The development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges

Posted on August 19, 2013 · 1 Comment

This paper seeks to discuss the role of business academics and business schools in the development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges. The paper captures contributions made during a panel discussion at the First Academic Symposium on Leadership for Climate Change and Sustainability held at La Trobe University, Melbourne in […]

Filed Under: Books & journal articles, Governance & integrated thinking, Human capital & diversity, Leadership, Sustainability Accounting, Management & Policy Jnl, University sector

The banking sector and integrated reporting: focus on HSBC

Posted on July 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

written by Carol Adams There are good reasons for banks to adopt integrated reporting and think beyond compliance requirements. With nine of ninety plus businesses in the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) pilot, the sector is leading the way in integrated reporting.  The nine are: BBVA (Spain); BNDES and Itau Unibanco (Brazil); DBS Bank (Singapore); […]

Filed Under: Corporate report reviews, Financial reporting, Financial services sector, Governance & integrated thinking, Human capital & diversity, Integrated reporting, Sustainability reporting

ESG issues and business responses: an interview with Ian Woods, AMP Capital

Posted on July 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Ian is Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Research at AMP Capital investors and is a founding member and Deputy Chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change. He spoke with me about his views on business attitudes to ESG issues, especially supply chain issues, ESG issues of the future and integrated and sustainability reporting. […]

Filed Under: Governance & integrated thinking, Human capital & diversity, Integrated reporting, Interviews, Materiality, Social capital, Sustainability reporting

Integrated Reporting and the Six Capitals: What does it all mean?

Posted on March 16, 2013 · 4 Comments

written by Carol Adams Big companies are all talking about integrated reporting.  But what is it? How do you do it? And what difference will it make to whom? I’ll be looking at some of these questions over my next few blogs as the IIRC starts to release its Background Papers to support the International […]

Filed Under: Embedding sustainability, Human capital & diversity, Integrated reporting, Natural capital, Social capital
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