We’ve been following the story of National Express and Elliott Advisors (the US hedge fund) over the last few weeks, with Elliot attempting to place its nominees on the company’s board to replace the incumbents. An interesting saga, no doubt … Continue reading

It’s mid-Friday afternoon in a very sunny London making it tricky to write a heavyweight post for our blog. Instead, I’m taking the easy way out to draw your attention to FTSE4Good’s new ESG Ratings, launched this week (ESG = … Continue reading

NUBusiness is the bi-annual publication of Newcastle University Business School.  I have an Economics degree from the University and recently I’ve been working with the staff of the Business School to integrate CO3 into their academic activities and the Alumni … Continue reading

Today’s Financial Times (subscription site) has reported more evidence concerning heightened mainstream investor interest in CSR. The piece highlights that twenty American companies have recently agreed to take more account of environmental issues following the submission of 96 investor resolutions. … Continue reading

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

The debate over diversity in the British boardroom rumbles on, with a report due this week from former UK trade minister Lord Davies that is expected to recommend voluntary targets for the number of women on FTSE 350 boards – … 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

Does it matter who owns the brands we buy at the supermarket? Do you want to know? Would the knowledge change your buying habits? Which? has been looking at the big name brands behind smaller, ‘ethical’ brands such as Innocent, … Continue reading

A report in The Times today indicates that the UK government is having last minute thoughts about certain aspects of the UK Bribery Act, which is due to become law at the beginning of April. This is apparently as a … Continue reading