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Jericho

Jericho Chambers

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3 weeks ago

The latest interview in our series What After Woke?, in partnership with Echo Research, is with Sue Garrard. Sue was one of the masterminds behind Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan 2010-2020, and together with her then-CEO Paul Polman, made Unilever the poster child for corporate responsibility. That led her into many projects in the developing world (for example, where Unilever sourced vast quantities of palm oil) and at home (where she took on those pundits and investors who mocked Hellman...

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The latest interview in our series What After Woke?, in partnership with Echo Research, is with Sue Garrard. Sue was one of the masterminds behind Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan 2010-2020, and together with her then-CEO Paul Polman, made Unilever the poster child for corporate responsibility. That led her into many projects in the developing world (for example, where Unilever sourced vast quantities of palm oil) and at home (where she took on those pundits and investors who mocked Hellman...

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What after Woke? With Sir Howard Davies

We have a new short podcast series, in partnership with Echo Research - "What After Woke: Are we witnessing a great reset in corporate activism, DEI, and ESG – or just a glitch?" The first interviewee is Sir Howard Davies, who has just stepped down as Chairman of NatWest after a gruelling nine-year stint. He founded the FSA, was director general at the CBI (a gig he hated), was deputy governor of the Bank of England and a board member of both the Pru and Morgan Stanley. He’s smart, seri...

4 months ago

23 minutes

Jericho

What after Woke? With Sue Garrard

The latest interview in our series What After Woke?, in partnership with Echo Research, is with Sue Garrard. Sue was one of the masterminds behind Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan 2010-2020, and together with her then-CEO Paul Polman, made Unilever the poster child for corporate responsibility. That led her into many projects in the developing world (for example, where Unilever sourced vast quantities of palm oil) and at home (where she took on those pundits and investors who mocked Hellman...

4 months ago

31 minutes

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Dazed and Confused: Where next for UK plc on the global stage? Jericho Conversations with Nick Baird

In case you missed it, we recently interviewed Nick Baird, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. We explored Britain's evolving role in global affairs, examining its past, present, and future trajectory. If, in 1946 Britain had lost an empire but was yet to find a role, things are now even more complex for a medium-sized nation trying to go it alone in a very volatile world. Nick drew from his rich experience as Chair of the Trade Remedies Authority, former UK Ambassador to Turke...

11 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Our Future is Biotech Jericho Conversations with Andrew Craig

In case you missed it, we recently interviewed Andrew Craig, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Andrew Craig, the founder of Plain English Finance, has been featured in numerous national and specialist financial publications including The Mail on Sunday, The Mirror, CityAM, The Spectator, Shares and MoneyWeek magazines, YourMoney, This Is Money, and Money Observer. The third edition of his book, “How to Own the World”, was the best-selling new finance book in the UK for much of 2019...

1 year ago

1 hour

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Adventures in Democracy - Jericho Conversations with Erica Benner

In case you missed it, we recently interviewed Erica Benner, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Erica is a political philosopher and historian of ideas who has taught at Oxford, the LSE, and Yale. Adventures in Democracy is the title of Erica's new book which offers insights into the complexities of democracy and provides guidance on how individuals and communities can contribute to its vitality and resilience. It was one of The Financial Times ‘What to read in 2024’. It received a ...

1 year ago

59 minutes

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An Uneasy Interdependence: When Science Meets Power - Jericho Conversations with Sir Geoff Mulgan

We recently interviewed Sir Geoff Mulgan, as part of our Jericho Conversations series. Geoff Mulgan is one of our smartest thinkers. He was Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (and before that Director of the Performance and Innovation Unit); Director of Policy at 10 Downing Street under British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Co-founder and Director of the London-based think tank Demos (from 1993 to 1998); and Chief adviser to Gordon Brown MP in the early 1990s. Geoff is now a Professo...

1 year ago

59 minutes

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The Business and Democracy Commission Interim Report Launch

The Business and Democracy Commission is an ambitious initiative led by Jericho, Ipsos and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations to help recast the relationship between business and democracy. With the Commissions Interim Report set to launch this September, Jericho's Matthew Gwyther, was joined for a panel discussion led by the Commission's Chair, Sir Ian Cheshire and Commissioner Robin Hodess, Strategy Lead for the B Team. They discussed several questions addressed in the report...

2 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Doing It On Purpose - In conversation with Giles Gibbons

In this conversations episode, Matthew Gwyther and Giles Gibbons discuss where sustainability is now, what non-financial audit is likely to mean for corporates in the next few years, what Giles thinks about the ever-increasing squadrons of ESG consultants selling their wares, why Good Business has remained relatively small and what Giles makes of the Bud Lite Trans blow up. I have known Giles for twenty years during which time I’ve watched corporate responsibility morph into corporate social...

2 years ago

43 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Expertise: Don't Die of Ignorance

The latest podcast in the Ahead of the Curves series, supported by Stifel Europe, is on the subject of Experts and Expertise. Responding to an AI enthusiast who had Tweeted a picture of 'what the rest of the Mona Lisa looked like' the picture above appeared as a response with the caption - "Ever wonder what Venus de Milo's Arms look like? With the power of AI our team has recreated it." AI promises many things, most of which involve taking over from experts, professionals, and even gr...

