Missing the wood for the trees? How to make supply chains sustainable

Impact Sourcing – opportunities for inclusive business in the legal sector

Extending the traditional outsourcing model represents a significant opportunity for the legal sector, writes Rita Sheth.

Getting started on the human rights journey

Ed Potter, Coca-Cola’s Director for Global Workplace Rights, says that implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is really just a question of getting started.

CSR and corporate pensions – it’s time to talk

Louise Rouse, Director of Engagement at ShareAction, says that when it comes to long term strategy, there is a surprising disconnect between sustainable business and their own pension funds.

AkzoNobel: Sustainability from “the heart, the mind and the wallet”

The Social Stock Exchange: Mainstreaming impact investing

The Social Stock Exchange was launched at the June G8 Summit on social investment and finance. Co-founder Pradeep Jethi explains the benefits it will bring to ‘mainstreaming’ impact investing.

When words are not enough

The Social Stock Exchange: measuring social impact is key

Adrian Henriques says that increasing the flow of funds to social enterprises is a good idea, but that its credibility depends on demonstrating how people benefit.

The inevitability of traceability

Consumers are demanding traceability in the supply chain, says Stuart Singleton-White, but companies can reduce their costs and still ensure sustainability.

Don’t call me a consumer

Jonathon Porritt says that to be truly sustainable, companies must engage with people as citizens, not consumers.