New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation "aims to construct a new economy centred on people and the environment". Some of their recents reports have been about "ghost town Britain" and "clone town Britain", refering to a lack of shops or homogeneity in shops in town centers. They have been used as a punch bag by advisers to (i.e. PR firms for) retailers, e.g. Fripps, Sandermans and Partners (sp?) who understandably attacked their report.
NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit, an "alternative" to the G8 summit.
It advocates social accounting and auditing, indicators for sustainability, social investment and alternative currencies.
Quotes
"Small shops have closed at 500 per year"
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP (Labour), speaking of their index of firms promoting inner city development, said that "IC100 will show that even the more disadvantaged inner cities are not the enterprise 'no-go' areas of the past, but the investment opportunities of the future." [1]
Funding
The sources of funding for this organisation are not stated on their website.
Leaders
Director: Stewart Wallis Deputy director: Andrea Westall Director of operations: Elna Kotze Director of Policy: Andrew Simms Senior associates: David Boyle, Pat Conaty, Ann Pettifor Full list of staff (5 pages)
Related organisations
Links
- Summary of the organisation
- Home page
- [http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ebn/Whats_New/a_j2001/nef.html
- http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ previously hosted their website
- Brochure commision met by a small art firm.