I share this, which I did not write: Today (11am, 23 March) Francis Sealey is interviewing Richard Murphy about the Green New Deal and how
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The era of hands off government has to come to an end
As the Guardian reported yesterday: The UK government’s flagship home insulation scheme, intended to kickstart a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, has been botched,
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Sixty three, with a passion to work
Forgive me a more personal note please. I am 63 today. I admit that does not seem possible. Nor does it seem reasonable. And congratulations
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Labour must tackle the idea that the country is like a household
My Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, had this letter in the New European this week: Labour’s chance James Balls article (“‘How we must pay
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Sustainable cost accounting: a worked example
As many readers will know, apart from my work for Tax Research UK I also direct the Corporate Accountability Network. In that capacity, I work
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Unless a business embraces climate change it is no longer a going concern
Two articles in the FT this morning make clear that the issue of climate change and accounting is not going away. This is the headline
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The only real ESG investment is a Green New Deal
As the FT notes this morning: The reality of investing ethically remains complex and the burden largely falls to investors to determine what represents an
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The government aims to raise the square root of diddlysquat from green bonds
I take this from the Daily Mail: In other words, by offering a miserly rate of interest the government is confirming it has no interest
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Damp squib for green bonds
Could the government make the new retail green bond sound any more uninspired if they tried? This is what the Budget document said: I am
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