I’m fighting dementia with chocolate and red wine
I’m gratified to learn from BBC Radio 5 Live’s excellent dementia feature this lunchtime that consuming chocolate and red wine can help protect you against developing that hideous disease. So I’m
The old news agenda and today’s drivers of change
Reading through the blizzard of reports and utterances from the great CSR news community is not one of the most positive experiences right now. There are so many stories knocking
Business and the witness to unwelcome truths
In March 2008, Richard Falk was appointed UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories. He is professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and visiting distinguished
A big conversation with the chattering classes
The internet and its burgeoning social networks has given consumers and communities unprecedented power to publish and organise action. But is it just a passing fad? As you read this,
The state is redrawing its battle lines with business
Everywhere, there are signs that ‘the state’ is tightening the screw on companies which, in its collective view, are acting unethically, or generally against its interests or that of wider
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Shareholder engagement driving corporate change
Margaret Thatcher loved to talk up the shareholder democracy – particularly when she was selling off one of the UK’s publicly-owned industries. Which was, as it turned out, quite often.
Transparency in an opaque world
No matter how hard we try, the world will always be a messy place. There will probably never be an end to dirty business. It’s difficult to see a scenario
GreenerLiving editorial: The vision thing
Hardly a day passes without a pronouncement from a government minister or other public figure on our need to cut carbon emissions. We’ve had initiatives aplenty in recent months, and
So you want to recycle your rubbish? Okay punk, make my day
By David Newnham I am as green as the next person. In fact, on a good day, in the right light and with a warm southwesterly breeze behind me, I
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Learn to love your council
It’s easy if you try, says Stephen Bates. Just think of all the trips to the dump it saves you Councils! Can’t live with them. Can’t live without them. When