Axel Johnson Group

H&M becomes second family business recognised by social responsibility award

September 24, 2014

H&M has become the second family business to take out an award for social responsibility in business, after Axel Johnson Group took out the inaugural award last year.

H&M has become the second family business to take out an award for social responsibility in business, after Axel Johnson Group took out the inaugural award last year.

Karl-Johan Persson, the third-gen chief executive at Swedish fashion company H&M, was this week presented the Pontus Schultz award by Princess Victoria of Sweden.

The jury said that Persson won the award for improving wages and working conditions in the textile factories in a number of developing countries.

Excellence in Europe

June 18, 2014

The winners of the European Families in Business Awards 2014, in association with Societe Generale Private Banking, have been announced. Take a look at the achievements of CampdenFB's shortlisted candidates.

UK retail family business Pentland Group has been awarded the top honour at the 2014 CampdenFB European Families in Business Awards in Barcelona.

The planning role of the family council

April 1, 2003

The family council can provide a forum where families can discuss strategic issues and formulate policies that are well-matched to their goals as shareholders

Grant Gordon is Director General of the Institute for Family Business (UK).

The family council can provide a forum where families can discuss strategic issues and formulate policies that are well-matched to their goals as shareholders

In family business, planning for the future is one of the keys to securing long-term shareholder adhesion to the family project. The family council is arguably one of the principal tools at the disposal of families to help better plan their futures and exercise greater control over the outcomes.