‘Getting away from it all’: reflections on responsible tourism
April 19, 2012
Its that time of the year again! The overindulgence of Christmas is but a distant memory. New Years’ dieting resolutions have become derailed by an ‘unholy’ binge on Easter Eggs and golden chocolate bunnies (you know which ones I mean, greedy!). Outside the blossom is bursting, the temperatures are up (more or less) and the …
Sustainability reporting on the SGX: A driver for better business?
April 16, 2012
As I laid out the name badges on the decadently dressed registration table, rifling through my bag for a Nottingham branded pen, I sat back and smiled. My guests would soon arrive, and the delicately robed perch-tables would, I hoped, be awash with neatly placed nibbles and confidently extended hands, aptly framed with the magnificent panoramic view …
The Business of Advocating for Gender Equality
April 9, 2012
Not content with just one publication on gender and CSR (see our other blog, Women Mean Business), last month saw the release of another collaboration, this time with Oxfam. ‘Gender Equality: It’s you business’ is number seven in Oxfam International’s Briefings for Business series. It offers practical advice on achieving gender equality in four key …
Business Education for Responsible Capitalism
April 2, 2012
As is often the case following a business debacle, debate ensues about making business and capitalism more responsible. In the UK, Messrs Cameron and Miliband are scoring points off each other by offering ‘more responsible capitalisms than thou’, and more widely some business leaders are pointing to ethical, governance and regulatory business shortcomings. All very …
Margin Call
March 22, 2012
Margin Call was the final film in this year’s series Doing the Business, a series designed to use the medium of film to encourage discussion and debate on social and ethical issues in business. It was the most mainstream of the films we have screened this year, with an academy award nomination for the screenplay …
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
March 13, 2012
Or officially POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. That’s for sponsorship reasons which will be made clear shortly. The Greatest Movie is the third movie in our annual Doing the Business film season, in partnership with the Broadway Cinema. Launched in 2011, The Greatest Movie is, narrowly, about product placement and, more broadly, …
Women Mean Business
March 6, 2012
Tuesday the 6th March has been a very busy day for those of us working in the field of gender, sustainability and CSR. The UN Women’s Empowerment Principles annual seminar is playing out on a live webcast as I type, and Oxfam have launched a new Briefings for Business on gender equality. This morning I …
China’s Three Gorges Dam an Expensive Lesson?
February 29, 2012
The prize-winning documentary “Up the Yangtze”, shown in Nottingham last night as the second event in the “Doing the Business film series organised by the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, is a heart-wrenching story of the sad fate of a peasant family forced to leave their home as it is flooded by the giant …
Up the Yangtze
Take a “Farewell Tour” up the Yangtze river on board a luxury cruise ship and marvel at the dramatic sights, sounds and cultures of China New and Old. Stand at the foot of the magnificent hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam – an icon of the Chinese economic miracle – and contemplate the sheer scale and speed …
Is there blood in your mobile?
February 27, 2012
Our annual film series Doing the Business opened with a striking documentary investigating the use of conflict minerals in the electronics industry supply chain. Following the screening Professor Jeremy Moon opened the discussion by outlining three key questions: Who is responsible for the problems that we witnessed in the Democratic Republic of Congo? One of …
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