This article sets out the challenges and key questions we aim to explore as e establish the Business and Democracy Commission.

This podcast, produced in association with Stifel Europe, is about Davos Man's worst nightmare. The combined effects of the pandemic, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have sent levels of geopolitical and business risk right up. The interconnected, globalised world that Davos Man created is slipping into reverse. International trade and investment is falling and protectionist barriers are on the rise. Economies are shrinking and unemployment is growing.

We are looking forward to the next event in the Jericho Conversation series this summer as we interview Professor Helen Thompson about her latest book Disorder.

This discussion took place in March 2022 as part of the Ahead of the Curves series, in partnership with Stifel Europe. This phase of the programme focuses on the expectation placed on businesses to do and be seen to be doing ‘The Right Thing’.

Here’s the summary of last week’s Jericho Conversation on Putin: What is to be done now?. Bill was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005 when he was denied entry to the country and declared a “threat to national security” as a result of his battle against corruption.

This podcast interviews three individuals Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University Of Sheffield; Sue Garrard, Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; and Eithne O’Leary, President, Stifel Europe.

To find out more about our Healthy Work thinking and how we can help your organisation please contact becky.holloway@jerichochambers.com

This discussion took place in December 2021 as part of the Ahead of the Curves series, in partnership with Stifel Europe. This phase of the programme focuses on a new sunrise for the Professional Services, Health Tech. and Competition & Regulation.

The roundtable explored the apparent paradox that while some stakeholders want to see more data before trusting what a company says about its tax position, complex tax data can create misunderstanding, debates about what it means and questions about its accuracy — driving a greater mistrust. It was thought that data alone would not overcome the trust deficit and tax disclosures, and ESG disclosure in general should not be about a tick box disclosure mentality, but about engaging with stakeholders to explain a company’s role in and contribution to society.