Author Archives: Hayley Brent-Isherwood

A few weeks ago, we blogged about the delays to the implementation of the forthcoming UK Bribery Act. Now it seems that the delays are beginning to get institutional shareholders, as well as the business community, a bit hot under … Continue reading

Twenty jewellers, including Garrard (the oldest jeweller in the world), launched the UK’s first Fairmined and Fairtrade gold this week. The launch is discussed in an article from The Telegraph, which can be accessed here. It has often been said … Continue reading

We blogged very recently about the forthcoming Bribery Act, and how we suspected that the lack of publication of the government’s guidance to businesses about the Act might be indicative of further delays. Continue reading

Last year, we blogged about Harriet Harman’s statements regarding the importance of getting more women onto the boards of City firms. Adam’s blog made the important observation that encouraging board diversity of all kinds, not just gender, demonstrates a robust … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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, … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

“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 … Continue reading