Month: January 2026

Crisis responds to the UK national strategy to end homelessness

Stuart Mitchell

On Wednesday 10th December the Westminster government has published their cross-department strategy to get the country back on track towards ending homelessness. The strategy acknowledges the gravity of the situation and focuses on three key pledges: halving the number of long-term rough sleepers; ending the use of B&Bs for families and preventing more households from experiencing homelessness. It also includes many welcome measures to prevent homelessness, including a new target to stop people being discharged from hospital on to the streets. This comes as research from Crisis shows that nearly…

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Triodos Bank calls for fundamental overhaul of financial system and backs stronger public guidance

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank recently announced its renewed vision for the future of finance, calling for a fundamental transformation of the financial system to better serve society. The vision, detailed in the paper “A System that Serves: Rebuilding Finance for the Future”, outlines urgent reforms to ensure finance supports human dignity, ecological balance, and long-term prosperity. The proposal includes a public digital currency and a new approach to financial policy, directing finance to where it matters most. The financial system is not a neutral or objective set of tools. It is a…

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CAP – The great outdoors: keeping posters in line with the Code – come rain or shine

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Tread carefully: The great outdoors: keeping posters in line with the Code – come rain or shine, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Here are our top tips for making sure that ads in out of home advertising in public space is compliant with the CAP Code. Find a happy outdoor medium, by avoiding harm and offence Out of home (OOH) ads will be…

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Chemical giants claim hazardous substances are “not material” to sustainability reporting

Stuart Mitchell

In a surprising development, several of Europe’s largest chemical companies claim that hazardous substances are not relevant enough to include in their mandatory sustainability reporting under the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The finding comes from a new analysis published today by pollution watchdog ChemSec, which has compiled and compared the CSRD reports from the companies ranked in this year’s ChemScore. This marks the first third-party evaluation of how the chemical sector is handling the EU’s most ambitious sustainability reporting framework to date. “We wanted to understand what the chemical industry actually reports under CSRD,…

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Demand for ESG ratings remains strong but companies seek more alignment with reporting standards, according to ERM research

Stuart Mitchell

ERM’s latest assessment of the ESG rating landscape finds that corporate sustainability professionals continue to value and engage with ratings agencies but are taking a more selective approach based on stakeholder needs. Rate the Raters, developed by ERM’s Sustainability Institute, finds that most (84 percent) companies plan to continue engagement with ESG ratings and see them as an important part of their sustainability strategy. However, more than three-quarters (77 percent) also emphasize the need for closer ratings methodology alignment with leading mandatory and voluntary sustainability standards. Investor demand drives engagement…

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