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The Business of Sustainability in the Nineteenth Century
Little did Gro Harlem Brundtland know that her 1987 UN report, ‘Our Common Future’, would spawn a whole new industry: that of sustainability. Yet the roots of sustainable business, and its cousins, ESG, DEI and other non-financial measures of impact, go back not just decades but centuries. We explore how the innocence of Victorian entrepreneurs…
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How can it be anything but political?: Keir Starmer and an ‘island of strangers’
On Monday 12 May, Keir Starmer announced his government’s plans to reform the immigration system, tightening rules on who may reside in the UK. Although quickly denying any political incentive, the timing of this announcement and his use of language are all too reminiscent of future policies that Reform UK under Nigel Farage are offering.…
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Why Reeves and Kendall’s Welfare Budget Cuts are doomed to fail
Steven King looks both ahead and to the past when considering Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall’s plans for welfare budget cuts. Why are such plans always doomed to fail?
Lessons From the Past for Policy Futures