CO3 often receives opportunities to demonstrate our credentials from media companies eager to develop material for their publications, websites or to get “bums on seats” for conferences. We’ve learned to be rather circumspect about these “opportunities” as many of them … Continue reading

Two thought-provoking blog posts appeared over the last few days from Madeline Ravich at justmeans.com, looking at transparency in CSR and corporate governance rankings. Ravich raises the issue of whether the research and ratings agencies that produce profiles on listed … Continue reading

First it was Cairn, now Chevron are on the receiving end of direct action on the part of Greenpeace. The NGO continued their tactic of climbing onto drill ships in order to stop (or delay) oil and gas companies from … Continue reading

We thought we should apply the CO3 blog to send our warm congratulations to one of our oldest clients. HCT Group won the “Best In The Business” category at the Mayor of Hackney’s Business Awards last night. The award recognises … Continue reading

Not for the first time the UK authorities seem determined to make life difficult for the business world by dallying over proposed company legislation. The last Labour government waivered over reporting legislation concerning the proposed Operating and Financial Review before … Continue reading

About a month ago a UK national newspaper (The Guardian) published a piece on the UK public relations industry which had an interesting title: “PR firms make London the world capital of reputation laundering”. The thrust of the piece was … Continue reading

A lot of Tottenham Hotspur fans wouldn’t touch this story, but I’m casting aside English club rivalry to bring a little more attention to a story about Arsenal, my team’s north London rivals. Arsenal have launched Arsenal Fanshare, selling portions … 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

Since the UK’s general election in May this year, the phrase ‘Big Society’ has become more and more ubiquitous. The coalition government’s intention is that the delivery of certain public services will be put more into the hands of local … 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