13 Nov NEW report – Corporate responsibility coronavirus response
New report detailing how businesses responded to the Covid-19 crisis: ways in which they stood out, and how they got it wrong. Download our free report here....
21 Oct 7 ways that companies stood out in their coronavirus response (and 3 ways they missed the mark)
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a series of acute challenges for businesses. Companies have had to adapt existing business models, overhaul operational systems, and rethink marketing strategies to meet new government regulations and shifting societal needs and behaviours. And their actions have been scrutinised intensely...
28 Sep Volunteering in – and out of – a pandemic
“The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers” – Terri Guillemets I love volunteering. Some of my richest, and proudest, memories have come from my volunteering experiences. Sitting in a pub - sandwiched between Elbow’s Guy Garvey and the rapper and former child soldier Emmanuel...
26 Feb Bringing business ethics front and centre
The scandal engulfing FIFA in recent weeks has served as an important reminder about the crucial role business ethics play in sustaining business success, as well as the hugely harmful repercussions that follow when companies get it wrong. Business ethics are often overlooked and under-resourced, losing...
26 Feb Waking up to our digital health
The way we live, work, and communicate with each other has changed beyond recognition over the last decade, driven by the growing role smartphones and social media have come to play in our lives. Life before smartphones is remembered hazily, incredulously: sometimes nostalgically. Our phones...
27 Jan Storytelling is part of your story
Words matter. They can make us laugh, or cry; change our point of view, or move us to act. Yet the sustainability movement still rarely uses the power of language to bring people to the cause. In-fact, just as often as not, the way we...
27 Jan Kicking the digital habit
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard I’m writing this blog in a café. To my right a middle-aged couple are scrolling through their phones. They make no conversation or eye contact until their breakfast arrives, momentarily...