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Biodiversity net gain – opportunities for rural landowners

The government reintroduced the Environment Bill to Parliament in January 2020 as one of the…

Placemaking: A patient approach to creating communities

Placemaking (creating places and homes rather than phases and units) on a large scale used to be the preserve of the Landed Estates and Government, but as we’ve increasingly seen…

For Profit, For Good

A millennial makeover is influencing philanthropreneurs and impact investors. Traditionally philanthropy was seen an activity for those in the autumn of their lives. The received wisdom was that people would…

When things get heated: managing climate change risk and reputation for businesses

With strikes taking place across the world today, the impact of climate change is increasingly hard to ignore. According to the 2019 Global Risk Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), environmental…

Interview with Camilla Faith, HR Director for the Grosvenor Estate

Camilla Faith is the HR Director for the Grosvenor Estate, with responsibility for the human resources agenda across all the business activities of the Grosvenor family, including the Grosvenor Group,…

Very special circumstances: building on the Green Belt

The Green Belt is a planning term for the belt of open space (not necessarily green) surrounding many of our cities and towns.

Governance in Group Structures for Trustees

Corporate governance has never been more important or topical. Recent high profile corporate failures have been attributed, in part at least, to a failure of corporate governance at senior level,…

Publication of the Wates Principles: A new era for the corporate governance of private companies

Listed companies have long been used to reporting against a corporate governance code. Since the publication of the Cadbury Report in 1992, listed companies have had to “comply or explain”…

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