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…
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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…
Digitalisation and resilience
Digitalisation is in the news. Recent topics include whether Google’s LaMDA system shows sentience, and on the legal and other issues raised when robots or AI systems have agency (defined…
Drivers of Change 2022: The climate crisis
The third of SAMI’s Drivers of Change is the climate crisis. Over the years since we first put this on our lists, we have seen the issues become more and…
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…