to join forces in the name of sustainability, as climate change negotiations...
Many readers will be familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This widely taught model suggests that humans achieve motivation in a series of stages, starting at...
Unity Trust Bank, a specialist bank for civil society, social enterprises, councils and trade unions, has become the first British bank to receive Living Wage employer...
The recent financial crisis laid bare the problems of our current capitalist economy, which is increasingly dominated by financial interests. Investments in the real economy are...
First it was big brands such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google squirming in parliament. Then it was the big four accountancy firms (KPMG, PwC, Ernst &...