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Professor Chris Harrop OBE
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Professor of Sustainable Business, Founding Partner of The Human Centre, Non Exec of FairTax Foundation
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70% of sustainability initiatives fail due to culture and behaviour barriers, my new book Making It Happen uses the principles of Implementation Science to address this.

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#Sustainability #ImplementationScience #NewBook
Making it Happen: How Implementation Science Can Close the Corporate Sustainability Gap
Most sustainability strategies fail — not because organisations lack ambition, but because they lack implementation.Making It Happen: How Implementation Science Can Close the Corporate Sustainability ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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New book !

The Tax Advantage: Elevating Corporate Responsibility for Sustainable Growth

What if paying your fair share of corp tax wasn’t a burden but a way to build trust, resilience and real competitive advantage?

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#ResponsibleBusiness #ESG #SocialLicence
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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My ESG Tax Funded Impact research is now available on @ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Introducing the Tax Funded Impact Metric: Quantifying the Societal and Economic Value of Corporate Tax Payments
PDF | Tax behaviour has emerged as a defining issue of corporate responsibility. Yet existing ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks treat tax... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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When “green” turns into a culture war, progress goes undercover

My new book shows how leaders keep the substance, change the labels & embed the practice & become even more sustainable

Free download: profharrop.gumroad.com/l/thprov

#ESG #Sustainability #NetZero #CorporateResponsibility
Sustainability Cleansing
We are witnessing not the death of sustainability, but its quiet rebirth under new language, as companies rebrand, reframe, or conceal ESG, Net Zero and DEI ambitions to avoid political or cultural ba...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Great article in @uk.theconversation.com

Racism isn’t innate its a psychological defence mechanism against anxiety and insecurity developing in five distinct stages.

The good news is that we overcome the hate and division

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Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it
There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races.”
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September 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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MY NEW BOOK OUT NOW!

Thinking Differently: How Neurodiversity Can Reshape Competitive Advantage: why embracing neurodivergent talent is not just the right thing to do but a smart business strategy

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#Neurodiversity #BusinessLeadership #CompetitiveAdvantage
Thinking Differently: How Neurodiversity Can Reshape Competitive Advantage
In an age defined by disruption and complexity, organisations face pressures unlike any before. From the existential threat of climate change to seismic shifts driven by artificial intelligence, the c...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Just released my new book: Trust and Transparency – The Foundations of a Social License to Operate.
It’s a free download – because trust should be built on shared knowledge

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#BusinessForGood #Trust #Transparency #EthicalLeadership
Trust and Transparency The Foundations of a Social License to Operate
In a time when public trust is hard-won and easily lost, this book explores how businesses can earn – and keep – their social license to operate through authentic engagement, transparency, and ethical...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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My New book is out : Navigating the Net Zero Landscape

Having seen the impact of climate change when I visited the North Pole in 2017 I needed to write about Net Zero now as it has become the lightening rod of climate change deniers and political opportunists.

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Navigating the Net Zero Landscape
The phrase “Net Zero” has become one of the most powerful, and polarising terms in the contemporary climate discourse. Once a technical shorthand used within scientific and policy communities, it has ...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Really interesting tool in this BBC article on how land is sinking due to over extraction of groundwater

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
How groundwater pumping is causing cities to sink at 'worrying speed' - BBC News
Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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May 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Businesses can’t afford to ignore:

🌍 Climate change
🦜 Biodiversity loss
⚒️ Resource scarcity
💧 Dwindling freshwater
⚖️ Social inequality
🔥 Populism & declining cohesion
🤝 The trust deficit
🤖 Rise of AI

Read The Resilient Enterprise & prepare for the future.
#Sustainability #Leadership #Resilience
The Resilient Enterprise : Building a Sustainable Future
The world is changing, fast. Is your business ready?Resilience isn't just about surviving; it's about thriving in the face of disruption. My new book, The Resilient Enterprise: Building a Sustainable ...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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It was announced today by the European Commission that Coca-Cola will change some of its labelling practices to remove misleading recycling claims, after BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation and its members lodged a greenwashing complaint to the Commission in 2023 which we supported. (1/5)
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The world doesn’t just need better business, it needs regenerative business.

