Insights We are committed to sharing our knowledge to support your organisation on its ESG and sustainability journey. Filters All sectors Corporate Financial All services Capacity Building ESG due diligence ESG integration Governance and risk management Reporting and Disclosures Sancroft briefing Sustainability Strategies All topics Adaptation Agriculture Apparel Biodiversity Carbon Reduction Circular Principles Climate Change Construction and development Diversity and inclusion Energy ESG Integration Finance Food and Beverage Health Human Rights Leadership Nature Plastic Plastics and Packaging Regulation Risk Management Sport Supply Chains Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures Sustainability Strategies Sustainable Finance Technology Read more By Sancroft Team• 16th Jan, 2023 Sancroft 2023 predictions We asked the Sancroft team what they think should be top of business sustainability agenda in 2023. Here’s what they said: Penalties for greenwashing –… Read more By Ilkka Saarinen• 25th Nov, 2022 Finance Day at COP27: Key themes and takeaways for investors The role and profile of finance as an essential enabler of climate action took a massive step forward at COP26 last year. This year, Wednesday… Read more By Noëlle Smits van Waesberghe• 24th Nov, 2022 The transition to sustainable food systems: has COP27 made a difference? For the first time at a UN climate conference, an entire day was dedicated to agriculture and food – and not a minute too soon!… Read more By Charlotte Miller• 23rd Nov, 2022 Representation matters: women and climate change is a business leadership issue The image of world leaders at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt drew immediate questions as to where the women were. Just seven of the 110… Read more By Sancroft Team• 17th Nov, 2022 Learning from Qatar: the future for football and human rights There has never been a time when the relationship between football and human rights was more in the spotlight. Read more By Rachel Weller• 2nd Nov, 2022 Putting people at the centre: Why we need a proactive approach to climate change and human rights The climate crisis threatens widespread disruptions to business operations and supply chains, and the people and communities that business rely on. Alongside the growing urgency… Read more By Sancroft Team• 18th Oct, 2022 Keeping a clean sheet: reducing sports travel emissions There has been growing awareness of the circular relationship sport has with the climate over the past few years. Read more By Kwame Taylor• 30th Sep, 2022 Life During Wartime: New Guidance on Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence in Conflict-Affected Contexts Conflict around the world is rising. Civil wars have tripled over the years. Challenges such as resource scarcity, climate change and the lingering effects of… Read more By Siân Wynn-Jones• 27th Sep, 2022 It’s time to hang greenwashing out to dry: here’s how It’s official. Greenwashing is formally part of the English language. In September 2022, Merriam-Webster pronounced that ‘greenwash’ has had sufficient and consistent usage to formally earn… Read more By Ilkka Saarinen• 20th Sep, 2022 Climate change and buildings: why businesses can benefit by building resilience The summer of 2022 once again highlighted how climate change will continue to affect the way we live and work. As workers sweltered in the… Read more By Rachel Weller• 29th Jul, 2022 Climate change and human rights: Why businesses need an integrated approach to people and planet to ensure resilience The recent extreme weather across the globe is a powerful reminder that climate change will have profound implications for people and societies, in particular the… Read more By Erika Furbert• 29th Jul, 2022 Redesigning the future of fashion: the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles The production and consumption of textile products continues to grow and so does their impact on climate, on water and energy consumption and on the… 1 2 3 4 … 13