The latest interview in our series What After Woke? is with Sue Garrard. Sue was one of the masterminds behind Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan 2010-2020, and together with her then-CEO Paul Polman, made Unilever the poster child for corporate responsibility. That led her into many projects in the developing world (for example, where Unilever sourced vast quantities of palm oil) and at home (where she took on those pundits and investors who mocked Hellman’s mayonnaise for claiming it had “purpose.”)  

We have a new short podcast series - What After Woke: Are we witnessing a great reset in corporate activism, DEI, and ESG – or just a glitch?

In case you missed it, we recently interviewed Nick Baird, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Catch-up here…

We interviewed Andrew Craig, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Andrew's latest book, "Our Future is Biotech," delves into why biotech is the next frontier.

We interviewed Erica Benner, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Adventures in Democracy is the title of Erica's latest book which offers insights into the complexities of democracy and provides guidance on how individuals and communities can contribute to its vitality and resilience.

We interviewed Sir Geoff Mulgan, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. ‘When Science Meets Power’ is the timely title of Sir Geoff Mulgan’s new book, the themes of which were explored in this conversation.

In this conversations episode, Matthew Gwyther and Giles Gibbons discuss where sustainability is now, what non-financial audit is likely to mean for corporates in the next few years, what Giles thinks about the ever-increasing squadrons of ESG consultants selling their wares, why Good Business has remained relatively small and what Giles makes of the Bud Lite Trans blow up.

This podcast in the Ahead of the Curves series, supported by Stifel Europe, has a focus on the subject of Experts and Expertise.

In case you missed it, we interviewed Julia Pyke, Joint Managing Director of Sizewell C, as part of our Jericho Conversations series.

We interviewed Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, of the Financial Times about Business’ unique relationship to Democracy as part of our Jericho Conversations series.

We interviewed Professor Helen Thompson, author of Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. We spoke about Brexit and Boris, the democratic process, the energy crisis and the return of onshoring.

Here’s the summary of last week’s Jericho Conversation on Putin: What is to be done now?. Bill was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005 when he was denied entry to the country and declared a “threat to national security” as a result of his battle against corruption.