Brown Pelicans And British Petroleum – The Importance Of Biodiversity To Corporates

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 By Dave Challis

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity.  Today’s selected endangered species is Podocarpus nakaii, a Taiwanese conifer.  But few people know (or care) about it.  And few…

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Responsibility: The Latest Trend In Investment

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 By Anthony Arthur

Issues facing the world as a whole also shape the investment world. Long-term mega trends like population growth and resource scarcity have for the last few years shaped responsible investing, with the introduction of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds and funds that invest in…

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How Social Media Is Revolutionising Disaster Response

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 By Neil Morris

Africa’s problems always seemed too great for the worldwide web to solve.  Even with Web 2.0, innovation seemed to flow strictly in one direction – philanthropically from developed to developing world. 

Now a social media mash-up developed in rural Kenya has reversed that.

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Communicating The Biggest Behaviour Change Of All

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 By Neil Morris

It’s probably the biggest challenge faced by mankind. And communications is the key. But somehow communications has yet to really step up to the plate to play its (critical) role in engaging people on climate change. 

Last week I went to hear Lord (Chris) Smith, Chair of the Environment Agency…

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Welcome To The Engine Blog

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 By Debbie Klein

Change is positive, and change is exciting. That is Engine’s ethos.

We’re living in a world where technology is changing faster than markets, markets are changing faster than companies, and consumers are changing faster than the people who run those companies.

The truth is, that most…

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