Reflo interview: Harry Kane deal can make our brand a behemoth January 31, 2024 Harry Kane can help sustainable sportswear brand Reflo become a business behemoth, according to the firm’s co-founder, after the England captain became the third largest shareholder in the company. The Bayern Munich striker is one of a number of sporting names, including golfers Tiger Woods and Jason Day, to split with Nike in the past [...]
The business case for corporate social impact January 30, 2024 | Sponsored What it takes to sustain a business over time has radically changed. No longer is it enough to deliver value to customers and turn a profit. Now, companies need to ensure their impact on people and the planet is positive if they want to attract talent, be a top consumer choice, and access funds from [...]
Data: The lifejacket that keeps ESG afloat January 29, 2024 | Sponsored If the year is 1983 and you find yourself in Fiji looking at a notice asking you to reuse your hotel towels for the sake of the environment, then your name is probably Jay Westerveld and you’re about to come up with the term “greenwashing”. Mr. Westerveld was lodging in a beach resort undergoing large, [...]
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Are The Fortune 500 Afraid Of The Dark? Metrikus Is Back With Dark January To Get Companies To Go #LightsOut January 25, 2024 | Sponsored It definitely feels like that when you look up at the skyline of the City of London well after office hours. All these towering skyscrapers are lit up with absolutely no one in. And while the legend of the occasional graduate banker burning the midnight oil and napping in sleep pods may well be the [...]
ESG Backlash: Investors are pulling more cash from sustainable funds than they’re putting in January 25, 2024 Sustainable funds saw their first net redemptions ever in the last quarter of 2023, according to a report from Morningstar, as further questions are asked over the value of ‘ESG’. Environmental, social and governance- focused funds experienced $2.5bn (£1.96bn) of outflows, as US investors pulled a record $5bn from sustainable funds, while European investors still [...]
Mandatory TCFD Reporting – Deadline Approaching January 24, 2024 | Sponsored TCFD reporting is a mandatory reporting requirement – UK investment management firms with over £5bn AUM must publish their first product-level TCFD report by 30 June 2024, while those with over £50bn AUM are already expected to produce quarterly reports. What must this report include? Scope 1, 2 & 3 greenhouse gas emissions; Carbon footprint [...]
Government ‘cannot currently’ tell if £22bn subsidy for biomass plants is genuinely green – watchdog January 24, 2024 The Drax plant in North Yorkshire is the country's primary user of biomass
Explainer-in-brief: The Doomsday Clock is the closest it’s ever been to midnight – but what does this mean? January 23, 2024 The Doomsday Clock time is the closest it has ever been to midnight, but what does this mean and who sets it?
5 Tips To Enhance Your Corporate Volunteering Strategy January 23, 2024 | Sponsored From additional days off to financial contributions to employees’ favourite charities, organisations are increasingly offering rewards and incentives to staff who volunteer in the community. The reasons are varied, ranging from supporting the local community, increasing employee engagement, and developing skills, to enhancing business reputation. But is corporate-sponsored volunteering indeed helping organisations reach these goals? [...]