All articles by Michael Baxter
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FeatureIs kindness profitable, and the risk of not being kind
Kindness is such a fluffy idea, right? What has kindness got to do with business?
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Feature“The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits,” was Milton Friedman right?
One of the more fascinating discussions at the upcoming #Risk conference focuses on Milton Friedman’s famous comment: “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.”
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FeatureThe road to net zero
The road to net zero is getting shorter, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to get lost.
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FeatureESG and supply chain risk
The world has woken up to the fragility of the supply chain, but add ESG to the supply chain, and you get a whole added dimension to risk management.
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FeatureCathy Wood backs ESG but says there was a lot of lipstick on a pig
Cathy Wood, the founder of ARK investment, backs an investment approach that sounds just like ESG but warned that there has been a lot of lipstick on a pig.
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FeatureLessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic
What lessons were learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, and what do they mean for ESG?
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FeatureSenate embraces heat pumps; corporates must follow
The US Inflation Reduction Act recently passed by US Senate includes support for heat pumps; companies who truly believe in ESG should follow suit.
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FeatureCompassion at work is good for the bottom line
Compassion and kindness at work isn’t some tree-hugging ideal; it is good for the P&L compassion at work is good for the bottom line
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FeatureESG is not impact investing
ESG and Impact investing are different things with some similarities, and this is creating a massive misunderstanding of what ESG is.
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FeatureFour reasons for the rise of the CSO
Four quite different underlying forces are driving the rise of the CSO
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FeatureStakeholder capitalism under threat— Henry Ford versus Milton Friedman
Stakeholder capitalism and Henry Ford meets Milton Friedman: profit is all versus stakeholder considerations. Who is right?
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Feature“The woke ESG left want us to stop working if it sunny” and other tropes that get it wrong
Should we work when it is excessively hot? It has nothing to do with the so-called woke ESG left but does relate to ESG and good business.
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FeatureIs net zero really unilateral economic disarmament?
Tory MP and candidate for future British Prime Minister Kemi Badenoch has likened net zero to “unilateral economic disarmament.” Is this right?
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FeatureThe PEE of ESG — point, evidence, and explain
Too much jargon, too much marketing, not enough clear communication —instead, what ESG needs is PEE: point, evidence, and explain.
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FeatureClimate change in the dock — but doubters forget about risk
Recently, well-known clean energy expert Michael Liebreich published an interview with Roger Pielke, whose views on aspects of climate change appeal to cynics. It is a good interview but overlooks an important point: risk.
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FeatureNow net-zero feels the heat as ignorance becomes the anti-ESG secret weapon
Net-Zero is coming under criticism from all quarters, as the anti-ESG brigade seizes on the fuel crisis to fire weapons made of ignorance.
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FeatureESG is under the inflation cosh but ESG may be the solution
Inflation and a possible recession are spectres that haunt ESG, yet ESG may have the answer.
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FeatureAI and ESG go together like love and marriage
AI and ESG support each other, AI can support investors focusing on ESG, and AI can help companies apply their ESG strategy, but ESG principles also need to be embedded into AI.
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FeatureMarket failure, the J curve and why subsidiaries matter
The J curve and market failure illustrate an important point that came up at the recent ESG conference as part of DTE London.
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FeatureTwo reasons to get excited about net-zero, three to frustrate you
Two technological developments provide reasons to be excited by net-zero; three pieces of news show the challenge of fighting entrenched views.