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Why sustainability and innovation are completely intertwined

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 08/11/2021
Dan was doing some research on LinkedIn and was surprised at how few people mention both innovation and sustainability in their profile headline. I think innovation and sustainability are completely intertwined – and are only going to become more so over the next few years.   Incremental changes A company starts by asking what it can […]
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The three dimensions of sustainability

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 07/10/2021
What does it mean to be a sustainable business?  Pre-covid, when I asked this question the majority of people jumped straight to environmental sustainability. For me, with a background in finance and innovation, financial sustainability has always been crucial – are you making enough money to cover your costs and remain viable? And there has […]
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Why now? The case for becoming a better business

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 30/07/2021
Why does your business exist? 20 years ago most businesses would have said it was to make money for shareholders.  Nowadays it’s harder to predict the response. Businesses create value for their stakeholders. And we’re increasingly recognising that businesses should consider a broader set of stakeholders than just shareholders – and so ‘value’ needs to […]
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What does it mean to be a ‘responsible business’?

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 07/06/2021
What does ‘responsible business’ or ‘purposeful business’ mean to you? For some it might be about transitioning to a greener energy supply and recycling as much office waste as possible. For others is might be about deprioritising profit as a goal and focusing on achieving a social objective such as helping homeless people get back […]
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