Author Archives: Mike Tuffrey

Welcome to my website and occasional blog. I’m Mike Tuffrey – after a varied career, I’m now active as a non-executive director and adviser on business, government and sustainability. Based in London, I’ve combined work across all three sectors over … Continue reading →

This month we’re looking at how social and environmental factors can align and reinforce each other. Such win-win outcomes have long been at the heart of the sustainability and responsible business agendas – the proposition that it’s not a binary … Continue reading →

Our focus this month is on human and labour rights – earlier this year our forward-looking Actions for Business report anticipated growing interest in the topic. This has proved timely, given the evident challenges in switching to a “green tech” future at … Continue reading →

We take a look at another of our big trends this month – deglobalisation and the implications for supply chains. The topic first came to prominence during the pandemic; now mounting geopolitical instability and superpower rivalry make it even more … Continue reading →

This month we look at climate solutions and how to go beyond simplistic “net zero” rhetoric, at a time when public scrutiny of green marketing is escalating. In the US, the Federal Trade Commission is extending public comment for its Green … Continue reading →

Our topic this month is ESG Backlash, the second of the themes for the year we identified in our Actions for Business Report 2023. That backlash is coming from two directions, not one. The first source is noisy and grabbing the … Continue reading →

Despite the seeming ubiquity of the term ESG, understanding of one of its key components remains sketchy. Let’s be frank. For many in the investment management world, S means snooze when it comes to ESG. They’ve more pressing concerns – … Continue reading →

In the middle of the global pandemic, my colleagues and I at Corporate Citizenship took a fresh look out how to conduct an effective process to discern the most important issues facing companies in their sustainability agenda. 2020 was a … Continue reading →

“It’s all about the money, isn’t it?” That’s what the CFO of a French conglomerate said to me last week. Phrased as a question, he actually meant it as a statement of the blindingly obvious. Perhaps surprisingly for sustainability colleagues, my answer … Continue reading →