Blogs

29 September 2023 – Simon C.Y. Wong explains the meaning of double materiality and why it will intensify focus on how companies are affecting the wider world.Corporations are dominant actors in modern economies [1], with vast impacts on society and the environment – from the provision of goods and services that lengthen and enrich lives to those th…

27 September 2023 - Dr Tim Forman, Senior Teaching Associate and Course Director of the Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) postgraduate courses, explores the relationship between buildings, cities and nature. The tendency to act based on personal need and without consideration of adverse impact on others is a behaviour shared…

22 September 2023 – In this blog, David Carlin explains the new standards for sustainability and climate disclosures developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board and the implications of these new standards for business and investors.Understanding the ISSB's MissionThe International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was formed b…

20 September 2023 - Jakob Pruess explores the question: UNEP's global push to combat plastic pollution by 2040: beacon of hope or falling short? A new study on extended producer responsibility (EPR) provides novel insights for industry and policy.The world is facing a growing crisis, which is spreading to the last furthest corners of our planet – p…

19 September 2023 – Dr Florence Nabwire discusses the issues around food supply and climate change in Africa. How will changes in climate and population bring new challenges for consumers and suppliers in coming years? Climate change poses an existential threat to humanity. As sea levels and global temperatures gradually rise, the global food syste…

15 September 2023 – Beth Knight explores the influence of business in shaping consumers’ worldviews and their responsibility to drive change.From an early age, we are exposed to social conditioning, which affects how we determine ‘value’ and our sense of worth relative to others. This is underpinned by global systems and business models that priori…

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.The cost of living crisis has deepened inequalities across the UK…

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.Why should business be concerned with social justice? Are social and environmental justice related? What has this…

21 August 2023 - Lucy Bruzzone, Programme Director at CISL, provides reflections on Munish Datta's blog 'Sustainable real estate - a constellation of risks and opportunities', considers how and why stakeholders must adopt the recommendations presented in the blog and gives recommendations for further reading. This month, Munish Datta provided insi…

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?’.Real estate absolutely underpins human society. It provides …

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?  Some would say it’s because business has a moral duty to do what is right or good. We can call this view the moral case for sustainability. Others point out th…

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.My day begins… wit…

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 global climate crisis is a challenge that requires urgent attention and significant resources. As the world grapples with the need to finance climate change mitiga…

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 expe…

28 June 2023 - For 29 years, The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme(BSP) has helped over 4,500 senior executives translate complex sustainability trends into strategic business decisions, supporting individual leadership, business strategy and systemic change. Here, we hear from two alumni of the inaugural The Prince of Wales’s B…