| Welcome to our first monthly newsletter of 2019! As part of an exciting programme of work and events we have planned for the coming year at Corporate Citizenship, we’ve just published our ’10 Actions for Business in 2019’, which hopefully you’ve all had a chance to read. If not, you can download it here. We believe 2019 will be the year when doing business responsibly mainstreams as a boardroom priority and the ethics of a business emerges as a key driver for business. We’re focussing this year on some of the most critical challenges facing business looking to operate sustainably and responsibly, from radical supply chain transparency, to smart reporting, to businesses taking a political stance, the growth of mission-driven business models, and the need for CFOs to be fluent in the language and principles of sustainable business. This month we’re focussing on ethics in tech. While new technologies have created fantastic opportunities for business, they’ve also brought very painful and unintended consequences. Understanding the opportunities and risks associated with embedding new platforms and operating systems is an absolute priority, not just for every company, but every department in a business. Looking beyond January, and in fact beyond 2019, the question we’ll be asking all organisations is conceptually very simple: “What kind of corporate citizen do you want to be?” but as we all know, articulating that in today’s context, and turning those ambitions into practical action requires persistence and dedication, and some critical friends to help along the way - which is where we come in. Neil Davy,
CEO
| 