Author Archives: Mike Tuffrey

We kick off this year’s regular monthly focus on actions businesses can take to be more sustainable, by looking at risk. Time to put on a metaphorical hard hat. From where I sit, the outlook is intensely depressing, whether in … Continue reading →

Our year examining priority Actions for Business ends this month with a look at alternatives to the traditional economic model of take-make-waste, then repeat. Of all the topics we’ve addressed, this is the one where, for me at least, the … Continue reading →

With COP28 fast approaching as I write this, all eyes are on climate. So you might wonder why this month we’re focusing on nature. No surprise, really, as in Actions for Business, we try to think a few steps ahead – … 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 →