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ILO welcomes G7 commitment to invest in human capital and decent work

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization has welcomed a G7 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Declaration, focusing on the need to invest in human capital and decent work. The meeting in the Japanese city of Kurashiki, which took place 22 – 23 April, concluded with a statement highlighting governments’ commitments to address key issues facing the world of work. These include the need for decent work and worker engagement; lifelong learning and investment in skills; inclusive labour markets; and gender equality, including the importance of promoting paternity leave in workplaces and in the…

B Lab Global welcomes standards expert Janine Guillot to Board of Directors

Stuart Mitchell

The B Lab Global Board of Directors is pleased to announce Janine Guillot as its newest member, effective April 2023.   Guillot’s appointment comes at a pivotal moment for B Lab Global as it works to scale and mobilize the B Corp movement and its more than 6,000 Certified B Corporations, 10,000 benefit corporations, and 200,000 impact management tool users. Janine’s notable career in financial services and leadership at major standards-setters the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Value Reporting Foundation (VRF), and most recently the IFRS Foundation will be critical in…

Businesses, entrepreneurs, green growth groups and leading climate NGOs welcome EU Green Deal Industrial Plan and call on bloc to increase its speed, scale and focus

Stuart Mitchell

Over forty organisations representing business innovation, green growth associations, clean tech entrepreneurs, think-tanks, institutes and NGOs are calling on the EU to make a success of the proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan. Read the letter In a letter to EU leaders, signatories offer guidance and call for rapid action on ten priority measures before this week’s Special European Council meeting which will help chart the EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Together these suggested measures can ensure public funding is accessed more quickly across all EU budget…

EU Commissioner for Economy welcomes game-changing Index for Competitive Sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

The publication of the first edition of the Competitive Sustainability Index (CSI) was welcomed in Brussels by Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy, as a ground-breaking new approach to measuring the EU’s competitive sustainability performance, the EU’s strategy for global leadership in the sustainability transition.  Developed by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Breakthrough Energy and Cambridge Econometrics, the Competitive Sustainability Index is the first index to develop metrics to measure competitiveness in the context of the transition to a smart, green, climate neutral economy, addressing immediate needs…

‘Revolving door of business and politics must grind to a halt’ – PRCA welcomes PACAC report

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Associations’ (PRCA) Public Affairs Board has welcomed a report from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) recommending tougher laws governing MPs appointments in the private sector. The PACAC report recommends all senior officials be required to sign a legally binding agreement compelling them to adhere to rules outlined by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) for two years after they leave office. The recommendation falls within the PRCA’s 2021 Six Point Public Confidence Plan for Reform, which outlines a blueprint for restoring…