In Week 35 we argued that resilient businesses build options. In Week 36 we asked how businesses determine which options matter. Enhanced materiality provides part of ...

In our previous article, we argued that the resilient business does not try to predict the future perfectly. It builds options. But that raises an important ...

Predicting the future has always been difficult. For businesses operating today, it is becoming an increasingly unreliable basis for strategy. Geopolitical tensions can change trading relationships. ...

Every country has ambitions. Economic growth. Higher productivity. Innovation. Investment. More competitive businesses. Better jobs. Stronger communities. These ambitions are usually captured in national strategies, economic ...

For many years organisations operated in relatively stable environments where long term planning could rely on reasonably predictable assumptions. That world has changed. Businesses today face ...

The role of the sustainability professional is not simply to provide information or demonstrate compliance. It is to convert significant impacts, risks and opportunities across the ...

“In the age of AI, competitive advantage will not belong to organisations with the most AI. It will belong to organisations with the best judgement.” Artificial ...

Organisations are producing more sustainability information than ever before. They are collecting data, assessing impacts, responding to reporting requirements, engaging stakeholders and preparing increasingly detailed disclosures. ...

Businesses everywhere are facing rising expectations from customers, lenders, investors, regulators, supply-chain partners, employees and communities. These expectations are often expressed through the language of sustainability, ...

One of the central lessons from Darwin’s theory of evolution is that long-term survival depends on adaptation. The organisations that succeed tomorrow will not necessarily be ...

One of the greatest strengths of modern sustainability reporting has been its emphasis on understanding what really matters. Materiality enables organisations to focus resources where they ...

In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, companies face increasing pressure to operate sustainably – balancing the needs of people, the environment, and business growth. Yet, a ...

In today’s business landscape, publishing a sustainability report aligned with recognized frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards is a vital step. However, many organizations ...

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way organisations operate. Tasks that once required large teams can increasingly be automated, accelerated, analysed, or optimised through AI-powered systems. However, ...

As sustainability reporting continues to evolve, many organisations are discovering an important reality: Producing a sustainability report and being ready for external assurance are not the ...

For years, the traditional two-axis double materiality matrix has been presented as one of the defining outputs of sustainability reporting. Colourful charts plotting “impact materiality” against ...

Most sustainability reports fail. Not because companies don’t care. Not because they lack data. But because reporting has been treated as an output — instead of a decision-making system. ...

Many organisations today recognise the importance of ESG and sustainability. What is less clear is how to translate this into decisions that matter. Companies are increasingly expected ...

A practical introduction to applying ESG in real decisions — and how to move from ambition to structured, defensible action. The Problem: ESG Without Decisions Over ...

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ESRS Professional Programme equips professionals to apply the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) in practice, with a strong focus on Double ...

Most sustainability reports fail to influence business decisions because they are treated as disclosure exercises rather than something that shapes how organisations operate and act. Over ...

Sustainability reporting has reached a tipping point. Thousands of companies now publish reports. Yet very few of them influence real decisions. Most reports describe activities. Very ...

The world is entering a period of significant geopolitical transition. Power is increasingly distributed among multiple global actors, technological competition is accelerating, and information flows faster ...

In a world where geopolitical tensions are rising and technological competition is accelerating, discussions about peace and stability often receive less attention than narratives of conflict. ...

How Cooperation Can Support a Stable Multipolar World For most of modern history, global power has been concentrated among a small number of dominant states. Today, ...

The main research we are leaning on today is the Kellogg School of Management’s The Economic Price We Pay for War, a rigorous global analysis of 135 ...

This article is written for professionals who want to get sustainability reporting right — without wasting time, money, or credibility. Before you register for the GRI ...

This article is written for professionals who want to get sustainability reporting right — without wasting time, money, or credibility. As organisations across Europe prepare for ...