An extract of five key questions for leaders from the recent Tomorrow's Company publication 'Corporate Purpose and Values - time for a re-think?' by George Binney. For more information visit www.tomorrowscompany.com

Successfully Engaging Europe's Smaller Businesses in Environmental and Social Issues

Companies are responding to global competition and economic volatility by seeking to be more responsive while lowering costs. This often involves down-sizing and out-sourcing: The very things that tend to destroy the trust of employees. At the same time, workers say they want more flexibility, yet this is often perceived by business as a threat to performance. Could there be a way to reconcile these two apparently opposing forces and transform the debate on flexible working and business performance? Workplace experts Career Innovation facilitated an 18-month ‘Agile Resourcing’ programme with some of the world's most respected employers: Boeing, BT, Marriott, Nokia, Pfizer, PwC, UBS and Oxfam. The resulting ‘Manifesto’ provides principles and examples to help create tomorrow's most agile workplaces. www.CiManifesto.com.

A presentation given by Amanda Jordan, Co-Chair of Corporate Citizenship, at the Tomorrow's Company and Opinion Leader Research  event, 'CSR in Recession'. You can hear the audio recording of the event to accompany this presentation here on forceforgood.com. 

The Green Accounting for Indian States Project has been set up to create new measures of economic success that would be a better yardstick, than conventional GDP figures, to look at the trade off between development and sustainability in the Third World . This monograph is the first in a series that offer arguments relevant to potential force for good companies in South East Asia.  This article looks at why new economic measures are necessary in relation to Indian forests and what these measures could be.