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COP27: official acknowledgement that we are living through climate change, not planning to avoid it?
Nicole Clucas and Jeremy Cohen examine what COP27 has in store for the world. Spoiler: it’s acrimony and disappointment. But action and honesty are needed more than ever and this year might be the first time COP acknowledges the scientific…
View PostESG Reporting – future proofing your business
Blurred and Deverill hosted a webinar this week on major changes to ESG reporting. Managing and reporting ESG risk is already a significant challenge, and over the next three to four years, it’s about to become even more complex.
… View PostThe Authority Gap: women are not being taken as seriously as men and we’re all losing out
In the first of our ‘View from the Fireside’ series, in which we share a snapshot of some of the knowledge and training sessions we’ve been hosting internally, Nathalie Diepstraten writes about The Authority Gap and why we’re all losing…
View PostIs this ‘peak ESG’? Not even close. What lies ahead is more complex – and long overdue
Have we passed “peak ESG”? No, we haven’t. Not even close, argues Blurred Partner Matt Peacock. In fact, we’re at the threshold of the biggest change in ESG reporting in a generation, the changes are coming fast, and many -…
View PostDo Not Adjust Your Focus Episode 13: Designer for social impact, Greg Bunbury, on building purposeful work and moving equality forwards
In episode 13 of DNAYF, the podcast from ESGP advisory firm Blurred, founder Nik Govier talks to Blurred Creative Cohort member Greg Bunbury. Greg is an award-winning creative, designer and D&I consultant. who curates and designs the Black Outdoor…
View PostGood/bad clients vs. values vs. impact
Our CEO Nik Govier elaborates on a core Blurred belief: companies that have the greatest potential to do harm also, by definition, have the greatest potential to do good - as long as there is intent and action and a…
View PostDo Not Adjust Your Focus Episode 12: Lynne Franks on the evolution of PR, diversity, creativity and the struggle to empower women in business and society
The Blurred podcast is back. In episode 12 of Do Not Adjust Your Focus, Nik talks to Lynne Franks, PR legend, activist, writer and spokeswoman for women’s issues.
… View PostA consumer paradigm shift – from Purchase to Pressure
Against the backdrop of social and regulatory pressure over the past two decades, investors are driving purposeful change as part of risk management. Now consumers have realised that they can affect change as well. A paper by Lejohn Dillon and…
View PostHome truths on purpose
(Or why you can’t talk about the good you purport to do until you’ve disclosed the harm you do). Transcript of keynote speech given to the PRCA International Summit on 23 March by co-founder Stuart Lambert
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