Oliver Balch analyses the latest sustainability news, from the companies responding to the business group’s Vision 2050 refresh to growing action to address water risk
COMMENT: Paul Pellizzari, CSR head at Hard Rock International, says a materiality assessment can help brands to live the purpose they are promoting in high-profile marketing
Comment: Mary Martin of LSE IDEAS says companies have to internalise the changes they are demanding if they are going to take a stand on social issues like Black Lives Matter
Bobbie Sta Maria of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, and JJ Rosenbaum of Global Labor Justice say the drafting of a convention to end gender-based violence against women workers at the ILO’s meeting in Geneva this week is long over-due
Matthew Yeomans of Sustainly says 2018 was the year that consumer concern about sustainability issues finally hit the mainstream. The challenge is for brands to respond with authenticity
Ceres warns food and drink brands of 'substantial material risk'; corporate leaders feel pressure to speak up on ethical issues; and methodology found to measure biodiversity risk in Oliver Balch's latest sustainability news roundup
Ben Hayman of brand purpose consultancy Given says companies can and should be prepared to take stands on issues such as racism, but only if their messaging is authentic and credible
With Foxconn replacing 60,000 workers in China and Nike looking to relocate production to automated factories in Mexico, half the total jobs in parts of Asia could be at risk, warns the ILO
As we introduce a series of interviews with employees who are driving inclusive social change from within their organisations, we look at how firms can nurture an intrapraneur culture and attract purpose-driven millennials
From Barclay's sponsorship of London's Pride festival to Nike's powerful new equality campaign, brands are aligning themselves with big issues. But as Pepsi discovered, much can go wrong