Blackbaud: CSR and ESG has evolved with focus on authentic impact Business City A.M. sat down with Andrew J. Troup, the director of corporate giving and engagement strategy at Blackbaud, to find out what he anticipates the future of social impact will look like.
How the Rolex Laureate is helping to end fast fashion watches We delve into the efforts of Rolex to protect the planet through its Awards for Enterprise scheme and its Perpetual Planet initiative.
BT and Vodafone among 26 EU telecoms giants in new alliance to reduce emissions Telecom emissions BT and Vodafone have joined a European coalition of 26 telecoms giants in a new alliance to combat their emissions. The Joint Alliance for CSR (corporate social responsibility, includes the major British players BT Group and Vodafone, in addition to giants from across the European continent, such as Deutsche Telekom, and Telefónica. They recently gathered [...]
It’s time to challenge Corbyn’s grotesque stereotype of business May 17, 2019 This week, business leader and rich list regular Julian Richer announced that he was handing over 60 per cent of shares in his company to the firm’s 522 employees. You’d be forgiven if you missed this news. Despite Richer Sounds’ 53 stores across the country and annual turnover of £157.5m, the founder is hardly a [...]
Business risks ‘Corbygeddon’ if it doesn’t learn to speak up May 15, 2019 The headline in the Sunday Times was stark: “Rich prepare to flee Corbyn’s Britain as Tories desert PM”. The country’s millionaires and billionaires were, according to the compilers of the paper’s annual rich list, preparing for “Corbygeddon” – the prospect of a hard-left Labour government making an irreparable dent in both their own finances and the [...]
Charity case: Don’t lose sight of the small causes October 18, 2018 There is a healthy degree of scepticism around corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Too often, tin rattling or an annual bake sale can seem little more than a get-out clause from engaging in more meaningful activity that requires more effort and commitment. It is tempting for companies to champion high-profile charities that have brand recognition [...]
CSR profits soar on Bluetooth November 3, 2005 Bluetooth wireless communications specialists CSR has rung up a 151 per cent growth in third quarter profits and the company has hired more staff to meet demand for its technology. CSR said pre-tax profits were $45.5m (£25.8m) in the period compared with $18.1m in the same quarter of 2003. The Cambridge-based firm also announced that [...]