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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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  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
    Climate change
    We are in a period of climate stuckness

    The need for faster action is widely accepted, but we’re not making the progress required

    Andy Carter illustration of two people in an hourglass trying to stop the Earth from melting into it
  • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
    Management
    The cult of the gifted amateur lives on

    Some of the most important jobs in Britain are still filled by people with zero experience or interest in the field

    Kenneth Andersson illustration of a man dressed as a graduate asking ‘tea, anyone’, with soldiers and tanks around him
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Flexible working
    The ghastly modern office needs a reboot

    Hybrid working has exposed wasteful, outdated designs that one Silicon Valley boss wants to blow up

    An illustration of empty desks and an office worker trying to enter full to the brim meeting offices
  • 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
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    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
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