Tom Ebbutt
@tomebbutt.bsky.social
Director of Impact @blabuk.bsky.social | Working for a world that works for everyone, within the limits of our planet | Social Market Foundation | Emerging Futures
Purposefest in full swing here at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Thank you everyone for all your questions! #BCorpMonth
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Purposefest in full swing here at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Thank you everyone for all your questions! #BCorpMonth
Bristol here I come!
My first #BCorpMonth stop is the wonderful Purposefest at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Beautiful day for it.
@blabuk.bsky.social
My first #BCorpMonth stop is the wonderful Purposefest at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Beautiful day for it.
@blabuk.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Bristol here I come!
My first #BCorpMonth stop is the wonderful Purposefest at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Beautiful day for it.
@blabuk.bsky.social
My first #BCorpMonth stop is the wonderful Purposefest at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. Beautiful day for it.
@blabuk.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom Ebbutt
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I think of Rudolf Vrba, one of only a handful of Jews ever to escape the camp - who did it to warn the world. I told his story when I was a guest on the brilliant Rest is History podcast. You can hear that here open.spotify.com/episode/1Ezd...
291: The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz
The Rest Is History · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I think of Rudolf Vrba, one of only a handful of Jews ever to escape the camp - who did it to warn the world. I told his story when I was a guest on the brilliant Rest is History podcast. You can hear that here open.spotify.com/episode/1Ezd...
Well worth your time.
NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well worth your time.
Rest in peace Charles Handy. A brilliant thinker on people, businesses and organisations.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...
Irish writer and philosopher Charles Handy dies aged 92
Handy, from Co Kildare, preredicted trends years before they materialised as corporate realities
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Rest in peace Charles Handy. A brilliant thinker on people, businesses and organisations.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...
Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office brushes up well
November 29, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office brushes up well
Good afternoon Belfast.
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Good afternoon Belfast.
Reposted by Tom Ebbutt
Good to see the statutory levy for gambling, which requires operators to set aside 1% of their gross profits to fund treatment, research and prevention finally coming to fruition. Not least due to the tireless efforts of my @smfthinktank.bsky.social colleague @jranoyes.bsky.social
Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies
Money to be used to fund education and treatment of gambling harms in plans to be unveiled as soon as this week
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Good to see the statutory levy for gambling, which requires operators to set aside 1% of their gross profits to fund treatment, research and prevention finally coming to fruition. Not least due to the tireless efforts of my @smfthinktank.bsky.social colleague @jranoyes.bsky.social
"The Guardian was the first major international news organisation to achieve B Corp status in 2019 – which means meeting a series of criteria for high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Guardian environment pledge 2024
Five years on from our original pledge – here are six things the Guardian is doing to confront the emergency facing our climate and the natural world
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
"The Guardian was the first major international news organisation to achieve B Corp status in 2019 – which means meeting a series of criteria for high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Liam Byrne on tomorrow's budget:
"We still have too many businesses focused solely on maximising their own short-term gain. To create real change, boards must take a more holistic view of success which requires advancing a new model for marketplace success."
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
"We still have too many businesses focused solely on maximising their own short-term gain. To create real change, boards must take a more holistic view of success which requires advancing a new model for marketplace success."
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
Labour’s first budget should consider civic capitalism
As we approach Labour’s first budget in over 14 years, it’s crucial that the party sets out an economic agenda that works in the interests of all.
www.politicshome.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Liam Byrne on tomorrow's budget:
"We still have too many businesses focused solely on maximising their own short-term gain. To create real change, boards must take a more holistic view of success which requires advancing a new model for marketplace success."
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
"We still have too many businesses focused solely on maximising their own short-term gain. To create real change, boards must take a more holistic view of success which requires advancing a new model for marketplace success."
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
"Despite what they described as a "significant financial blow", the business said it had honoured its commitment to its small-scale suppliers and had already paid the three artisan cheesemakers in full."
Well done Neal's Yard Dairy.
news.sky.com/story/scamme...
Well done Neal's Yard Dairy.
news.sky.com/story/scamme...
Scammer steals 22 tonnes of Cheddar cheese from Neal's Yard in London
The company says the theft has dealt a "significant financial blow" but that it has honoured its payments to the small-scale suppliers which the cheese came from.
news.sky.com
October 26, 2024 at 12:16 PM
"Despite what they described as a "significant financial blow", the business said it had honoured its commitment to its small-scale suppliers and had already paid the three artisan cheesemakers in full."
