To secure our future, make climate change risk reporting mandatory Twenty years ago, during a seminar for my management degree at the LSE, I raised my hand to ask a question about corporate social responsibility, and my classmates looked at me with puzzled expressions, as if I was rather off-topic. Gone was the 1960s radicalism of the institution, and instead chasing the highest-paying banking internship [...]
DEBATE: If Theresa May’s deal fails to pass, is another referendum the best way to break the stalemate? If Theresa May’s deal fails to pass, is another referendum the best way to break the stalemate? Jo Swinson MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, says YES. Brexit has become a national embarrassment. In the last few weeks, the Conservative government has lost control in parliament, and the Labour frontbench – supposedly the official [...]
Gender pay gap reporting will be the catalyst for a better informed debate on equality in the workplace Beware the “shrill equal pay brigade” warned a Conservative MP in Parliament last month. While his sexist rhetoric displayed a staggering disdain for those championing fairer workplaces, he also managed to miss the point. Equal pay is only part of the picture – we need a better informed debate about gender equality in the workplace. [...]