About

Corporate Citizenship Briefing was one of the world’s longest-running regular publications on responsible and sustainable business issues. Researched and written by practitioners, it aimed to give managers in companies the insights they needed to be effective in their jobs. Now archived, it offers a window on the development of corporate responsibility and sustainability over a 30 year period, from its early pioneering days to today’s mainstream business practice.

Briefing’s founding editor-in-chief throughout that period was Mike Tuffrey, who started in the field of corporate social responsibility at the charity, Action Resource Centre, in 1987 and later co-founded the consultancy, Corporate Citizenship, now incorporated in SLR. Managing editors at different times included: Oliver Balch, Oliver Wagg, Charlie Ashford, Nicole Clucas, Anne Stubert, George Blacksell, Francesca Langdon, Richard Phillips, Zanna Rodrigues, Alexandra Reece and Mienke Steytler.

Briefing was originally printed and mailed out to paying subscribers every two months, providing news stories, along with analysis, corporate profiles, book reviews, diary dates and more. In 2012, Briefing became entirely online, offering a free daily news summary emailed to over 10,000 subscribers. This continued until 2023, when Briefing switched to a monthly commentary publication, produced directly by the consultancy which continues today as a quarterly Advisory Digest.