Populist, pandering and pathetic are all adjectives that lend themselves to George Osborne’s fourth budget speech. Entrepreneurs, businesses, scientists, local communities, parents and NGOs will be rightly dismayed....
According to a recent report, the media has created a number of myths about poverty, which has led the most vulnerable being blamed for the UK’s...
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a coalition of some of the world’s foremost values-driven banks, has released the Berlin declaration – a three-step...
Campaign website Avaaz is calling on people to sign a petition to the EU parliament, in order to ensure transparent financial transactions within banks in a...
After a year to forget in 2012, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins appears intent on restoring the bank’s Quaker principles of honesty, integrity and plain-dealing. Will...
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 &...
Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins has sent a memo to the bank’s 140,000-strong global staff base, calling on employees to quit if they don’t agree with...
In the UK, 2012 has been an interesting year for ethical investment. Big scandals have hit big banks, consumer protests and investor revolts on tax avoidance...
Over the last two years, Blue & Green Tomorrow has been scathing of the culture and ethics of major banks. It is bank leadership not the typical member...
Starbucks, Amazon and Google are among those to be criticised for avoiding tax in a report published by the House of Commons’ public accounts committee. The...