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Extreme heat is becoming a workplace planning issue for employers. HSE has warned companies to assess and manage heat risks as alerts raise fresh duty-of-care and productivity concerns.
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Audit sanctions sharpen independence warnings for finance and governance leaders. The FRC has penalised King & King and Milankumar Patel over GFG Alliance audits, citing fee dependency, ethical breaches, and audit failures.
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Deforestation rules would bring procurement deeper into ESG compliance work. Defra plans to consult on mandatory due diligence for forest-risk commodities, requiring stronger supply-chain evidence, geolocation data, and sourcing controls.
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Workplace loneliness can persist even when colleagues are close by. Chris Britton, People Experience Director at Reward Gateway | Edenred, examines six questions that can help employees identify disconnection and rebuild healthier workplace connections.
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Workplace conflict is becoming a larger management capability test again. Acas research suggests managers and employee representatives are not yet working together effectively enough to prevent disputes.
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Supply chain rights are moving higher up Westminster’s agenda again. MPs have debated forced labour, transparency reporting, environmental harm, and calls for stronger due diligence rules across UK supply chains.
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Commercial landlords face a clearer energy-efficiency direction from ministers now. The government’s MEES update keeps commercial property energy performance on the compliance, valuation, and operating-cost agenda.
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Water service is becoming an operational ESG issue. Business Stream says its Customer Care Charter has delivered service, satisfaction, water-efficiency, and emissions progress in its first annual report.
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Deforestation risk is becoming a financial governance problem. Global Canopy says most major financial institutions still lack policies covering key high-risk commodities, leaving portfolios exposed to nature, supply chain, regulatory, and reputational pressure.
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Plug-in solar could create a new retail energy category. Government plans are advancing as major retailers explore low-cost panels that may widen access to home generation, particularly for renters, flats, and households without rooftop systems.