Thoughts on the Oxfam scandal
Years ago at a wedding, I found myself making small talk with a friend's boyfriend who worked in famine relief in Africa. I'd recently been...
Prince Charles and the green investment conundrum
Nov 8, 2017
One of the more intriguing revelations from the 'Paradise Papers' – a leak of documents relating to offshore tax schemes – is that the Duchy...
Bradley Wiggins and the Spirit of the Law
Sep 26, 2016
There can't have been a more disconsolate figure than that of Bradley Wiggins, almost certainly the greatest cyclist of our generation, on the BBC yesterday...
Sir Ian Cheshire on Sustainable Business Leadership
Mar 13, 2015
I had a fantastically green night out in London on Tuesday. After an impromptu diversion into a St Patrick's, er, Month drinks reception at the...
Sustainability Strategies in an Uncertain World
Aug 4, 2014
I'm a news and current affairs junkie, but the news is so unremittingly grim at the minute, I'm trying to ration my intake for my...
Transparency rules OK?
May 30, 2014
It's the conspiracy theorist's favourite event of the calendar this week - the Bilderberg Conference, which depending on your political leaning/grasp of reality is either...
Practising what we preach…
May 16, 2014
We're all human. And a human trait that concerns me is a tendency for some who are on a CSR/sustainability/ethical mission to give themselves a...
How high do you set the bar?
Feb 20, 2014
Sustainability is by definition the biggest challenge facing mankind and, by extension, business. In trying to meet that challenge, one of the greatest dilemmas is...
Horse burgers, traceability and protecting the brand
Jan 18, 2013
As I write, the UK Government is debating the latest food scandal - that horse meat has been found in cheap burgers sold by some...
CSR becomes the political zeitgeist
Jan 25, 2012
All of a sudden corporate social responsibility has been thrust into the UK political spotlight. The three major party leaders have spent the last few...
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