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Future-proof your climate strategy
Joseph E. Aldy & Gianfranco Gianfrate, Harvard Business Review Magazine, May-June 2019 Edition, 02 May 2019 The threat that climate change poses for companies is no longer theoretical. Businesses are working to protect their assets from extreme weather events, and more companies are figuring such ‘climate risk’ into their calculations. Investors are paying close attention. But there is a related threat that many haven’t fully taken in: carbon risk – the...
government relations
socio political environment
corporate responsibility
Regulators around the world are circling Facebook
Cecilia Kang & Adam Satariano, The New York Times, Thursday 24th April 2019, 22 April 2019 After years of seeming disinterest and half-steps, regulators on four continents are preparing for a long-awaited showdown with Facebook. Mostly, they have the same goal: to change the social media company’s behaviour. Figuring out how is the hard part. Members of the Federal Trade Commission in the US are weighing what sorts of constraints they...
socio political environment
Burger King pulls 'racist' chopsticks ad after outcry in China
Pei Li and Brenda Goh, The Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 10th April 2019, 09 April 2019 Burger King has pulled a promotional video in New Zealand showing customers trying to eat burgers with chopsticks following outcry from China, and demands for the US fast food to chain to apologise. The video posted on a New Zealand franchisee’s Instagram account showed Westerners with an oversized chopstick in each hand struggling to eat the...
socio political environment
reputation
What can we learn from Boeing’s crisis response?
Wayne BurnsIn recent months, Boeing has stared down a major crisis. Just three years after the model’s first flight, the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet has crashed twice, killing 336 people in the two incidents. The first crash happened near Jakarta, Indonesia and the most recent incident, which took place on March 10 just outside...
socio political environment
Britain proposes broad new powers to regulate internet content
Adam Satariano, The New York Times, Monday 8th April 2019, 07 April 2019 Britain has proposed sweeping new government powers to regulate the internet to combat the spread of violent and extremist content, false information and harmful material aimed at children. The recommendations take aim at Facebook, Google and other large internet platforms that policymakers believe have prioritised growth and profits over limiting...
socio political environment
public policy
How can you succeed in the world of corporate public affairs?
01 April 2019Pamela Catty SFCCPA and Matthew Percival were formally inducted as Senior Fellows of the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs (SFCCPA) at the Centre's 2019 Annual Head of Function and Senior Practitioner Roundtable.
They talk about about their careers in corporate public affairs; the characteristics of...
leadership communications
socio political environment
community relations
EU decides against bloc-wide ban of Huawei in defiance of US
Manabu Morimoto, Nikkei Asian Review, Wednesday 27th March 2019, 25 March 2019 The European Union has chosen to let each member nation decide whether to use equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies despite American demands to keep the company away from high-speed 5G networks. “EU member states have the right to exclude companies from their markets for national security reasons, if they don't comply with the country's...
socio political environment
public policy
Is civil public discourse dead and buried?
18 March 2019Peter Van Onselen, Political Editor at Network Ten and Contributing Editor at the Australian newspaper talks about politics, public discourse, and what's next for the role of social media in democracies.
socio political environment
public policy
community relations
British Panel Calls for Stricter Antitrust Rules on Tech Giants
Adam Satariano, The New York Times, Tuesday 12th March 2019, 12 March 2019 Britain has this week added its voice to the global backlash against the growing power of technology companies, as a British government report released on Wednesday affirmed that Big Tech is reducing consumer choice and harming innovation. The 150 page report said the country needed stricter rules on acquisitions in the technology industry and...
socio political environment
Businesses urged to ‘do more’ to win public contracts
BBC News, Monday 11th March 2019, 07 March 2019 The UK government is set to announce that businesses looking to secure public sector contracts will need to do more to help improve society, with issues like modern slavery and climate change top of the list to tackle. The UK spends £49bn with outside organisations every year, and will also try to award more contracts to small firms. When drawing...
csr
public policy
socio political environment