Michael Saxton

Deloitte pioneers business simulation to help HR directors accelerate CSR and sustainability initiatives

Deloitte is pioneering a business simulation that aims to help HRDs accelerate the implementation of corporate responsibility and sustainability. The game enables companies to experiment with a...

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HR Excellence Awards: The Royal College of Nursing, almost a year on from winning the Gold Award

Last June, the HR Excellence Awards celebrated, yet again, many pinnacles of achievement in HR, both in the UK and overseas. How time flies: entries are now closed for this year and we are looking...

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Responsible business: corporate volunteers learn more on the job than in class

Big Society: I heard prime minister David Cameron talk about the concept on the Today programme – and boy, did he struggle to explain it.

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Lottery makes carbon offsetting – something dull and worthy – into a game

Carbon Lottery claims to be the world’s first online voluntary carbon offset platform to let users purchase a lottery ticket and offset their carbon footprint, with prizes of up to €4 million (£3.4...

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IEMA environmental skills map will help HR pick training interventions

I came across recent research from the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) showing more recruits are hoping to work in environmental roles in business.

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When a company makes sustainability key, it’s an opportunity for HR to lead

A survey by Accenture shows the majority of businesses think the benefits resulting from their sustainability initiatives have exceeded expectations. But a hardcore minority of businesses does not see...

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A thriving UK cleantech sector is essential for green growth in the UK

Dermot Coady, director of Myriad CEG, a provider of renewable energy systems, with eight offices dotted around the UK, is busy but contented. Generating heat and power from clean energy sources is a...

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The best companies to work for are responsible ones

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Whether small, medium or large firms, in the private or public sector, giving back to the community, doing their bit for the environment but above all, investing in their people, all make a...

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The heirs to sustainable enterprise are the smaller adaptable regional cities

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UK workers and businesses want cities of tomorrow to be more local, individual and sustainable, according to research by urban regeneration firm Opportunity Peterborough and sustainable development...

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Utility companies should play vital roles in the communities they serve

Water is essential to sustain life. But because we live in a land where incidences of water scarcity are so rare they make headlines - as when 40,000 homes in Northern Ireland were without water - we...

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It's time for Government to stop talking and start creating green jobs

Change - could this word currently be the most over-used?

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