Our blogs offer timely perspectives from CISL experts and our global network, exploring how leaders are responding to market shifts, managing risk and turning insight into action.
The transfer of multigenerational wealth, growth and inequality – how to maintain legacy in a period of transition
27 January 2026 - The coming decades will see an unprecedented transfer of wealth between generations, unfolding against a backdrop of rising global inequality, geopolitical instability and environmental stress. As multigenerational families navigate this transition, they face both a responsibility and an opportunity: to redefine their purpose, steward their assets for long‑term societal benefit, and lead with intention in an age of disruption. This blog explores the challenges, questions and leadership approaches shaping how families can sustain their legacy while catalysing positive change.
14 January 2026 - In this blog, Tanja Collavo and Brishni Mukhopadhyay explore why finance holds the key to a sustainable future. They highlight how capital allocation shapes environmental and social outcomes, and why finance leaders need sustainability education to manage risks, unlock innovation, and ensure long-term resilience in an increasingly complex global economy.
Why marketing cannot be neutral: A guide to sustainable marketing and brand leadership
5 January 2026 — Marketing shapes culture and the future. This blog, based on insights from Solitaire Townsend in CISL’s Sustainable Marketing, Communications and Brand Management course, explores why neutrality is no longer an option. Every campaign either accelerates solutions or delays them. This blog explores why marketers must lead with integrity and use creativity to make sustainability desirable.
23 December 2025 — In this blog, Dr Louise Drake explores how AI is reshaping leadership mastery and challenging traditional expertise. She argues that judgment and human connection are essential in an AI-driven world. CISL's postgraduate courses help develop the critical thinking, clarity of purpose, systems insight, and contextual awareness needed to navigate complexity.
Marketing's Brainprint: How Influence Shapes Outcomes
Updated 22 December 2025 — Charlie Thompson - Co-Convenor and Course Lead for CISL’s sustainable marketing online courses - introduces marketing’s brainprint. This article draws on Sustainable Marketing Foundations and Sustainable Marketing, Communications and Brand Management course materials
Updated 22 December 2025 — Charlie Thompson - Co-Convenor and Course Lead for CISL’s sustainable marketing online courses - defines the scope, impact and opportunity of sustainable marketing and explains why change in this industry is critical. This article draws on Sustainable Marketing Foundations and Sustainable Marketing, Communications and Brand Management course materials
This changes everything: Business leadership in the age of AI
December 5 - AI is not simply another technology wave. It is reorganising the strategic conditions under which societies plan, invest, compete and govern. These shifts affect every long-term national priority, including security, economic resilience, social stability and the viability of energy and industrial transitions.
4 December 2025 - Dr Emre Usenmez, Course Director for the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership, introduces one of the themes taught in the programme. He explores the complexity of sustainability decision-making, highlighting how well-intentioned actions can create both positive and negative unintended consequences, and the trade-offs leaders must navigate using real-world examples.
Restoring Human Progress: A Mission to Unlock Growth and Climate Action
4 December 2025 - Economic investment and meaningful action on climate and nature both depend on a shared foundation: belief in the future. New research shows that in every G7 country today, that belief is missing. To break the vicious cycle of malaise and shortsightedness, we need to restore human progress as the aspiration and expectation for our societies.
From disclosure to impact: reflections and recommendations on the first wave of sustainability (ESRS) reporting
3 December 2025 - CISL EU Sustainable Finance Lead Tsvetelina Kuzmanova reflects on the opportunities Europe has to align sustainability reporting with the real-world challenges faced by companies, investors and policymakers.
