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7th Oct, 2025

5 principles to create value from circularity

Our latest report explores five principles that explain how to define the benefits of circularity, measure progress correctly and establish the concept as a business-wide...
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Report•
11th Dec, 2025

Building resilient agricultural supply chains

Our latest report sets out a practical pathway to help businesses turn regenerative ambition into action.
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Insight•
27th May, 2025

In depth: Identifying the levers for change in the UK waste sector

Discover how we helped Reconomy define strategic principles to accelerate the UK’s circular economy transition.

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By Sancroft Team•
4th Jul, 2018

Key Takeaways: PEI Responsible Investment Forum Europe 2018

The PEI Responsible Investment Forum is the longest running and largest private equity conference focused on bringing together GPs and LPs to discuss ESG and...
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By Sancroft Team•
13th Jun, 2018

Investor interest in the current plastics agenda | An Interview with Lord Deben & Alison Hampton

A discussion with our Chairman, Lord Deben, and Sancroft Advisor, Alison Hampton, on investor interest in the current plastics agenda.
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By Sancroft Team•
22nd May, 2018

Microfibre pollution: Opportunities for a coordinated industry response

The pollution of the marine environment from macro-plastic litter has risen rapidly in the political agenda and in the public consciousness in the past few...
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By Sancroft Team•
11th May, 2018

Shedding leather – not necessarily a sustainable solution?

40% of millennials now admit to making a conscious effort to reduce the amount of meat which they consume[1]. Environmentally destructive impacts of intensive agriculture...
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By Sancroft Team•
25th Apr, 2018

Modern Slavery: taking centre stage

March saw modern slavery take centre stage for events at Sancroft: We sat on a panel discussion at Innovation Forum’s How business can tackle modern...
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By Sancroft Team•
27th Feb, 2018

Why there are no excuses for businesses not to act on modern slavery in 2018

With the Modern Slavery Act coming into force in 2015, public scrutiny of the crimes of human trafficking and modern slavery has increased dramatically. Well-publicised...
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By Sancroft Team•
29th Jan, 2018

Overcoming the scourge of packaging and plastic waste

David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II has highlighted the detrimental environmental impact of the vast quantity of plastic waste in our oceans to millions of viewers....
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By Sancroft Team•
12th Jan, 2018

Sustainability Highs and Lows of 2017

2017: Was it a boom or bust in sustainable business? It remains uncertain how 2017 will be written in history. A slew of bad news...
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By Sancroft Team•
29th Nov, 2017

Human Rights & Business – moving from the periphery

On 1st-2nd November 2017, Sancroft attended Innovation Forum’s Business and Human Rights Conference – ‘manage risk, implement policy and secure relationships,’ hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus...
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By Sancroft Team•
20th Nov, 2017

The Future of the Corporation

What role can social enterprises play in promoting ethical and sustainable trading? On 9th November, the British Academy hosted a business breakfast for its recently launched...
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By Sancroft Team•
1st Nov, 2017

Chasing the Green Light – The Industrial Strategy Green Paper

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched its Industrial Strategy Green Paper in January 2017. The Government sought industry responses to the...
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By Sancroft Team•
15th Oct, 2017

Protecting People on the Move

How Can Business Help? There are many reasons why people move. Whether it be for work, new opportunities, family or for fear of persecution, the...