Resources

Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition
In this report, we delve into the groundbreaking insights derived from three Foundation-funded projects that have been at the forefront of pioneering a Just Transition to a zero-ca...
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Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges
Examples and implications of alternatives to mainstream business.
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COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management
We are pleased to join 24 other asset owners as a founding signatory to the ‘COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management’. Together we are drawing a...
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Economist Education Video
When Friends Provident Foundation (FPF) began its programme to explore how the economy might serve society better, it was based on several views.
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Changing the balance: lessons learned from sharing power, ownership and control
by Andrea Westall
On 15 December 2020 Friends Provident Foundation (FPF) hosted a virtual roundtable of recent and current grant recipients to explore the practicalities and implications of projects...
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The local climate challenge: a new partnership approach
By autumn 2020, over 75 per cent of councils and combined authorities in England had declared climate emergencies, with most also setting targets for their area to meet a net zero ...
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The Behavioural Economy
by The Behavioural Insights Team
The Behavioural Economy sets out a 10-point plan to upgrade economic policy with a deep understanding of human behaviour at its core.
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Shortening Supply Chains: Roads to Regional Resilience
This report looks at innovative farmers, businesses and councils who are proving sustainable sourcing can be more resilient as well as being more environmentally friendly.
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Time for Action
by Mick McAteer with John Lappin, Professor Robin Jarvis and Imogen Pattison of the Financial Inclusion Centre
An analysis of the limited progress to date in making the financial system more sustainable and responsible, with recommendations to change behaviours.
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Women at work: Designing a company fit for the future
by Deborah Hargreaves, FPF Journalist Fellow 2018
This report by Friends Provident Foundation journalist fellow Deborah Hargreaves sets out to examine what would happen if women could re-imagine the way they work and how the busin...
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A review of current thinking about the nature of work and economic resilience
by Professor Anne Green
Projects funded by the Friends Provident Foundation contribute variously to proposing new solutions (innovation), gathering evidence to support and inform practice...
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Remodelling Capitalism: how social wealth funds could transform Britain
by Stewart Lansley, Duncan McCann & Steve Schifferes
A pioneering new citizens’ wealth fund in the UK could provide a universal annual cash dividend and eventually a weekly basic income.
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Making the Most of Brexit
by Tom Startup and Claudia Wood
The UK’s decision to leave the EU creates both opportunities and risks in both the process of negotiation and the outcomes for the UK. The experts we consulted consider these to ...
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Gridlock in UK Power Markets: How Big Six capture of the regulatory process poses investor risk
by InfluenceMap
This report examines energy utilities and risks arising from the market transition to decarbonisation, decentralisation and democratisation (3Ds).
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Moving beyond neoliberalism
by Laurie Laybourn-Langton and Michael Jacobs
Neoliberalism – the set of socioeconomic ideas and policies which have dominated public life over the last 40 years – has failed. Despite the evidence that neither its anal...
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