I’m delighted that my new book Business as a Force for Good: Regenerative Practices for Lasting Change is available for download free

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#RegenerativeBusiness #BusinessForGood #Sustainability
Business as a Force for Good Regenerative Practices for Lasting Change
This book is for anyone who believes business can do more than minimise harm it can repair, restore, and reimagine the systems we all depend on. It’s a guide for leaders, changemakers, and everyday de...
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April 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Reposted by Professor Chris Harrop OBE
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Out 15th April, 2025

THE SILICON SIX AND THEIR ENDURING GLOBAL TAX GAP

See fairtaxmark.net
April 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If you are committed to tackling injustice and want to make a difference to people in the North West England we are looking for a new CEO for the @gmiau.bsky.social

Read all about us and apply here

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April 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Car firms fined for withholding recycling information

In my book on Sustainability washing I identified Green-hindering and Re-washing as damaging practices, this is a perfect illustration …

You can read my book for free here

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Sustainability Washing
This book explores the concept of sustainability washing and how companies often misrepresent their sustainability practices. It critiques businesses that priorities image over meaningful action in su...
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April 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Another depressing development in #ModernSlavery reported by the BBC today

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You can read my book Unseen Chains here profharrop.gumroad.com/l/gjwrs
Chains Unseen : Confronting Modern Slavery in the UK
In this book Professor Chris Harrop OBE draws on his deep experience of tackling modern slavery. This book marks the 10th anniversary of the UK’s ground breaking Modern Slavery Act, the highs the lows...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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The UK Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old today.

Some great progress but if anything the problems are getting worse.

To celebrate the anniversary of the act I’ve written a new book : Chains Unseen, Confronting Modern Slavery in the UK.

You can download it Free here

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Chains Unseen : Confronting Modern Slavery in the UK
In this book Professor Chris Harrop OBE draws on his deep experience of tackling modern slavery. This book marks the 10th anniversary of the UK’s ground breaking Modern Slavery Act, the highs the lows...
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March 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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After about 35 years of PowerPoint, Keynote, and Harvard Graphics I’ve written a business book

Sustainability Washing, with

4 causes
3 scopes
2 manifestations
25 definitions
8 types
26 flavours…

How to spot it and how to stop it !

You can download it free here.

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Sustainability Washing
This book explores the concept of sustainability washing and how companies often misrepresent their sustainability practices. It critiques businesses that priorities image over meaningful action in su...
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March 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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This chart from the latest Edelman Trust Barometer is very concerning for business leaders … 64% of UK consumers believe they are lied to by business leaders
February 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Read my article on why UK SME’s should use the new EU voluntary sustainability reporting standard here

www.madeinbritain.org/news/sustain...
Sustainability reporting: A curse or opportunity for SMEs? - Made in Britain
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February 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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A decline in low-lying cloud cover means Earth is absorbing more solar radiation, which could explain 0.2°C of missing heat scientists have been struggling to account for.

The next question is why low-lying clouds are disappearing …

www.newscientist.com/article/2458...
We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures
A decline in low-lying cloud cover means Earth is absorbing more solar radiation, which could explain 0.2°C of missing heat scientists have been struggling to account for
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December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Really interesting & worrying insight in the AXA Mind Health Report
In the UK
23% of employees are Flourishing
30% are getting by
26% are languishing
21% are struggling

We are wasting talent and letting colleagues down every day

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2024 Mind Health Report
Present in 51 countries, AXA's 145,000 employees and distributors are committed to serving our 93 million clients. Our areas of expertise are applied to a range of products and services that are adapt...
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December 5, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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I’m loving the new @trendwatching.bsky.social 2025 report, this mornings webinar was great !

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Free highlights from our 2025 Trends & Insights Report | TrendWatching
Run with some of the hottest consumer trends for 2025, brought to you by TrendWatching, one of the world's leading AI x trend-driven innovation firms
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December 5, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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All Sustainability professionals, responsible business leaders, marketers and concerned consumers should watch “Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy” on Netflix

When we understand we can change …
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM