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By: Louis van Boxel-Woolf

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  • Meet Maimunah Sharif: The Financial World’s Catalyst joining Private Finance and Public Projects to change Climate Action at COP28 and Beyond

    Impact A.M. COP28

    As the curtains closed on World Cities Day and the stage set for COP28, one figure stands at the intersection of urban development and climate change – Maimunah Mohd Sharif. The Executive Director of UN-Habitat has not only shaped the discourse at these crucial forums but also emerged as a pivotal influence in driving the [...]

  • Fighting Economic Exclusion from East London

    Impact A.M.

    It is common for not-for-profit organisations to seek change. Many will choose a specific industry, policy area or demographic they want to affect. A narrow target which allows for strategy to be easily devised and success simply measured.  Renaisi, an East-London-based social enterprise, also aim to make a difference. They specialise in assisting marginalised communities [...]

  • “You’ve got the power to choose.” Sustainable steak with M Restaurants

    Impact A.M.

    The food industry gets a lot of environmental flak. Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse emissions, according to the United Nations. Meat seems to be a particular problem, with 77 per cent of agricultural land given over to livestock despite them accounting for only 17 per cent of all the calories [...]

  • “It’s not about diversity”

    September 21, 2023

    The idea that companies should look out for people other than themselves is a simple one. But it has spawned all sorts of complicated-sounding acronyms, from CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to CSV (Creating Shared Value) and, of course, ESG. One such is D&I (Diversity and Inclusion). For Joel Blake OBE, Founder of GFA Exchange, an [...]

  • The cure for Sick Building Syndrome?

    September 20, 2023

    Buildings are boring. We spend so much time inside that we hardly notice them, except when they go wrong. Sometimes this happens in big ways. In 2020, two-year-old Awaab Ishak succumbed to the black mould in his flat. Poor quality household air likely contributed to the death of another child, Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah, whose Lewisham [...]

  • The Business Case For ESG

    September 20, 2023

    “Let’s get real”, says Daniel Jeczmien, co-founder and CEO of Omnevue, an online ESG accounting platform. “ESG is not about saving the planet. It’s about using new datasets to drive investment in businesses that have longevity –  sustainable profitability.Jeczmien should know. The businessman began his career in marketing, as did his co-founder, Dr Marc Lepere, [...]

  • How Moral is ESG?

    September 20, 2023

    ESG is immoral. So argued Milton Friedman, an economist, back in 1970. Customers, employees and stockholders, he said, did not need company executives to spend their money for them. If an executive, operating in a competitive market, took an action that reduced her company’s profits in the name of “‘social responsibility’”, she then had to [...]

  • “It’s Not About Diversity”

    September 5, 2023

    The idea that companies should look out for people other than themselves is a simple one. But it has spawned all sorts of complicated-sounding acronyms, from CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to CSV (Creating Shared Value) and, of course, ESG. One such is D&I (Diversity and Inclusion). For Joel Blake OBE, Founder of GFA Exchange, an [...]

  • Number of Russians using London Commercial Court reaches new record despite sanctions

    May 4, 2023

    A record number of Russian litigants have used the London Commercial Court in the past year despite sanctions imposed in the wake of the war in Ukraine, new research has revealed. The number of Russian litigants appearing in the Commercial Court, part of the Business and Property Courts of the High Court, rose by 41 [...]

  • Liverpool Street upgrade down the track? Designers behind Tate Modern plan £1.5bn revamp

    May 2, 2023

    Network Rail, MTR and Sellar have applied for permission to redevelop Liverpool Street station in its first upgrade since 1991. The plans announced last month would see £450m is earmarked for station improvements as part of a £1.5bn proposal to transform the surrounding area.  This week the Liverpool Street redevelopment plans were submitted under a [...]

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