But such schemes need lots of outside cash and expertise.
Most flood schemes need to prevent £8 of damage for every £1 spent to go ahead.
To be totally effective these schemes need complete public cooperation, a requirement that has been difficult to achieve.
And if we can't rely on the universities to police themselves then employers, particularly those with large graduate schemes, need to get better at doing it for them.
Those who use tax avoidance schemes need to know they can no longer hold on to the money while their affairs are investigated.
"Schemes need to work effectively for members, and the charge cap, alongside other new measures … will help to ensure this going forward".
Recent research has found that CSR schemes need to take a more political direction in order for the movement to progress and bring about fundamental change towards a more sustainable economy.
Later, another Downing street source appeared to harden the government's position on celebrities' tax affairs, and said: "All tax avoidance schemes need to be addressed by HMRC [HM Revenue & Customs] whichever big-name stars are involved".
But, as America's successful campaign to cut emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides showed, such schemes need to have longer time-horizons and less generous allowances to industry.As for Europe, it needs to think again.
Despite sky-high contribution rates up to 33% of salary, two-thirds paid by the employer and one-third by the worker both schemes need to be topped up from general taxation to pay current pensions.
"Pension schemes need money but if an employer is short of cash then it makes sense to give the scheme a claim over a physical asset instead," said Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown.
