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Lord Mayor’s Coffee Colloquy on SDG 13 Climate Change

The Lord Mayor has convened a series of conversations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Working in conjunction with the Royal Society three deal with different aspects of the SDG 13 – Climate change. The second session dealt with the issue of Nature and the Economy. It is of heightened relevance as we see the start of the impact of…

The Pervasiveness of Human Rights in ESG

A criticism of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) over the years has been that it is so broad as to be meaningless.  I would argue that, on the contrary, it needs its breadth to capture the interlinking qualities of ESG, which is more like a Venn diagram than a set of neatly contained boxes.  Human rights provide a good example.  …

LCAG praised in the Lord Mayor’s Dinner to the Masters, Upper Wardens and Upper Bailiff

In his introductory words to this prestigious annual event, the Lord Mayor, Michael Mainelli, listed the 14 pan-Livery initiatives with which he strongly identifies, in ascending order by number of supporting Livery Companies, concluding with the Livery Climate Action Group with its 100 members. Two masters spoke later: the Master Mercer on “community” and the Master Grocer on “charity”. The…

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