Responsible Business

20 Dec 2024

Building consumer trust around sustainability

Brands can be damaged by making untrue claims around sustainability. The buzzwords have faded, and people now want facts

Smarter procurement and sustainability

20 Dec 2024

Can smarter procurement help UK businesses break out of the sustainability compliance burden?

Strategic philanthropy: how corporate charity improves employee morale and creates social impact

20 Dec 2024

Research consistently demonstrates that corporate philanthropy plays a pivotal role in shaping employee perceptions and morale

Power Purchase Agreements: a new approach to energy

18 Dec 2024

PPAs are an increasingly valuable option for businesses as they can provide peace of mind, cost savings and improved sustainability credentials

Boosting business and improving society

17 Dec 2024

With the right support, offender rehabilitation becomes deep transformation, aligning with business goals and community safety

16 Dec 2024

Sustainability and the human factor

When strategically involved, several groups can drive a collective commitment to concrete success around sustainability

Australia to charge tech companies for news content if they do not pay

12 Dec 2024

Australia’s centre-left government said on Thursday it planned new rules that would charge big tech firms millions of dollars if they did not pay Australian media companies for news hosted on their platforms.

Driving growth through generosity

06 Dec 2024

Act for the benefit of under-served communities and you never know what hidden benefits may emerge

Scaling up for a sustainable and innovative economy

06 Dec 2024

By prioritising sustainability from the outset, scale-up businesses strengthen their use of renewable energy sources and circular economy principles

Amazon announces new slate of AI models

04 Dec 2024

Amazon announced a new slate of artificial intelligence platforms, known as foundation models, at its annual AWS conference, allowing for text, image and video generation, among other things.

22 Nov 2024

Data disclosure regulations and the effect on social impact

Data disclosure regulations are holding back social impact initiatives by distracting organisations from the most insight-rich data

The road to a truly sustainable data centre

18 Nov 2024

Achieving genuine sustainability hinges on operators’ capacity to revolutionise their entire operational framework

Why we’re wasting waste: the new start-up that’s changing the way the UK recycles

14 Nov 2024

The UK produces substantial quantities of waste, averaging around 40 million tonnes annually

American View: Morale? Motivation? Hope? We’re Fresh Out This Week.

12 Nov 2024

Obviously, writing under a byline like “American View” meant I’m compelled to talk about the bloody awful U.S. presidential election. From the moment Pennsylvania declared for fascism, I was sure I’d have no choice but to discuss the vote’s implications for security, risk management...

Exploiting the working class

08 Nov 2024

From Emily Thornberry’s contempt for white van man, Gordon Brown’s dismissal of an elderly lady worried by immigration as “bigoted”, and Keir Starmer’s characterisation of the recent immigration protesters as “Far Right” (even though most of them were peaceful), the issues that worry the UK’s working class seems to be a long way down the priority list of our politicians