Author Archives: Hayley Brent-Isherwood

Thanks to the wonders of Twitter hashtags (you can follow CO3tweets here), an article from the Social Innovation Generation website in Canada, came to our attention. Intrigued by something which starts with the notion that “CSR is dead”, we read on. The piece is interesting, insofar as its discussion of how the concepts of corporate [...]

They say a change is as good as a rest, but will this prove to be the case with the Metro Bank? The first brand new UK high street bank for over 100 years opened the doors of its first branch in central London yesterday.
We at CO3 have long thought that the obvious unpopularity of [...]

One might say that it is a bold Chief Executive indeed who is willing to stand up and declare that he does not drive his business by concentrating on the generation of shareholder value. But this is what Paul Polman, Chief Executive of Unilever, the multinational corporation behind some of the world’s most famous [...]

Back in January, we blogged about the annual Greenpeace survey into the green credentials of the consumer electronics industry and noted that the big players in this area are largely silent (or at least very quiet) regarding discussion of the environmental impacts of their activities. According to The Guardian, a UN study published on Monday [...]

The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) recently published ‘A Review of Narrative Reporting by UK Listed Companies in 2008/2009′. The ASB is an operating body of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The FRC is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting confidence in corporate reporting and governance.
Of the eight Companies Act requirements reviewed, one pertains specifically [...]

“Greenwash” is a term that is applied, particularly by NGOs, to describe certain public relations (PR) activities conducted by organisations they allege are “dirty” (in green or environmental terms).  A typical greenwash allegation suggests that PR actions have been undertaken to achieve improved perceptions of “green” or environmental credentials when in fact these credentials either [...]

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 Guardian recently, has brought into sharp focus the issue of what happens when the whistle [...]

Recent findings by consumer group Which? have revealed that some supermarket prepared salads, perceived as a “healthy” lunch alternative, contain more fat, and sometimes more calories, than the oft-berated burger and fries.  The report particularly focused on labelling of meals and highlighted that consumers often found it difficult to identify information such as the fat [...]