The sixth and last of SAMI’s Drivers of Change is “Social attitudes”, in particular how they are changing with different generations.Arguably this is one of the most fundamental drivers, as…
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Looking to the future of ESG
The Natural Resources Forum, which is chaired by Director and Fellow Jonathan Blanchard Smith, held its third Annual ESG Week recently. ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance – the…
Drivers of Change 2022 – Biotechnology
The latest instalment in our series on Drivers of Change is biotechnology. Although there are some overlaps with the 4th Industrial Revolution Driver we considered last time – notably the…
Drivers of Change 2022 - the 4th Industrial Revolution
We identified the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” – the application of digital technologies and related advances – as our fourth Driver of Change. The Covid-19 pandemic led to the broader adoption…
The UN Report 'Our Common Agenda' and Foresight – 2
In last week’s blog, we looked back at the UN Secretary-General’s Report, “Our Common Agenda”, published in September 2021 in response to a request from Member States for recommendations on…
Drivers of Change 2022 – Geopolitics
Our second global driver of change has, for a long time, been Geo-politics. In our definition this includes a move towards a “polymodal world” – changing balances of global power…