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    Pilita Clark

    Business columnist

    Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the FT where she writes on corporate life and climate change. Formerly the FT’s environment correspondent, her writing has won awards in the US and Asia and in 2019 she was named Environment Journalist of the Year for the third year in a row at the British Press Awards.

    Before joining the FT, she was a Washington correspondent for Australian newspapers and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

    Email Pilita Clark @pilitaclark  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Flexible working
      Why five days in the office don’t add up

      Hybrid working helps keep staff and lowers office costs — but some pushback will continue

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Years of climate scepticism have done untold damage

      Erroneous claims, scientific caution and poor media coverage held back policymaking on global warming

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      The best books of the week
      Notable new books on climate and the environment

      Engrossing insights into dilemmas from fossil fuels to flying — and the political questions they pose

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Future of work
      The envy at work that dare not speak its name

      A younger or more talented work rival is not a foe, it’s the passage of time that is our adversary

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Office life
      Is WhatsApp making work life more nasty and brutish?

      Leaked messages written by the UK’s hapless former health secretary suggest it might be

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Women in business
      Women have raced into the boardroom, but now comes the hard part

      Appointing more female chief executives and chairs is a challenge that will take longer

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Why 2023 might just be a turning point for climate action

      Policy and regulatory breakthroughs are coming together — but will government and business deliver?

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Office life
      The art of getting over an office faux pas

      Recovering from a work blunder takes conviction and guile

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Office life
      A boss’s foibles can be a delight

      A workplace free of all managers’ fixations would be very dull indeed

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      ESG investing
      A war for climate talent is hotting up

      Financial firms are targeting sustainability specialists ahead of new rules on greenwashing and environmental risk

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Work & Careers
      How not to be the panellist from hell

      Start off by obeying the basic ground rules that popular panel speakers know well

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Windfall taxes are not the only option for fossil fuel profits

      ‘Carbon takeback’ would make companies pay to clean up their emissions

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Work & Careers
      Apple blundered when it killed off Dark Sky

      Doing away with a much-loved weather app has caused an understandable outcry

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Work & Careers
      The grim world of office spyware

      The chief executive of a time-tracking software group reveals how his contentious product works in real life

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Notable new books on climate and the environment

      From direct air carbon capture to the prospects for 100 per cent renewables — plus a sea voyage into a more sustainable future

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Future of work
      Forget the central business district

      A push to create central vibrant social districts is taking off

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Climate change
      Don’t underestimate the power of climate bullshit

      The claim that net zero policies are to blame for the energy crisis is starting to gain traction

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Flexible working
      The changes at work in 2022 that will last — thank God

      Office life changed hugely this year, sometimes for the better

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Managing yourself
      Ho, ho, ho, it’s off to work we don’t go

      Christmas has always been a distracting time but this year has been worse

    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      Work & Careers
      If you thought business jargon was bad . . . 

      New research shows doctors speak in ways that baffle — and potentially cause real harm

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Personal development
      The unexpected perils of sabbatical leave

      People who take a big break from work can return in new guises that surprise colleagues and bosses alike

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      The corporate backlash against net zero

      Emerging market stocks and bonds staged a rebound on a dollar sell-off

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Best new books on the environment

      From Greta Thunberg to predictions for a ‘glocalised’ planet and a guide to real-life climate action

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Climate change
      Get ready for a net zero business backlash

      A welcome UN push to tighten corporate rules is sending shudders through some boardrooms

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
      Best books of 2022: Environment

      Pilita Clark’s pick of must-read titles

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