Hope you are all enjoying the sunny weather that has finally arrived! Starting my round-up of news items that caught my eye is a story about Climate Changes, Corporate Social Responsibility and IKEA - They are going to spend one billion Euros to tackle climate change! This is a great example of how a bit of up-to-date news could really add to a report on a company. This wouldn't be in our company reports yet but obviously is very useful and revealing information. On the other end of the CSR scale - The owner of the Rana Plaza building which collapsed two years ago with a huge loss of life have been charged with murder. Finally a report from the EPA in America has found that Fracking, the controversial method of oil and gas extraction, has little impact on drinking water. This is sure to be a contention verdict as feelings on fracking run very high,as evidenced by the ban on banning fracking passe din Texas this week.
Turning now to the world of finance, Bank reporting is bigger than ever but this argument argues that even excessive reporting is a necessary evil to rebuild trust after the many damaging banking scandals of the last few years - do you agree? This list of the world's most powerful woman entrepreneurs from Forbes makes inspiring reading and this report suggesting a strengthening of British support for European Union is fascinating as we build up to a referendum. Finally research suggests European style long holidays can actually increase productivity - maybe we should all be demanding more annual leave! One way to improve the work life balance...
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