Is 2023 going to be the year that we witness the triumphal march of ESG (Environmental Social and Governance) investment, or will we witness it’s…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
Author: Nick Silver
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I have been moved to write this blog by Harry and Meghan’s recent Netflix documentary. I must admit I haven’t actually watched any of it…
It’s pretty uncontroversial to observe that we are living in a time of rising extremism, irrationality, polarisation and anger (pick your combination). In their brilliant…
There is currently a debate around whether the government should break the pension triple lock, the commitment to increase pensions in line with the higher…
OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT With a huge black hole in its public finances, the UK is lucky to be blessed with around £8 trillion in…
Recently, following the mini-budget, something happened in the defined benefit (DB) pensions sector which caused a massive intervention by the Bank of England. The DB…
“Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.” Bullshit (2005), by Harry Frankfurt This week I am going to see an orthopaedic surgeon;…
I have never been to Rwanda, but my company has done quite a bit of work there, which I oversaw, many of my colleagues have…
The Ukraine crisis has made energy security a priority, especially in respect to Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels; at a time when governments are…
The war in Ukraine has precipitated a crisis in European and world energy markets. Europe gets about 40 per cent of its gas and 30…
Like everyone else I am shocked and horrified by the Ukraine crisis and have great sympathy and admiration for the people in the Ukraine and…
Mr Putin’s aims are fairly transparent. Basically he wants to keep himself in power and he wants to re-assert Russia’s role as a world power…