Using the Tools of Business to Create Public Good
Johannesburg, January 2016 During the Leader’s speech I felt I’d lost two hours of my life; it lasted less than an hour. Its complacent tone omitted both ambition and purpose, fought battles won 20 …
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In Johannesburg, January 2016, I saw charity, business and community working together for the most deprived... Moriteng and Finetown are squatter camps on either side of the main road into Ennerdale, …
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So the Community Development Foundation is to close. A proud half-century of history will come to an end in March 2016 as the organisation discharges its contractual obligations in a typically …
Benefacto is a great new organisation which recently celebrated its 1500th employee volunteer matched with a meaningful, sustainable and ethical opportunity. Tom had the privilege of chairing the …
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On 7 December Civil Society published Tom's response to a new report... CIPD and NCVO’s report on employee volunteering is a missed opportunity; my worry for both the voluntary sector and responsible …
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Tom's article featured on the CBI's Great Business Debate web site, December 2015: Business leaders are judged by the image their company creates, not only through their commercial mission but by …
