Why education should be part of your CSR or ESG programme
Why education should be part of your CSR or ESG programme Consumers, investors, and employees are keenly aware of the role of businesses in shaping society and…
Measuring your CSR impact and social ROI
Measuring your CSR impact and social ROI Getting leadership buy-in for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programmes…
Takeaways from Beyond the Games 2022
Over 300 UK and international sports leaders gathered at Aston Villa in Birmingham in the last week of July for the Beyond the Games conference 2022, sponsored by…
Purpose means profit: Why purpose-driven companies are more successful
A cultural transformation has occurred in the last couple of decades and is now undeniable: companies are now expected to assess, control, and leverage the impact…
Interpreting recent changes to educational policies - Jim Knight
by Lord Jim Knight, former cabinet Minister and Chief Education and External Officer at TES The first half of this year has seen the publication of a series of…
The knowledge gap making the cost of living crisis worse
The steep fall in purchasing power, caused by high inflation surpassing pay rises, is not ending anytime soon. Triggered by a ‘perfect storm’ of Covid aftereffects,…
Why supporting young people's mental health should matter to your company
The mental health of our society, specifically our young people, is in crisis, with a direct impact on people’s ability to perform or show up in the workplace.…
Lord Jim Knight: How can we harness the positive power of technology in education?
By Lord Jim Knight, former cabinet Minister and Chief Education and External Officer at TES I’d just come back from Covid. I’d been up the night before at…
Lord Jim Knight: The talent gap and the role of employers
By Lord Jim Knight, former cabinet Minister and Chief Education and External Officer at TES What happens when you get a diverse group of employers around a dinner…
Three ways to measure your organisation’s social purpose performance
More and more organisations are placing social purpose at the heart of their business strategy and it’s easy to see why. Social purpose isn’t just the right…
How businesses can help define and address the ‘missing layer of learning’
Over the last couple of years, amid the most challenging of circumstances, our schools and teachers have gone above and beyond in trying to prepare pupils for an…
Takeouts from a global conversation on Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an incredible toll not just on physical health but on the collective mental health of our world. Across the globe, we have seen both…
Introducing ‘Impact-as-a-Service’— software that helps companies make a social impact
Published in Fortune Magazine June 7, 2021Software has disrupted the world. It has changed our routines and established a new order to our lives. Consider the advances…
Consumers now expect businesses to address inequalities exposed by the pandemic
The pandemic has made consumers much more likely to buy from businesses with a social conscience, new research commissioned by EVERFI has found. Some 2,096 adults…
How can businesses help narrow the Covid learning gap?
Education researchers rarely agree. But on one thing, at least, they are unanimous: the pandemic has widened the gulf in educational attainment between disadvantaged…
UAE businesses are embracing Corporate Social Responsibility as a profitable way to do business
Corporate Social Responsibility - when businesses adopt practices that have a positive economic, social and environmental impact - is taking off in the UAE. Over…