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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, 24 September, 2023
      Advertising
      What Burberry taught me about the marketed mind

      We’ve let the priorities of fashion brands and duty-free shops override those of the hapless passenger

      A red stick man holds a telescope up to view an exit sign amid advertising hoardings
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Climate change
      Climate decision-making is caught in a Catch-22

      It’s ridiculous to allow a handful of countries to block progress on the great dilemma of our age

      An Andy Carter illustration of a judge’s gavel with a map of the world on its surface being held back by a man as three other people try to slam it onto its wooden block
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      The best books of the week
      Heated debate — notable new books on climate and the environment

      Writers tackle themes such as the roles of capitalism and ideology in the future of the planet

    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Parenting and families
      The plight of the hidden carers in your workforce

      Millions of staff secretly juggle busy jobs with demanding caring duties that need more recognition

      Illustration of a person pushing someone in a wheelchair while speaking into a headset and saying ‘Yes, yes, we really need to push this project forward’
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Work-life balance
      Look out when the B-team is left in charge

      Minions get a chance to shine when the boss is away, as long as they don’t muck up

      Kenneth Andersson illustration of four pairs of feet - two on top of office desks and two up in the air leaning on the edge of the desks.
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Working It podcast17 min listen
      Are Fridays dead?

      Have workers introduced a four-day week by stealth?

    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      ReviewBusiness books
      FT business books — what to read this month

      The dawn of a postgenerational society and the science of trust

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How I learnt about wine

      Four FT journalists share their journeys into the world of wine – including via famous neighbours and underage subterfuge

    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Office life
      The hell of other people in the office

      The pandemic eased the scourge of the loud or smelly co-worker but is bringing new woes too

      An illustration of an employee furious about a singing coworker walking behind her desk
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Climate change
      The scourge of climate doomism

      The truth about global warming is bad enough. We don’t need harmful hyperbole

      Andy Carter illustration of a phone with all sorts of climate doom coming out of it - storms, fires and a man standing on its flooded screen, looking around in disbelief
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Work & Careers
      The perils of impenetrable gibberish

      A Hungarian doctor and Donald Trump show why it’s important to get your message across clearly at work

      A Kenneth Andersson illustration of a woman sitting on a reclining chair while holding an open book and holding her hand to her mouth in surprise as exclamation marks fly off the page
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Climate change
      Climate politics has entered a new phase

      The risks of ignoring the green energy transition have never been so acute

      Andy Carter illustration of a hand covered in oil holding a stopwatch which is counting down to the deadline for the green energy transition
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      Managing yourself
      Sun, surf — and the politics of taking a holiday

      Vacations are rarely straightforward for busy leaders but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t take them

      A man on a sun lounger waves, with with a cocktail in his other hand and a T-shirt with the work Smart written across it
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Working from home
      Working from home is full of surprises

      From return to office demands to productivity levels, a lot of what we think we know about remote work is wrong

      Illustration of a man dressed for work carrying a briefcase and cup of coffee walking over to his laptop on the sofa
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      Office life
      Tattoos have reached a turning point at work

      Most people in your office may now be inked and some are probably earning more than those who are uninked

      Illustration of a thin, balding man with a coffee mug walking past a well-built man, covered in tattos and carrying a coffee mug and saying ‘hi’ in the office
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Climate change
      The fossil fuel industry will not lead us out of the climate crisis

      Only governments have the power to cut demand for oil and gas, and their job has barely started

      A climate protester attempting to get an oil executive to meet him halfway on climate action
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The best new books on climate and the environment

      Fresh perspectives on issues including London’s air quality, human waste mismanagement and the worldwide water crisis

      montage of book covers
    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
      Gender politics
      Just say no if working while female

      Women are still expected to do more thankless dead-end tasks at work than men but smart companies are fixing the problem

      Illustration of a side view of a woman sitting at her desk saying “No! No! No! No! No!” as a long arm reaches in from the side of the pic to tap her on the shoulder
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Working It podcast21 min listen
      How to master the art of schmoozing

      Top tips on an essential skill for networking and career advancement

    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      FT Swamp Notes
      The relentless rise of the IRA Premium content

      The US’s allies are scrambling to match Washington’s $369bn package of climate and energy measures

      The Block Island offshore wind farm just off mainland Rhode Island
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Office life
      The awful agony of the misdirected email

      It happens to the best of us, but it’s the reaction of the hapless recipient that really counts

      A cartoon man receives a blast of energy as he presses a button on his laptop
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Future of work
      Move over millennials, perennials are on the march

      Today’s generational labels are flawed and divisive but thankfully more and more of us have stopped acting our age

      Illustration of an old, bald man with a walking stick whizzing along on a skateboard next to a teenaged girl doing the same on her skateboard
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Summer Books 2023
      Best summer books of 2023: Environment

      Pilita Clark selects her best mid-year reads

      Montage of book covers
    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      Corporate culture
      The murky world of the job reference

      Being asked to recommend a dud ex-colleague is just the start of it

      Illustration of two workers sat back to back, one playing with a bat with a ball on a string, the other typing at a computer, their nose elongated
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Energy sector
      UK accused of ‘sleep walking’ over developing green hydrogen

      Billionaire investor and mining magnate Andrew Forrest urges UK and Europe to match US on clean energy subsidies

      Andrew Forrest
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