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.
Can the world beat its plastic addiction? A new global plastics treaty on the horizon
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.
Africa Climate Change and Food Systems Dialogues: Let’s not forget the consumers
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?
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.
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?’.
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?
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.
