Ian Allsop gets advice on management theory from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Paul McCartney.

As a grizzled cynic, Ian Allsop has been around long enough to have heard it all before.

Although charities are stepping up their efforts to embrace green issues, some trustees are concerned that engaging with environmental issues may not be a legitimate use of charity resources, according to new research by the Charity Commission.

The Office of the Third Sector and the Charity Commission have launched a consultation on the draft details of what the new legal form for charities, the Charitable Incorporated Organisation, might look like and the rules it will have to follow