Communications & Reporting
Conference Recording, (May 17, 2018)
Mary Longhurst, (May 13, 2018)
CSR specialist Mary Longhurst asks whether Indian companies, which are mandated to spend 2% of their profits on CSR activities, should bow to western notions or responsible conduct or fuse them with a more traditional approach to philanthropy
Terry Slavin, (May 10, 2018)
The FMCG giant reveals that its most sustainable brands grew 46% faster than the rest of the business and delivered 70% of its sales growth last year
Alexandra Britton, (May 6, 2018)
Alexandra Britton of positive impact consultancy Palladium says firms should focus on creating value in their core business if they want to make a meaningful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Anonymous, (Apr 27, 2018)
In The Science Inside, the US company breaks new ground in transparency about how it chooses its ingredients
Adrian KIng, (Apr 9, 2018)
Sponsored content: KPMG’s Adrian King gives a nine-point checklist to help companies demonstrate their societal impacts - both good and bad
Carbon Disclosure Project, (Apr 3, 2018)
Jane Stevensen of CDP says the TCFD framework is a game changer, but warns that those companies lagging on managing their environmental impact must incentivise their boards to take real action
Terry Slavin, (Mar 29, 2018)
Supply chain issues, green finance, reporting standards and AI were in focus on the second day of Ethical Corporation͛s high-octane event in the Big Apple. Here are eight of the highlights
Terry Slavin, (Mar 21, 2018)
The Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism’s Embankment project, launched after a meeting of 10 CEOs the week following the Kraft Heinz attempt on Unilever, is trying to come up with new metrics to allow markets to reward long-term value. Terry Slavin reports
Angeli Mehta, (Mar 18, 2018)
Angeli Mehta reports on how measuring financial, environmental, human and social dimensions led the chemicals firm to increase its use of renewable energy and make better use of raw materials
Martin Wright, (Mar 15, 2018)
Brunswick partner Lucy Parker interviewed senior UK business people about the challenges they face in delivering long-term value as part of the British Academy's Future of the Corporation project. Martin Wright reports
Claire Manuel, (Feb 28, 2018)
The Danish offshore wind company's 2017 sustainability report shows it is focusing on sustainable biomass, grid stability and energy storage, and adopting a holistic approach to energy transition, reports Claire Manuel
Marion Verles, (Feb 27, 2018)
Marion Verles of Gold Standard on how new guidelines developed with the WWF can help businesses make a credible commitment to Sustainable Development Goals
Rosie Warin, (Feb 14, 2018)
Rosie Warin of Kin&Co says with more than half of workers saying their companies’ marketing does not reflect reality, firms put themselves at risk if they don’t make hard changes internally first
Oliver Balch, (Feb 10, 2018)
Oliver Balch finds out why a former thorn in the flesh of EU Inc, who played a central role in pushing through the non-financial reporting directive, quit politics to head up the International Integrated Reporting Council
Terry Slavin, (Feb 4, 2018)
The new GRI chief talks to Ethical Corporation’s editor Terry Slavin about how to make sustainability reporting more relevant for investors and CEOs
Claire Manuel, (Feb 2, 2018)
Claire Manuel runs an eye over Procter & Gamble’s weighty 2017 Citizenship Report
Oliver Balch, (Jan 25, 2018)
Big brands announce slew of recycling targets at WEF; growing gender pay gap; colleges falling short on sustainability teaching, SDG reporting grows
Mike Scott, (Jan 17, 2018)
The importance of partnerships in creating the climate smart metropolises of the future
Martin Wright, (Jan 16, 2018)
With AlphaGo, DeepMind demonstrated the power of machine-learning to beat humans. And it is not only in games where we come up short