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.
High-stakes Budget: can the UK meet the moment and shape its future?
26 November 2025 - CISL's Chief Systems Change Officer Eliot Whittington signals why the UK Autumn Budget is a key opportunity to unlock investment and maintain momentum.
Educating for Change: A Decade of Sustainability Leadership with Kevin Chu
21 November 2025 - Kevin Chu, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Metropolitan University and alum of the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership reflects on his journey since graduating in 2016.
How CISL sparked my path from student to published researcher and industry advocate
21 November 2025 - Miranda Braga, Head of Procurement Excellence at TPG Telecom and alumna of Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business (PCSB) – Value Chains stream, shares highlights from her time studying the PCSB, her advice to recent alumni and her hopes for the future of the Australian market.
What Next for Leadership? Rebuilding Confidence in the Future
How do we rebuild confidence in the future - and in our collective ability to shape it? How do we reconnect economic growth with social progress? How do we harness innovation without exacerbating inequality – and navigate political tensions without retreating from cooperation?
From Legacy to Impact – The role of families in shaping the future
3 November 2025 - As part of CISL’s work on Business Leadership, in October 2025 we brought together a panel of experts in multi-generational leadership to explore how families - particularly those responsible for stewarding enterprises, investments or philanthropic initiatives - can play a pivotal role in building sustainable and resilient societies .
How green skills are reshaping organisational value
30 October 2025 - The UK Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, announced in October 2025, signals a major shift in the skills and investment landscape. With a bold ambition to double clean energy employment by 2030 — creating over 400,000 new roles — the plan commits significant funding to build high-quality, well-paid jobs across the country. It calls for deep collaboration between business, government and education to close the green skills gap, establish new Technical Excellence Colleges, and embed sustainability into the heart of economic growth.
10 November 2025 - In today’s era of profound disruption, the strategic landscape for sustainability has shifted irreversibly. Businesses face unprecedented complexity and risk, driven by geopolitical volatility, cyber threats, natural disasters, and escalating regulatory demand. In this blog, Phil Hazell discusses why sustainability must be woven into core business strategy, with leadership embracing disruptive innovation and radical collaboration across supply chains.
5 things I learnt from the Sustainable Marketing online course
23 October 2025 - Discover five powerful insights from the Sustainable Marketing course at CISL that reshaped how I view marketing’s role in driving systemic change. From purpose-led strategy to citizen-centric storytelling, this journey revealed how marketing can inspire wellbeing for people, business, and planet.
What does sustainability leadership really look like in practice? Insights from CISL’s Postgraduate Programmes
23 October 2025 - In an age of disruption, business leaders are navigating converging pressures — climate instability, social inequality, digital transformation, and shifting investor expectations. For many, sustainability has moved from the margins to the centre of strategy, not only as a moral imperative but as a drive of competitiveness and innovation.
