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  • Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - the Australian (and Rio Tinto) way

    Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity – the Australian (and Rio Tinto) way

    The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity seeks to arrest the rapid degradation of environments that traditionally accompanies economic developmen in third world countries such as PNG where Rio Tinto, Highlands Pacific, Bougainville Copper, BHP, Ramu NiCo, Lihir Gold…

  • Reputational Risk Inseparable from Environmental Risk

    Reputational Risk Inseparable from Environmental Risk

    While the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill steals the headlines, it is only one of many environmentally devastating activities that are a reputational risk to corporations like Placer Dome, Newmont Mining Corporation, Ramu Nickel, Highlands Pacific and Lihir Gold, potentially greater than BPs with their indulgence in Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD).

  • Sustainability: ESRI Australia's Driver for Innovation

    Sustainability: ESRI Australia’s Driver for Innovation

    One of the leading drivers of innovation today, and one that is reaping benefits way beyond a new product or service, is sustainability. ESRI Australia is a company leading the way with innovation as a driver of sustainability in helping Koaladiaries.com.au with…

  • Go Tiger, More Power to You!

    Go Tiger, More Power to You!

    Say the words reputational crisis or scandal, and Tiger Woods comes to mind. It is easy to pick apart and deride the strategy (if there even was a strategy) in the days that followed the drama…

  • IPCC: Inglorious Basterds

    IPCC: Inglorious Basterds

    We were conned. I thought the scientists couldn’t be wrong. Little did I know they used no science, indulged in carbon trading, and established businesses that could profit from the hysteria generated by their false claims. The IPCC is now completely devoid of credibility and trust, and a track record of deception is being revealed almost daily…

  • Philip Morris: The Milton Friedman Ideal

    Philip Morris: The Milton Friedman Ideal

    It is specious to argue, as Friedman and his followers do, that businesses don’t have ethics, only people do.

  • The long battle (with GE, BHP, McMoRan, Dow, Rio, etc)

    The long battle (with GE, BHP, McMoRan, Dow, Rio, etc)

    We have over time, systematically damaged the necessary biodiversity that had maintained river health for millennia, by both direct and indirect actions. For the smartest of all the animal species, we are surely also without doubt, the dumbest. The long battle to bring GE…

  • Don't Ban James Hardie Directors; No One Hurt

    Don’t Ban James Hardie Directors; No One Hurt

    On April 23rd, 2009, Justice I Gzell, presiding over a civil action brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against James Hardie and its directors…

  • Lemon Cars

    Lemon Cars

    Ah, I love the smell of citrus. Just not in the late evening in the pitch dark on a country road in the middle of nowhere heading into an apocalypse. “Cars are driven by people, the guiding principle behind everything made at Volvo, therefore is…

Reputation at Risk

  • CSR & Sustainability (more)

  • Reputational Risk Inseparable from Environmental Risk

    Reputational Risk Inseparable from Environmental Risk

    While the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill steals the headlines, it is only one of many environmentally devastating activities that are a reputational risk to corporations like Placer Dome, Newmont Mining Corporation, Ramu Nickel, Highlands Pacific and Lihir Gold,

    May 24, 2010 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Sustainability: ESRI Australia's Driver for Innovation

    Sustainability: ESRI Australia’s Driver for Innovation

    One of the leading drivers of innovation today, and one that is reaping benefits way beyond a new product or service, is sustainability. ESRI Australia is a company leading the way with innovation as a driver of sustainability in helping

    March 14, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post

  • A New Capitalism, Free of Friedman

    A New Capitalism, Free of Friedman

    For a number of years now I have argued the case for integration of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into the DNA of the corporation. CSR is not a marketing fad, a necessary evil or a “check the boxes” exercise. It

    March 8, 2010 | 1 comment | View Post

  • IPCC: Inglorious Basterds

    IPCC: Inglorious Basterds

    We were conned. I thought the scientists couldn't be wrong. Little did I know they used no science, indulged in carbon trading, and established businesses that could profit from the hysteria generated by their false claims. The IPCC is now

    February 1, 2010 | 8 comments | View Post

  • Sustainability Reporting

    Sustainability Reporting

    It is encouraging to see Australian businesses taking sustainable practices on board. Of the 28 shortlisted companies in the 2009 ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards, 28% were from the energy and utilities sector and 20% from the financial services sector. There

    September 14, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post

  • Stop Chopping Down the Bloody Trees!

    Stop Chopping Down the Bloody Trees!

    Climate Change is one of those great big ugly controversial topics in polite conversation for me, as too many people I respect or call friend disagree on whether it is happening. I can’t say who is right, and certainly I

    August 10, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Internet as Media (more)

  • Power to the People: Dave vs United Airlines

    Power to the People: Dave vs United Airlines

    Twitter led the Iranian election fall out and the meltdown of Twitter itself led the news last week. But more significantly, headlining for the past few weeks has been Dave Carroll. Dave (as you would all know by now) had

    August 12, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Monitoring CGM: Wotnews, Vanno and GetSatisfaction

    Monitoring CGM: Wotnews, Vanno and GetSatisfaction

    Savvy customers buy on so much more than company generated information. If it is a big purchase, they read everything they can, including customer service ratings, the online complaints boards and owner forums to see what current customers are saying...

    August 5, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post

  • The Freezing of Free Speech

    The Freezing of Free Speech

    The Australian Constitution still does not have any express provision relating to freedom of speech. In fact, the Federal government has over time, increasingly restricted speech through censorship and anti-terrorism legislation and the failure to protect whistleblowers...

    July 8, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

  • Dissemination out; Engagement in

    Dissemination out; Engagement in

    Companies that still rely solely on traditional media to reach a mass market are losing ground in the battle for hearts and minds of their stakeholders.

    July 8, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • CRM in the Twitterverse and YouTube World

    CRM in the Twitterverse and YouTube World

    I’ve said it before – beware the 19th Century corporation operating in a 21st Century World. Most companies still don’t get it. Most think blogging and social networks and especially Twitter, are for kids...

    July 7, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

  • The Word-of-mouth Factor

    The Word-of-mouth Factor

    Referrals. They are the cornerstone of business. Even in this digital age where marketing is almost pure science and branding an art form, the old fashioned word-of-mouth referral remains extremely important...

    June 14, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

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