2 years ago

43 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Is Democratic Capitalism on the skids?

Time stamps: Martin Wolf 1.35 Nouriel Roubini 27.37 Ben Page 51.10 Eithne O' Leary 66.14 The latest podcast in this series supported by Stifel is on the subject of the crisis of democratic capitalism. This is the title of the new book by The Financial Times’ lead economics commentator Martin Wolf. His book analyzes in great detail what he thinks has gone wrong with the system used by most of us in the free West. It’s a great read and he shows us how citizenship and a shared faith in the commo...

2 years ago

1 hour 20 minutes

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Is now the time for Business to reconsider its relationship with Democracy? Jericho Conversations

An Interview with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US Business Editor at the Financial Times This latest conversation is part of Jericho’s work to launch a new Business and Democracy Commission in 2023. We will ask difficult questions, break new ground, explore whether there is a new consensus and set out practical steps for a more effective corporate and business role in this fast-changing democratic and political context. Please do get in touch if you would like to find out more. Until 201...

2 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - An Ambition For Growth

The British Government couldn’t have made its intent more clear – it’s grow or bust. But are the measures suggested to pep up the UK economy a fairy tale or genuinely sound ideas stymied by a coalition of antis? With the exception of Extinction Rebellion (and who has heard much about them recently), most of us approve of growth. Of our salaries, our businesses, our GDP – an increase in these is said to lead to growth of our collective happiness quotient. The new government has put gro...

3 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century – In Conversation with Professor Helen Thompson

If you want to understand this incredible geopolitical moment then Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, is your person. Steeped in the history of how global energy interests and finance policy have interacted to shape the 21st century – not least in Ukraine – Helen offers an unrivalled analysis of the times we live in. Helen has been at Cambridge since 1994. Her current research concentrates on the political economy of energy and the long history of the democratic, economic, and ge...

3 years ago

59 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - What is the S in ESG? The difficult jam in the sandwich?

As glaciers melt and dodgy peddlers of cryptocurrency go bust, we hear a lot about the “E” and “G” in ESG but rarely the “S” which is the essential jam in the sandwich. It’s the stranded middle child. Even classifying exactly what it means is complicated and open to widely differing interpretations. And even when benchmarks are created, how on earth do you measure it? This podcast is about what the “S” means for employees especially those who are at the bottom of the pecking order and are bei...

3 years ago

41 minutes

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Putin: What is to be done now? - In conversation with Bill Browder

The first Jericho Conversation of 2022 took place on April 21st. We were joined by Bill Browder, New York Times Bestseller and the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, which was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005 when Bill was denied entry to the country and declared a “threat to national security” as a result of his battle against corporate corruption. In 2018 Bill joined us for an evening of conversation asking how scared should we...

3 years ago

47 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Insecurity & Globalisation: The Return of Onshoring - Interview with Guillaume Meyzenq

Jericho Conversations is one of a number of initiatives that spontaneously emerged during the first COVID lockdown – part of a determination to use moments of crisis to pivot towards a better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for all. By popular demand, we have reignited the series to help find surprising and refreshing solutions and insights into a world in constant flux. Each conversation – led by an expert speaker – is designed to keep Jericho communities engaged and thinking ...

3 years ago

13 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Insecurity & Globalisation: The Return of Onshoring - Interview with Erik Britton

Jericho Conversations is one of a number of initiatives that spontaneously emerged during the first COVID lockdown – part of a determination to use moments of crisis to pivot towards a better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for all. By popular demand, we have reignited the series to help find surprising and refreshing solutions and insights into a world in constant flux. Each conversation – led by an expert speaker – is designed to keep Jericho communities engaged and thinking ...

3 years ago

18 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Insecurity & Globalisation: The Return of Onshoring - Conclusions from Matthew Gwyther

Jericho Conversations is one of a number of initiatives that spontaneously emerged during the first COVID lockdown – part of a determination to use moments of crisis to pivot towards a better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for all. By popular demand, we have reignited the series to help find surprising and refreshing solutions and insights into a world in constant flux. Each conversation – led by an expert speaker – is designed to keep Jericho communities engaged and thinking ...

3 years ago

1 minute

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Ahead of the Curves - Insecurity & Globalisation: The Return of Onshoring - Introduction from Matthew Gwyther

Jericho Conversations is one of a number of initiatives that spontaneously emerged during the first COVID lockdown – part of a determination to use moments of crisis to pivot towards a better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for all. By popular demand, we have reignited the series to help find surprising and refreshing solutions and insights into a world in constant flux. Each conversation – led by an expert speaker – is designed to keep Jericho communities engaged and thinking ...

3 years ago

3 minutes

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Ahead of the Curves - Insecurity & Globalisation: The Return of Onshoring - Interview with Anand Menon

Jericho Conversations is one of a number of initiatives that spontaneously emerged during the first COVID lockdown – part of a determination to use moments of crisis to pivot towards a better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for all. By popular demand, we have reignited the series to help find surprising and refreshing solutions and insights into a world in constant flux. Each conversation – led by an expert speaker – is designed to keep Jericho communities engaged and thinking ...

3 years ago

14 minutes