The Food Standards Agency report on the nutritional value of organic food versus ‘conventionally produced foodstuffs’ has produced a large amount of press coverage over the past few days. This coverage has sparked debate, letters, claims and counter-claims by experts … Continue reading
A recent article in the Financial Times considers the increasing importance being afforded to ‘responsible investment’, and centrally its impact on the global fund management community. The article cites the recent actions of the ‘UN Principles for Responsible Investment’, – … Continue reading
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk goes on sale today with a new selling point, the Fairtrade mark. As the chocolate bar enjoys the status of being Britain’s favourite, the company does not seem too worried about winning new fans, with company president … Continue reading
The recent press revelations concerning MPs and their expenses may have shifted public opinion somewhat in favour of journalists, vindicating their sometime role as custodians of the Truth. However, the News of the World phone hacking scandal, revealed in the … Continue reading
CO3′s discussions with potential clients in our earlier days often featured two questions. The first was generally: “what do you do?”. This was usually followed by: “what is CSR or corporate social responsibility?”. These days our response to the first … Continue reading
Business in The Community, a UK based charitable organisation dedicated to “mobilising business for good” recently awarded nine companies a “Community Mark” as a sign that they are “best investors in their communities”. The criteria for these awards include philanthropic … Continue reading
