In the first of three articles for Sustainable Brands from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2025, Richard Howitt ...

Richard Howitt is a strategic adviser on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Business and Human Rights. He is also a Board member, lecturer at Audencia Business School and host of the Frank ...

While few funders have fully realized the regenerative finance vision, a growing community of financial activists is applying its core practices in initiatives that show how we can use capital as a ...

In a volatile market, it can be a good idea to remind ourselves (and our colleagues) that there’s a strong business case for ESG and sustainability. Last week, The Guardian launched the "89 Percent ...

A side effect of tariffs could be an increase in industry circularity and the associated recycling of materials and components to enable domestic electronics manufacturing. The last few weeks have ...

What’s in a name? Quite a bit, actually. Names are shorthand for the subject being described, but names can bring along baggage of their own. One doesn’t need to look much further than certain news ...

ICMM’s ‘Good Practice Guide’ outlines a seven-step process to help companies establish baselines, apply the mitigation hierarchy and transparently disclose progress towards improving biodiversity.

Despite promising developments, industry efforts to eliminate scope 3 emissions will not scale in time. EACs allow companies to invest in climate-change mitigation activities while they decarbonize ...

Headlines have been flush with stories reporting the death of ESG. But in reality, it’s been more of a ‘reset’ than a ‘retreat.’ We dig into the challenges and opportunities businesses will face in ...

In three months, the first citywide program in the US to offer a free reuse-and-return system for to-go cups produced environmental benefits when compared with a single-use alternative. Making Reuse ...

With dedicated leadership and an actionable plan that prioritizes transparency, accountability and real results over rhetoric, the Purpose Pledge community aims to set a new standard for responsible ...

When a university in Northern England recently announced plans to demolish its Centenary Building — a prize-winning structure celebrated less than 30 years ago as an example of “dynamic, modern and ...