Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

What is a carbon offset, and how does it work? A carbon offset is a credit that may be purchased by an individual or organisation in order to reduce their carbon footprint. When the number of carbon offset credits earned equals the amount of carbon footprint emitted by an individual or organisation, that individual or […]

*** On July 21, 2022, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. and Flynn Pharma Limited £63 million and £6 million respectively. The fines levied against these companies are the result of them abusing their market position as a means to overcharge the UK National Health Service (NHS) for […]

We have heard numerous prospective clients comment that they will simply use their existing corporate social responsibility (CSR) statements to prepare their bids, however this is not enough. The PPN 06/21 requires a specific Carbon Reduction Plan template to be used, and the calculations must be conducted with a consistent and credible methodology. Without this, […]

*** In October 2022, in the decision BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 the U.K. Supreme Court had the chance to re-consider the vexed question relating to the existence of a “creditor duty.” In what could be considered a reactionary judgment, the Court failed to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented approach consolidating the […]

Armed with the data, you’ll be steered towards purchasing carbon offsets; and this too is an area rife with charlatans. Overall, this approach neither benefits society nor your business. At the least, your misstatements of fact open the door to regulatory actions, and not is reputational damage far behind. Either way, such approaches to carbon […]

by Gael O’Brien Reopening businesses in a still-uncertain pandemic invites leaders to shape an approach that supports the work ahead. A first step depends on whether leaders can transform the buzz words “we’re in this together” into an authentic community working together to overcome obstacles. The pandemic’s assault exposed a lack of preparedness at every […]

Finance Day was momentous at COP26 in Glasgow last year, with high-profile investor coalitions launched and bold commitments from the likes of the UK to transform finance sectors into green drivers of the net-zero transition.

Deer can show transitional use between agricultural fields and forests for foraging and shelter which may have an effect on the level of forest damage. In their latest research, Anders Jarnemo and colleagues investigate this relationship by studying red deer in Skåne, Sweden. Red deer (Cervus elaphus) have been observed to cause severe damage to […]

by Gael O’Brien Paul H. O’Neill, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former chairman and CEO of Alcoa had a clear point of view about how to achieve organizational excellence. From the time he was a teenager working construction in Alaska, he was a collector of ideas and observations about human behavior. He died last month […]

Attendees to COP27 will today be discussing decarbonisation as part of the themed daily schedule. Decarbonisation Day aims to promote discussion on how heavily polluting industries such as oil and gas extraction, and construction, can reduce their emissions using innovative techniques.