Chairman and chief executive of General Electric with a fearsome reputation who set the trend for ‘downsizing’
October 2016
Lord Borrie obituary
Formidable consumer champion under Margaret Thatcher who went on to become a Labour peer
February 2016
Sir Jeremy Morse obituary
Chairman of Lloyds Bank whose cerebral style was said to have been the model for the TV detective Inspector Morse
November 2015
Jim Slater obituary
Financier who built a reputation for ruthless asset stripping as head of investment group Slater Walker
January 2013
Social impact
Defining the line between virtue and vice in CSR
Company executives can struggle to hit the right level of corporate responsibility, especially when there isn't enough direction from governments, say Roger Cowe
November 2012
Sustainable business blog
Surveys: do they reveal the truth at the top?
Contrary to survey headlines, most business leaders are not prioritising sustainability, says Roger Cowe. The CDP sheds more light on the truth
September 2012
Sustainable business blog
Banking on sustainability: is the financial sector doing enough?
Sir George Jefferson obituary
August 2012
Sustainable business blog
The sustainable business Olympics: who would win gold?
If there was a corporate sustainability Olympics, which companies would win the human rights hurdles, the waste triathlon or the wrestling, asks Roger Cowe
July 2012
Exploring perverse subsidies
Transport subsidies: are they heading in the wrong direction?
Subsidies that encourage lower-impact transportation are superseded by those that are damaging to the environment, society and the economy
Exploring perverse subsidies
Public money drives fish stocks down
A framework for limiting subsidies has been drawn up but there has been little progress towards reaching a final agreement
Exploring perverse subsidies
Why farm subsidies don't always achieve the results intended
Agricultural handouts can lead to environmental degradation and often fail to achieve social and economic objectives, says Roger Cowe
June 2012
Exploring perverse subsidies
Perverse water subsidies see wastage and unintended consequences
Making water cheap, especially to crop farmers, leads to excessive use and environmentally harmful consequences, benefitting no one, says Roger Cowe
May 2012
Exploring perverse subsidies
Subsidising the wrong energy
Exploring perverse subsidies
Perverse government subsidies impede sustainable business
April 2012
Sustainable business blog
Sustainable companies: who is the fairest of them all?
There are as many ways of judging a company as there are judges and even the most popular may not be all they seem, says Roger Cowe
March 2012
Sir George Blunden obituary
Former deputy governor of the Bank of England and a steady hand in a crisis
March 2010
Sir Brian Pitman
Banker widely respected for his five decades with Lloyds TSB, he continued to be active with Morgan Stanley and Virgin Money
July 2008
Lord Stokes
Obituary: British Leyland chief given the unenviable task of turning round the UK car industry in the late 1960s
March 2007
Lord Forte
Obituary: Self-made tycoon who built a worldwide hotel and catering empire that stretched from Little Chefs to the Grosvenor House.
