What does “Re-shoring” do for the Circular Economy and CSR?
"Re-shoring" is a growing business trend - bringing offshore manufacturing and services back from low wage "developing countries" to so-called "developed countries". According to the...
Book Review: Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey & Raj Sisodia
Feb 27, 2013
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, is a controversial figure in the corporate social responsibility world. He is a proud proponent of the social...
Looking for the Holy Grail of Sustainability? Don’t…
Jan 16, 2013
Many of us sustainability professionals are idealists - on a mission to save the planet and all the people on it. We genuinely care about...
Sustainability in a globalised world
Nov 19, 2012
I got home from a business trip last week to find a mystery parcel waiting for it. I ripped it open and six copies of...
C.S.R? How about T.A.X?
Nov 12, 2012
Today some top honchos from Starbucks are up in front of MPs to explain how they organise their tax affairs. The papers have been full...
Diamond’s in the Rough: Bankers’ Values and CSR
Jul 2, 2012
So just when we thought the banking industry couldn't get embroiled in another ethical scandal, Barclays gets a £300 million fine for artificially manipulating the...
Is not doing bad good enough?
May 30, 2012
I got a piece of spam last week that made me chuckle - it was for "ethical" search engine optimisation (SEO). Ethical? How can SEO...
CSR and the “myth of the poor SME”
May 21, 2012
When I was down in London last Wednesday night, I had a light, but delicious dinner in the bar of the rather swish hotel I...
Does the ‘Shareholder Spring’ herald a new era for CSR?
May 10, 2012
Since the Arab Spring last year, it seems that appending 'Spring' to any popular movement has already become a cliche - the "-gate" of the...
Anger, Activism, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Feb 29, 2012
As the Occupy tents get carted away from St Pauls Cathedral, my mind went back to the discussion we had at Tipping Point Newcastle last...