Previously I wrote an article that condemned corporate social responsibility (CSR) as it was currently understood and practiced by most companies. Below I set out my...
On April 15, an event in London will question whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) has reached its sell-by date. Hosted and produced by Responsible 100, Be Inspired Films and...
Sustainable investment specialists have rallied to defend ethical investing, after an article in The Telegraph yesterday questioned whether the strategy can be a profitable one. The...
With guides coming out from stalwarts of unsustainable investment, FT Adviser and New Model Adviser (part of Citywire), we have to ask if sustainable investment is gaining...
Greed, selfishness, recklessness, inequality and isolation seem to be the hallmarks of our modern world. Yet philanthropy, charitable giving, volunteering and social enterprise are stable or growing. Doing...
Forty per cent of investors from Australia and New Zealand have said that their superannuation funds should take into account environmental and ethical impacts, according to...
Discovering that you’re being sued for £5m by a gigantic, state-owned, multinational corporation is a pretty overwhelming experience; particularly when you realise that this is a...
Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” So how would the threat...
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 &...
As Australian legislation comes into effect requiring companies to sell cigarettes in plain packs, there are risks that come from investing in tobacco. Just as governments...
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated Lincoln (about the 16th US president, not the East Midlands town*) is released in the UK today. Simon Leadbetter argues that future generations...
Oil giant Shell and US bank Goldman Sachs were today handed derogatory accolades by the Public Eye Awards in a ceremony that aimed to “show the...
The mainstream financial services sector is suffering from a lack of new talent, according to a major survey of the industry. But for budding bankers, there...
Unethical and exploitative behaviours may be understood in terms of short-term profit maximisation, but they now erode a business’ reputation, brand and licence to operate like...
While none of the major gun manufacturers are British, thousands are killed every year by military equipment manufactured in, and sold by, the UK. Ever since...