Mervyn King, chairman of the King Committee on Governance, talks about sustainability and governance in South Africa.  In particular he looks at the new South African Companies Bill, which will come into effect in 2010, and 'King 3', the latest report from the commission. Click on the blog, South Africa makes sustainability reporting mandatory (tbc) or on a summary from South Africa's Institute of Directors for more information.

Michael Bray discusses the future investment needs of energy and natural resource companies, arguing that they will have to redefine success if they are to raise cheap capital. He concludes that these companies should learn from the advice of the TGC Report by effectively communicating their reports on strategy, performance and prospects.Michael Bray is currently a partner in KPMG in Melbourne and Sits on the Institute of Chartered Accountants broad business reporting and advisory panel. He was also a Global Executive Partner for KPMG’s Energy and Natural Resource Practice for five years until two years ago.

In this audio recording Peter Davis discusses the rationale behind the report ‘A light but effective touch’, which he worked on as chairman of the Conservative Party Working Group on Responsible Business Practice. He argues that Governmental legislation alone is not able to tackle issues such as rising obesity and the drinking culture in Britain. The report suggests that the business can play a prominent role and concludes that solutions can be found if the government acts as a catalyst to bring organisations together in Responsibility Deals. Peter Davis is the co director of the Ethical Corporation Institute and political editor of Ethical Corporation. He has written widely and has a wealth of experience previously working throughout the globe for NATO, Shell, BSkyB and Diageo.The full report can be read here

A Tomorrow's Company and Opinion Leader Research hosted by Tony Manwaring, CEO of Tomorrow's Company and including celebrated economist Paul Ormerod, OLR Marketing Director Nicola Austin, and Co-Chair of Corporate Citizenship, Amanda Jordan. In it we conclude that the real winners in the CSR shake-out that is to come will be the forceforgood companies who move to 'CSR 2.0'.