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How is business responsible for (re-)defining consumer values in a rapidly changing world?

15 September 2023 – Beth Knight explores the influence of business in shaping consumers’ worldviews and their responsibility to drive change.

How do supermarkets support community wellbeing? A study update and overview of the latest trends

11 September 2023 - Caroline Lee and Dr Catherine Hammant, part of CISL’s Foresight team, discuss the changing initiatives offered by supermarkets to support community wellbeing as a response to the tougher economic conditions felt by their customers, staff, suppliers and local areas.

Whose business is social justice?

1 September 2023 - In the context of global warming, social justice calls for a rethink on how 'business as usual' breaches the boundaries of Earth's systems that preserve life and wellbeing and what that means for the most marginalised.

Sustainable real estate - reflections and next steps

21 August 2023 - Lucy Bruzzone, Programme Director at CISL, provides reflections on Munish Datta'sblog 'Sustainable real estate - a constellation of risks and opportunities' and gives recommendations for further reading.

Sustainable real estate - a constellation of risks and opportunities

29 August 2023: First published in The Lighthouse , BNP Paribas REIM’s European Property Market Outlook, this blog by Munish Datta explores the constellation of risks and opportunities for sustainable real estate. Here, Lucy Bruzzone provides reflections and recommendations on ‘what next?’.

The Business Case for Sustainability

21 August 2023 - Prof. Dr Wayne Visser explores the question: Why should business care about sustainability issues like climate change, income inequality, biodiversity loss and human rights?

A day in the life of an IDBE student

16 August 2023 - Emi Sugiyama is a Sustainability Consultant with PwC Japan and a student on the Master of Studies in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE). Emi shared her experience of the programme and has detailed what an average day looked like for her during her final residential workshop in Cambridge, UK.

Private capital and global climate finance architecture: a winning combination?

28 July 2023 - Dr Nina Seega and Dr Mohsen Gul from CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance highlight ways private capital can be mobilised to fulfil the global climate finance promise.

The Power and Potential of Marketing's Brainprint

27 July 2023 - CISL Director, Commercial Reach & Influence - Charlie Thompson - introduces marketing’s brainprint.

Connecting with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in China

29 June 2023 - CISL’s Canopy team ran a series of collaborative workshops and meetings in Beijing, Shanghai, Guanzhou and Hong Kong to map and engage local and international stakeholders supporting sustainability innovation in China. The events were part of CISL’s Centre for Sino UK Sustainability Innovation. The team met with sustainability experts, industry leaders and reconnected with CISL’s existing network and alumni in China.

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How is business responsible for (re-)defining consumer values in a rapidly changing world?

How do supermarkets support community wellbeing? A study update and overview of the latest trends

Whose business is social justice?

Sustainable real estate - reflections and next steps

Sustainable real estate - a constellation of risks and opportunities

The Business Case for Sustainability

A day in the life of an IDBE student

Private capital and global climate finance architecture: a winning combination?

The Power and Potential of Marketing's Brainprint

Connecting with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in China

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