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New Deloitte survey reveals business leaders recognize the importance of trust, but do not consistently prioritize it in board governance strategies

Stuart Mitchell

The Deloitte Global Boardroom Program has released the results of its latest Board Frontier Topic survey, “How boards are nurturing and measuring stakeholder trust,” which finds global business leaders understand the importance of and feel responsible for building trust within their organization. Yet, few of those surveyed categorized their organization as achieving a high level of trust maturity and around a third said they have no consistent approach to maintaining trust or only prioritize it in the wake of a crisis. To better understand how companies—and boards, in particular—are addressing…

edie launches new explains guide on how businesses can become a B Corp

Stuart Mitchell

edie has published a new Explains guide for businesses, listing all the key steps, considerations and benefits for organisations that are aiming to become a certified B Corp. B Corp is a certification initiative whereby non-profit B Lab verifies companies across the globe to showcase that they are meeting the highest environmental and social performance standards, not only through their product or service, but across all aspects of their internal and external practices. There are more than 1,100 B Corps in the UK across 58 industries. Collectively, these companies employ…

Pukka Herbs becomes the second business to partner with ‘community benefit society’, Energy Garden, for 100% renewable community-owned energy

Stuart Mitchell

Organic herbal tea company, Pukka Herbs announces its partnership with Energy Garden, a ‘community benefit society’, to power its UK sites with 100% renewable electricity from community energy projects in the UK.  Pukka has signed on to a two-year power-purchase agreement, whereby the electricity required to power Pukka’s head offices in Keynsham near Bristol and warehouse, Quadrant, will be 100% bought from and provided by community energy projects. Pukka is the second company to commit to a renewable community energy partnership with Energy Garden, with the first being outdoor apparel…

GSR Launches Foundation with $10m Pledge Celebrating 10 years of Business

Stuart Mitchell

GSR, the global crypto market maker and liquidity provider, has pledged an initial $10m to establish the GSR Foundation, an independent grantmaking charity that will support non-profit organisations across the world. This donation serves to formalise and grow an integral and long-standing commitment by the firm to ESG and positive social impact, alongside building a best-in-class trading business. With a pedigree of established tech and financial leaders at the helm, GSR understands the importance existing and emerging technologies play in accelerating progress toward, and solving, some of the world’s problems.…

The Coca-Cola Company in North America Collaborates with Rise Up Crowdfunding LLC to Launch an Equity Crowdfunding Resource for Women and Minority-Owned Small Business

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca-Cola Company is proud to support the launch of Rise Up Crowdfunding. The equity crowdfunding portal empowers investors from the general public to invest in women and minority-owned small companies and startups looking to raise capital.  Coca-Cola’s commitment to supplier diversity focuses on maximizing procurement opportunities and proactively engaging and building partnerships with diverse suppliers. The Rise Up Crowdfunding funding portal offers a new solution for business owners to gain access to a process for raising capital from the crowd, which could be a community of their customers, fans,…