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It’s not (just) what you spend, it’s the way that you spend it
Climate Change Tom Gosling 02/01/2020 Climate Change Tom Gosling 02/01/2020

It’s not (just) what you spend, it’s the way that you spend it

Until we have global carbon pricing we must take responsibility for our consumption choices

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Food: the free lunch of climate change
Climate Change Tom Gosling 29/11/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 29/11/2019

Food: the free lunch of climate change

Changes to diet and food sourcing are the closest thing to a free lunch in the battle against climate change…

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Air miles, road miles
Climate Change Tom Gosling 09/11/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 09/11/2019

Air miles, road miles

Cutting our transport footprint means cutting our transport miles - electric vehicles can only be part of the answer…

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Keep it simple, stupid
Executive Pay Tom Gosling 01/11/2019 Executive Pay Tom Gosling 01/11/2019

Keep it simple, stupid

Support for simpler executive pay plans is growing - now both companies and investors need to focus on the possibilities not just the risks…

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Hybrid solutions to wicked climate problems
Climate Change Tom Gosling 27/07/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 27/07/2019

Hybrid solutions to wicked climate problems

Electrification of power is an essential part of moving to a low-carbon future. But looking at the issue in detail has exposed my naivety and challenged my view about the right solution…

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Greening your domestic electricity supply
Climate Change Tom Gosling 29/06/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 29/06/2019

Greening your domestic electricity supply

Green tariffs and solar panels can make a real contribution to reducing our domestic carbon footprint

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Index or passive?
Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 19/06/2019 Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 19/06/2019

Index or passive?

Index funds object to the term 'passive’, claiming their long-term holdings make them active stewards of listed firms. But a new paper from an academic heavyweight disputes this.

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Gender pay gap disclosure works, up to a point
Responsible Business Tom Gosling 09/06/2019 Responsible Business Tom Gosling 09/06/2019

Gender pay gap disclosure works, up to a point

Evidence from Denmark shows that gender pay disclosure has caused companies to cut the pay gap, through restraining men’s pay rather than boosting women’s. 

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Misguided fears of common ownership
Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 02/06/2019 Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 02/06/2019

Misguided fears of common ownership

A new analysis suggests that fears about the competition effects of common ownership are overblown.

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Workers on boards: momentum builds, but the jury's out
Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 15/05/2019 Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 15/05/2019

Workers on boards: momentum builds, but the jury's out

Putting workers on UK boards wouldn’t be as bad as its critics fear, or as good as its advocates hope. But on balance the evidence doesn’t support compulsion.

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Facing up to the truth of our carbon footprint
Climate Change Tom Gosling 06/05/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 06/05/2019

Facing up to the truth of our carbon footprint

Measuring our carbon footprint has been a salutary experience, but has increased my confidence that we can halve it by 2025.

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A middle-class approach to decarbonisation
Climate Change Tom Gosling 01/05/2019 Climate Change Tom Gosling 01/05/2019

A middle-class approach to decarbonisation

Extinction Rebellion protests have caused me to revisit my own approach to climate change.

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Good CEOs are cheap at twice the price
Executive Pay Tom Gosling 18/05/2018 Executive Pay Tom Gosling 18/05/2018

Good CEOs are cheap at twice the price

Evidence from market reaction to sudden deaths suggests that levels of CEO pay are not as mad as they seem

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ISS: Friend or foe to stewardship?
Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 10/01/2018 Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 10/01/2018

ISS: Friend or foe to stewardship?

The influence of ISS on voting outcomes in the UK is overstated, but still material 

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Bringing enlightened shareholder value to life
Responsible Business Tom Gosling 01/12/2017 Responsible Business Tom Gosling 01/12/2017

Bringing enlightened shareholder value to life

Companies need to embrace corporate governance reform for the good of capitalism in the UK

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The ethics of pay in a fair society
Responsible Business Tom Gosling 14/11/2017 Responsible Business Tom Gosling 14/11/2017

The ethics of pay in a fair society

Fairness matters, but doesn't mean equality. We are in the midst the most significant corporate governance reforms in the UK for many years.

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Academics weigh into the debate on executive pay targets
Executive Pay Tom Gosling 07/11/2017 Executive Pay Tom Gosling 07/11/2017

Academics weigh into the debate on executive pay targets

Academic insight adds a useful dimension to the executive pay debate

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On the naughty step
Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 30/10/2017 Corporate Governance and Stewardship Tom Gosling 30/10/2017

On the naughty step

The IA Public Register of low votes is a better idea than the alternatives.

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How to improve the ISS P4P model
Executive Pay Tom Gosling 24/10/2017 Executive Pay Tom Gosling 24/10/2017

How to improve the ISS P4P model

Shareholding provides the key for linking pay to performance

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Executive pay in a world of truthiness
Executive Pay Tom Gosling 10/10/2017 Executive Pay Tom Gosling 10/10/2017

Executive pay in a world of truthiness

Evidence is a critical guide to executive pay policy and practice

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