Well done Neal's Yard Dairy.
news.sky.com/story/scamme...
Well done Neal's Yard Dairy.
news.sky.com/story/scamme...
Well said Cath Bishop
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...
Chris Hoy shows us all what really matters on and off the field of play | Cath Bishop
Greater imagination, ambition and perspective is required to set up opportunities and explore what’s possible
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Well said Cath Bishop
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...
Open AI says it wants to become a Benefit Corporation.
Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of the global B Corp movement, says that doesn't go far enough.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/o...
Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of the global B Corp movement, says that doesn't go far enough.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/o...
Opinion | OpenAI Could Be a Force for Good if It Can Answer These Questions First
The artificial intelligence start-up behind ChatGPT needs a legal structure that ensures its commitments can be enforced.
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Open AI says it wants to become a Benefit Corporation.
Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of the global B Corp movement, says that doesn't go far enough.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/o...
Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of the global B Corp movement, says that doesn't go far enough.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/o...
A digital life well lived.
www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
www.thetimes.com
October 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
A digital life well lived.
www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
What a night to be a Villa fan. More to come, we trust.
October 2, 2024 at 9:13 PM
What a night to be a Villa fan. More to come, we trust.
A deep, thoughtful open conversation about Israeli, Palestine and everything that entails. Two people starting in very different places who - crucially - are willing to listen.
Well worth your time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well worth your time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Many people would throw a tantrum at this point’: An Israeli and a Palestinian discuss 7 October, Gaza – and the future
Couples Therapy’s Orna Guralnik and former participant Christine have very different views on Israel and Palestine. Could they try to understand one another without the conversation breaking down?
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
A deep, thoughtful open conversation about Israeli, Palestine and everything that entails. Two people starting in very different places who - crucially - are willing to listen.
Well worth your time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well worth your time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's easy to forget the reality of the COVID pandemic, particularly if we didn't experience its worst.
The least we can do for those who did is hear their testimony.
The least we can do for those who did is hear their testimony.
Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020.
The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
Professor Kevin Fong testifying at the Covid Inquiry Module 3, Sept 2024
YouTube video by Christina Pagel
youtu.be
September 27, 2024 at 8:33 AM
It's easy to forget the reality of the COVID pandemic, particularly if we didn't experience its worst.
The least we can do for those who did is hear their testimony.
The least we can do for those who did is hear their testimony.
Happy 25th birthday to The West Wing. Still one of TV's best political dramas.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
To watch is to yearn for a different world: how The West Wing made politics feel glorious
Twenty-five years ago today, Aaron Sorkin’s Oval Office drama started – and its principled, zippily scripted take on the importance of governance feels more important now than ever
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Happy 25th birthday to The West Wing. Still one of TV's best political dramas.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
40 years of hurt etc etc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Billy Connolly, blisters and Bayern: how Aston Villa won the 1982 European Cup
As the club return to Europe’s top table for the first time in 41 years we talk to players who made history back then
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
40 years of hurt etc etc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
When there's rain look for the rainbow.
An beautifully apt view from the train home from Louder Than Words.
#BCorpFestivalUK
An beautifully apt view from the train home from Louder Than Words.
#BCorpFestivalUK
September 11, 2024 at 5:02 PM
When there's rain look for the rainbow.
An beautifully apt view from the train home from Louder Than Words.
#BCorpFestivalUK
An beautifully apt view from the train home from Louder Than Words.
#BCorpFestivalUK
Here's our ambition for the coming decade: we want to see a world where every UK business is acting as a force for good #BCorpFestivalUK
September 10, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Here's our ambition for the coming decade: we want to see a world where every UK business is acting as a force for good #BCorpFestivalUK
Let's go! Welcome everyone to Louder Than Words - the world's biggest ever gathering of B Corps #BCorpFestivalUK
September 10, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Let's go! Welcome everyone to Louder Than Words - the world's biggest ever gathering of B Corps #BCorpFestivalUK
It's time! Welcome! #BCorpFestivalUK
September 10, 2024 at 9:13 AM
It's time! Welcome! #BCorpFestivalUK