More ethics, fracking, Caroline Lucas MP and the EDL…
Here's a conversation between me and Mrs K yesterday: MrsK: What did you think of [Green MP] Caroline Lucas getting arrested at the Balcombe fracking...
Do You Want Competition or Collaboration in your Supply Chain
Aug 21, 2013
I'm busy, busy, busy writing my second tome for DoSustainability - this one on Greening the Supply Chain. Even a short book like this requires...
Is fracking unethical?
Aug 16, 2013
I like to think of myself of one of the new breed of pragmatic environmentalists, who have freed themselves from the shackles of traditional big...
Zero Hours and CSR
Aug 5, 2013
Another week, another corporate responsibility issue hits the headlines. This time its the number of workers (up to a million) that are on 'zero-hours' contracts...
Is business evil?
May 6, 2013
Very amusing column from Lucy Mangan in the Guardian at the weekend where a trip to her local independent bookshop threatened to tempt her from...
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...
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...
Taxi for Addison Lee!
Apr 23, 2012
Do the words "Gerald Ratner" not mean anything to boss of London taxi boss John Griffin? Jeweller Ratner famously described his own products as "crap",...