Corporate social responsibility, B Corps, and the now embedded ESG agenda are informing, or are informed by, our newish social and environmental conscience. Words such as ‘values’, ‘purpose’, ‘sustainability’ and ‘culture’ skip across every thought leadership piece. Capitalism looks a little outdated, a little grabby right now.
We are in a post-Pandora and Panama Papers period, woken to experiences beyond our own, living through a cost-of-living crisis while our governments mop up the chaos (and the bill) wrought after Covid. Ukraine remains under siege while the world burns and floods.