ESG
A new corporate governance regime beckons
What does the new UK Governance Code mean for business?
The plastic issue
Blue Planet II caused a backlash against single-use plastic but recycling is not currently the simple solution that some imagine
Best annual report – FTSE 100 organisation
Annual report & accounts 2016
Aviva
Agency: MerchantCantos
Addressing the gender pay gap
New legal disclosure requirements will force companies employing more than 250 people to reveal their gender pay gaps using four different metrics
Best CSR programme
The Co-operative Bank and Refuge: My money, my life
The Co-operative Bank
Agencies: markettiers, Lansons
Stand up and be counted
Companies know that in order to improve diversity and inclusion, they need to collect more employee data but that act is also fraught with issues
How a ballot bin made smokers think twice about where they left their stubs
Environmental charity Hubbub used behavioural science techniques to encourage smokers to dispose of stubs carefully
Workers get elevated
There has been a lacklustre response to the new proposals to elect employees to the executive board
The annual interrogation
Annual meetings are a vital part of a company’s calendar but they can lead to some awkward questions for the board
Unravelling gender linguistics
Companies need better information about their transgender employees in order to create a more inclusive environment
The water dilemma
Companies need to have a water strategy as demand continues to rise but supply does not grow