This briefing assesses the potential to create 'green jobs' through significant public investment in green technology and infrastructure as a key component of stimulus packages - in contrast with the impact of investment in 'brown' jobs or tax cuts.

In a new Wiki Book (www.citizenrenaissance.com), authors Robert Phillips and Jules Peck explore the potential of a new Tripartite Contract between Business, Politics and Citizenship; a Contract built and conducted in the spirit of openness, transparency and real engagement; one designed to deliver the common good and safeguard the future of the planet.

What difference do sustainability reports make to business strategy?

As Maplecroft launches its Human Rights Risk Report 2009, mapping human rights risk to business in 196 countries worldwide, it is clear that the need for risk mitigation by business is greater than ever. Building on three years data and analysis, Maplecroft’s research paints a gloomy picture of human rights globally on the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, calling into question many governments’ commitments regarding the protection of human rights, as well as the role of business in respecting human rights within their sphere of influence.

The London G-20 Summit, April 2nd, marked a useful new beginning for multi-lateralism.  The eclipsing of the G-8 was as necessary for the world as the new informal proposals by China, India, Russia and Brazil for a new global reserve currency to complement the US dollar and the euro.