Resources

Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges

Examples and implications of alternatives to mainstream business

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...

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.

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...

The local climate challenge: a new partnership approach

by Green Alliance

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 ...

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.

Shortening Supply Chains: Roads to Regional Resilience

by Soil Association

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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).

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...

Creating Good City Economies in the UK

by Clare Goff

In 2015 the Friends Provident Foundation awarded funding to the Centre for Local Economic Strategies – which owned New Start magazine – and the New Economics Foundation to map ...