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Guest post by Tara Holmes, communications manager, Future 500 Each year, Future 500 releases a report of what we predict will be the Top 10 most critical issues driving stakeholder engagement in the coming year. The report is a breakdown and summary of these issues based on our own internal research as well as feedback…
Here are the top ten sustainability mega forces below, according to KPMG last year. They are extracted from the December-January edition of Ethical Corporation, the world’s single greatest sustainable business magazine. In the usual fashion, the PDF is also embedded below. Top Ten Sustainability Megaforces Corporate reputation can hinge on how companies deal with the…
Well done Tesco. That’s not a phrase people working in sustainable business* say very often. More on why I say “well done Tesco”, below. First, some context. It’s not that the company is a true laggard in responsible business. Behind the scenes (or PR as some might say) Tesco have had a large ethical trading…
Having spent an hour with Unilever’s CEO Paul Polman yesterday, (what a terrible name dropper I am, but it was fascinating) tonight I’m going to talk to 30 or so executives from a major UK retailer about sustainability trends and what they could mean for them. I’ve got a number of presentations on trends around…
I'm Toby Webb, founder of Innovation Forum, a sustainability focused research, publishing and events business. I've also been a lecturer on Corporate Responsibility at Kings College London and at Birkbeck, University of London for eight years. I work with large companies all over the world and sit on the sustainability advisory board for Walgreens Boots Alliance. From 2006-9 I lead the development of UK CSR policy, resulting in the Responsibility Deals framework. I can be contacted at Tobias DOT Webb AT innovation-forum.co.uk
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