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Read more at: The knowledge diversity blind spot impacting the 'S' of ESG
The knowledge blindspot impacting the S of ESG

The knowledge diversity blind spot impacting the 'S' of ESG

Updated 23 April 2024 - Business intelligence that seeks to promote the social dimension of ESG needs to engage with the diversity and wealth of knowledge that emerges from the human behind the data.


Read more at: Unlocking the EU's inclusive circularity transition: Why decent and inclusive circular jobs hold the key to progress
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Unlocking the EU's inclusive circularity transition: Why decent and inclusive circular jobs hold the key to progress

23 April 2024 - Bianca Drotleff and Krisztina Zálnoky reflect on why a socially just transition to a circular economy is essential to ensuring equitable benefits for all workers if the EU is to deliver upon its Green Deal ambition to ‘leave no person and place behind’ in the pursuit of climate neutrality by 2050.


Read more at: MEPs can vote next week to make certain that EU insurers use their capital to support businesses in their net zero transition
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MEPs can vote next week to make certain that EU insurers use their capital to support businesses in their net zero transition

22 April 2024 - Ursula Woodburn, Director of CISL’s Europe office and the Corporate Leaders Group Europe, explains how insurers can take action to help mitigate against the effects of climate change and why MEPs can influence this for SustainableViews.


Read more at: Is the energy transition in trouble?
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Is the energy transition in trouble?

15 April 2024 - Governments must step up to support clean energy companies facing a number of challenges in today's shifting world order, writes CISL's Katherine Quinn.


Read more at: "A great human meeting place" - what role can supermarkets play in social infrastructure?
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"A great human meeting place" - what role can supermarkets play in social infrastructure?

3 April 2024 - Publicly-funded social infrastructure is disappearing, but supermarkets and other retailers are providing communities with much-needed space and resources. Caroline Lee and Rosa Marks ask if it is time to recognise supermarkets as social infrastructure.


Read more at: The Crucial Role of Leadership in Sustainable Development: Bridging the Gap for a Better Future
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The Crucial Role of Leadership in Sustainable Development: Bridging the Gap for a Better Future

25 March 2024 - In this blog, Khanyi Mlambo, CISL Senior Associate, discusses the need for a comprehensive leadership approach to sustainability challenges in South Africa and beyond.


Read more at: Asia's Crucial Role as a Leader in Global Sustainable Business
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Asia's Crucial Role as a Leader in Global Sustainable Business

24 March 2024 - In the midst of a global business context where sustainable outcomes are becoming an ever-important consideration, Munish Datta discusses how Asia is becoming adriving global force in terms of opportunity, innovation, and resources.


Read more at: Entopia: A breath of fresh air – Incube Space and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership team up on healthy building
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Entopia: A breath of fresh air – Incube Space and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership team up on healthy building

20 March 2024 - Rishi Chowdhury, Co-Founder of Incube Space, discusses the opportunities presented in teaming up with CISL’s Entopia Building to accelerate innovation in the built environment.


Read more at: Why good leadership is needed in an age of turbulence
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Why good leadership is needed in an age of turbulence

1 March 2024 - With time running out to bend the curve on the climate and nature crisis, rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, Lindsay Hooper reflects on the unprecedented challenges currently facing global leadership today and what this means for our ability to achieve the sustainability goals.


Read more at: What does leadership mean and look like in the context of a sustainable built environment?
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What does leadership mean and look like in the context of a sustainable built environment?

28 February 2024 – Dr Kayla Friedman, Course Director for the Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE), explores what leadership means and looks like in the context of a sustainable built environment.


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