Sustainability & people
All about the wider issues that come out of the sustainability transitions including human rights, social factors & human capital
Legal trends in climate action
Legal actions against governments are seeing some interesting changes. And legal actions against governments have implications for companies and investors.
Artisanal Mining – Opportunity for Mercury Elimination
It's hard to believe that the use of mercury in artisanal mining is still so prevalent 200 years after its extensive use in California. Until you start to think about the practicalities. The alternatives are often limited.
Sunday Brunch: how investors think about climate risk
How finance people think about climate risk really matters. If they see the risk as real, they will act. If they don't, the movement of private finance into climate related solutions will be weakened.
How willing are we to pay a green premium?
A recent PwC survey suggests we are willing to pay a green premium, but is this being reflected in real world decision making? The jury is still out on this one. Be careful about surveys, the intentions actions gap (what you say you want is not what you end up
Understanding responsible battery supply chains
Do we really understand how to measure responsible sourcing in EV and battery supply chains?
Sunday Brunch: healthcare, underrepresentation and the flaw of averages
Increasing diversity in clinical trials is one of the foundations of health equity
Is the corporate DEI panic finally over?
That's the headline for an article in The FT that caught our eye this week. In June of last year when the US Supreme Court overturned affirmative action for college admissions meaning that race could no longer be considered as a factor in university admissions there has been
Ethics training prevents normal people veering off course
Joachim Klement who is an investment strategist at Liberum and author of the excellent Klement on Investing blog recently published a piece titled "Normalisation of deviance" highlighting some interesting research from University College London. It concluded that if people keep on telling lies, people become desensitised as their
Labour exploitation in supply chains
Anti-slavery charity Unseen have found that incidents of labour exploitation across the food industry are rising. Unseen received a record number of calls to its modern slavery helpline, with a significant number of cases involving agriculture, farming, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors. They identified 49 cases of modern slavery in
Sunday Brunch: stronger for longer, not strongest for shortest
Offshoring has retraced recently driven by cost, nationalism and ESG. But is complete retrenchment the right move?
Sunday Brunch: tales of the unexpected
The transition to a more sustainable world is a complex process. Even with the best intentions, there could be some unintended consequences.
Sunday Brunch: What we call things really matters
Or why sustainability accounting is really important - even if it's a bit boring.