Past newsletters

Environmental Fiscal Reform: looking back in 2015 A look back at what has been happening during the first half of the year in EFR: the economic system’s downsides are revealing themselves as environmental pressures rise. The case for environmental fiscal reform has never been stronger.

Newsletter MARCH 2015 Vol. 1 Issue 2 The environment is sending a bill. We are still paying for the wrong things. The recent update to Planetary Boundaries (link) underlines that four of nine environmental boundaries have been crossed by human activity. Environmental degradation is affecting economies badly. At the same time, they are performing poorly … [Read more…]

Newsletter JANUARY 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 1 Environmental Fiscal Reform Special Edition FOR BUSINESS TO SERVE HUMANITY THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT SURROUNDS IT MUST BE FIT FOR PURPOSE. CURRENT PERFORMANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM BADLY NEEDS REFORMING.  IT IS DRIVING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR TO EXTRACT FROM NATURE BEYOND NATURAL LIMITS. IT IS TRANSFERRING WEALTH UPWARDS … [Read more…]

Time is running out to design organisations that function in an oil constrained world THIS TIME, FALLING OIL PRICES ARE NOT AN INVITATION TO PARTY ON CHEAP ENERGY. THEY ARE A SIGNAL TO INCREASE THE PACE OF TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY. Signals: Falling oil prices could be a sign that a recession is on … [Read more…]

Climate change will force us to ditch old paradigms. Enterprise will go on even if capitalism doesn’t. REPORTER AND AUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN RELEASES HER BOOK This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate NAMING THAT CHERISHED PARADIGMS ARE BREAKING AS CLIMATE CHANGE ADVANCES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CAPITALISM LOOKS EVER MORE SHODDY AS A WAY TO … [Read more…]

Searching for ways to reflect on leadership challenges HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE NEED TO ADAPT NOT JUST OUR CORPORATIONS, BUT OUR WAY OF SEEING THINGS? THIS IS THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE SIGNALS TAKES ON AS EUROPE TAKES ITS SUMMER VACATIONS. Signals: Thinking about the way we think was once popular in strategic circles. No so … [Read more…]

STEPPING ASIDE FROM OUR NORMAL PRACTICE OF OFFERING EVIDENCE FROM THE MEDIA REPORTS, THIS ISSUE REPORTS FROM THE CONFERENCE ON LAND, LIVES AND PEACE RECENTLY HELD IN SWITZERLAND. WE AIM TO DRAW THE ESSENCE FROM THE MANY WORKSHOPS, KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND INFORMAL DIALOGUES THAT MADE UP THIS IN-DEPTH GLOBAL CONFERENCE. WE END WITH A BRIEF … [Read more…]

IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE DEVELOPING A  CULTURE OF TAKING INCREASINGLY HIGHER RISKS IN THE BUSINESS AND IN PUBLIC SECTORS. SIGNALS  SPECULATES THAT WHAT IS DRIVING THIS TREND IS THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A WORLD OF INCREASINGLY SCARCE RESOURCES. WE URGE LEADERS ENSURE THEIR ORGANISATIONS  REMAIN VIGILANT TO AVOID DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF … [Read more…]