Urgent Business: Five Myths Business Needs to Overcome to Save Itself – and the Planet The seminal new book from Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Urgent Business, is now available to buy. This essential guide features the latest research, best practice and toolkits from the Centre, to give businesses the knowledge and practical means to play their part in addressing the big sustainability challenges of the 21st century.
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Huge gap between businesses and British public on sustainability 04 May 2022 There is a huge disparity between public opinion on how businesses should behave on environmental and social issues, and how they are actually behaving.
Carbon Accounting Matters: University of Birmingham becomes first university to mainstream climate change into accountancy course 02 March 2022 The University of Birmingham has become the first Higher Educational establishment to introduce climate change into its BSc Accountancy and Finance degree course.
University of Birmingham first to introduce mainstream climate change into accountancy course 24 February 2022 The BSc Accountancy and Finance degree is incorporating climate change into the programme, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world.
University of Birmingham: first university to mainstream climate change into accountancy course 24 February 2022 Professor Ian Thomson, Dr Mayya Konovalova and Dr Madlen Sobkowiak lead mainstreaming of climate change into University of Birmingham's accountancy course.
3 New Year's resolutions your business must make to help achieve net zero 04 January 2022 By Professor Ian Thomson, Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business Business
Keyworkers and the million people who will be working on Christmas Day 20 December 2021 Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business
Smartphones, spiking, cyber awareness and avoiding Christmas fraud 16 December 2021 By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Becoming label literate: the challenge of eco-labelling 15 December 2021 By Professor Ian Thomson and Dominic Bates, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
PPE vital to healthcare workers' mental health, finds new research 29 November 2021 As the NHS braces for its tough winter period, which traditionally runs from 30 November to the end of February, new research proves how vital PPE is to the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers.
COP26 and the Four Pillars of Responsible Capitalism 19 November 2021 Professor Andy Mullineux writes about COP26, responsible capitalism and the dumping of raw sewage from water companies.
Sewage in the seas and broken contracts: what next for England and Wales' water companies? 11 November 2021 By Professor Andy Mullineux, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Emeritus Professor of Financial Economics
Responsible Capitalism and Climate Change: Does Business Ownership Matter? 09 November 2021 Blog by Professor Andy Mullineux on COP26, private equity and utilities.