Ethical Businesses and Strong Leaders

Even sir Terence Conran took the trouble to write to the FT (Letters 2nd April 08) in support of Sir Stuart Rose and his leadership. The shareholders' wrath at Sir Stuart having been voted both CEO and Chairman of M&S was clearly not well received in many quarters.

As Director of an ethical business, my experience has taught me that in attempting to work to a triple bottom line: social, environmental and financial, the established (continues...)

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Gossypium's Alternative to Disposable Clothing

Abigail Petit, co-founder of Gossypium, recently attended a conference with Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) where people in high places were saying that fast fashion is bad and will soon have to pay the price for cleaning-up its own act. The government appear to be getting heavy handed with the clothing industry. Here\'s why…

The EU in Brussels has identified key areas of waste requiring attention in terms (continues...)

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