16 September, 2020
Four principles to keep your business’s social purpose goals on track
The role of a business’s social purpose came to the fore in April last year. One of the largest business groups in the US—the Business Roundtable—called for companies to
28 August, 2020
Going green benefits businesses—and should be central to their recovery
The onset of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown have imperilled businesses worldwide. It will be
27 July, 2020
A blueprint for business to transition to a nature-positive future
The average person today is 4.4 times richer and lives 25 years longer than in 1950. The Great Acceleration, however, has been brought to a screeching halt by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is clear ...
21 April, 2020
Government bail-outs indicate ‘shift in mindset’ towards societal purpose
Denmark’s recent statements on bail-outs for companies illustrates a trend seen widely at the moment: if companies want state aid they have to do right by the societies in which they do business. ...
16 April, 2020
Asset managers urge restraint on executive pay during pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed executive pay back on the agenda of asset managers and they in turn are issuing fresh warnings to boards. This week saw two investment managers make a point of highlig...
15 April, 2020
What every business can do to help during this crisis
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barome...
14 April, 2020
Auditing global progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
As the Covid-19 pandemic has tragically brought to the fore, most countries face interlinked challenges of entrenched inequalities, uneven access to public goods and insufficient support for those mos...
22 January, 2020
Why stakeholder capitalism is dominating the global business agenda
Like it or not the debate about “stakeholder capitalism” is coming to dominate discussion of big business around the world. Further evidence comes at this year’s
27 November, 2019
British Academy issues principles to ‘put purpose at the heart of business’
Anglian Water this year changed its articles of association, or constitution, to recognise that its business purpose went beyond profits and benefits for shareholders to include long-term value for cu...
20 August, 2019
