Tomorrow's Company

Tomorrow's Company
shaping the future of business success
Location London, United Kingdom
Founded 1996
Founder and CEO Mark Goyder
Focus Corporate Governance, Stewardship, Sustainability, Leadership
Official website http://www.tomorrowscompany.com

Tomorrow’s Company is a London-based global think tank. A registered charity, the company's charitable purpose is the advancement of the education of the public in business, commerce, industry, employment and related subjects with particular reference to the principles known as the “inclusive approach” as set out in the ‘Report of the Tomorrow's Company Inquiry’ published in June 1995 by The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.

History

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) initiated a business-led inquiry in 1993 into 'the role of business in a changing world'.[1]

Following the inquiry, The Centre for Tomorrow’s Company (CTC or ‘Tomorrow’s Company’) was founded in 1996 to carry forward the work that started in the inquiry.[2]

Programme

Tomorrow's Company works with a number of organisations and individuals[3] to explore a wide range of issues from stewardship[4] to capital market reforms.[5]

Its programmes fall broadly into one of three categories: ‘Governance & Stewardship’, ‘Leadership & Talent’ and ‘Sustainability & Models of Business Success’.

"The success of companies in the 21st century is bound up with three interdependent sub-systems – the natural environment, the social and political system and the global economy. Global companies play a role in all three and they need all three to flourish. This is according to Tomorrow’s Company, UK. In short, planet, people and profit are inextricably intertwined"
—King III, www.ecgi.org/codes/documents/king3.pdf

Corporate Responsibility Group

Tomorrow's Company has held the secretariat for the Corporate Responsibility Group since August 2009. The secretariat was passed on to Carnstone in 2014.

Membership

Tomorrow's Company is a membership organisation. The majority of its income comes from membership subscriptions, donations and sponsorship by businesses.

Events

Each year Tomorrow’s Company hosts events and high level dialogues, panel debates, and roundtable discussions to engage the public and the business sector and promote the agenda of business as a force for good.

References

  1. ↑ Durodie, Bill (31 October 2011). "Corporate Social Responsibility – more harm than good". Independent. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.growthinternational.com/11.html
  3. ↑ Bawden, Tom (21 June 2011). "Vince Cable calls for UK businesses to take long view". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Dunkley, Jamie (8 January 2012). "City investors set up working group to boost shareholder-company relations". Telegraph. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Goyder, Mark (10 January 2012). "Finance should be our servant not our master". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2015.