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The trouble with Science Based Targets

May 9, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Background Formally-approved Science Based Targets (SBTs) are a scheme of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a venture of the UN Global Compact, CDP, World Resources Institute and WWF. They have been gaining much attention and some traction amongst corporates and institutional investors; at the time of writing, 105 companies have in place targets formally […]

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

March 16, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

M&G Real Estate is the property investment unit of M&G Investments and has £29.5 billion of assets under management globally (as at 30th of September 2017). It has had an active Responsible Property Investment (RPI) programme for over a decade and is widely regarded by industry stakeholders, with whom it engages regularly on a range […]

Hillbreak comments on Building Regulations & Fire Safety review

December 19, 2017/in Insights /by Miles Keeping

Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, a review of Building Regulations & Fire Safety (separate from The Grenfell Tower Inquiry) is underway and led by Dame Judith Hackitt. Her interim report stresses the need for “a new intelligent system of regulation and enforcement for high-rise and complex buildings which will encourage […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 6 – Acting on an Agreed Agenda

July 20, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Acting on an Agreed Agenda Given that strategic foresight inherently has a long and broad horizon, the challenge to those concerned with taking action today to secure a better future tomorrow lies largely in forging the link between the vision ahead and the bottom-line now. This final phase of “Acting” is primarily about communication – […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 5 – Planning Strategic Options

July 4, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Planning Strategic Options Strategic planning options are the policy pathways that transport the realm of long-term, big-picture vision to the reality of the need for a set of actionable tactics to tackle present circumstances. Such planning thus provides an organisation with a roadmap showing how it can get from where it is, to where it […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 4 – Visioning a Preferred Future

June 15, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Visioning a Preferred Future The essential purpose of Strategic Foresight is to make better, and more informed decisions in the present. All organisations, however, need to ask the basic questions about their future: “Where are we going? What do we want to be? And how do we know what we want to be doing?” In achieving […]

The Age of #PropTech Dawns!

June 13, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Contrary to ‘populist’ opinion, ‘globalisation’ has not stopped. Digital convergence, oblivious of boundaries, has moved it ascendantly to the clouds. Vast streams of information and data constantly wash around our communication systems connecting everything, everywhere to everyone. This onslaught of the ‘Internet of Things’ is transforming the very way we live, work and play. So […]

Climate Risk & Resilience – A Hillbreak Call to Action

May 17, 2017/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Hillbreak was privileged to be invited to participate in the inaugural GRESB Spring Conference at Siemens’ inspiring building, The Crystal (dual-rated BREEAM Outstanding and LEED Platinum), in London earlier this month. Miles Keeping, co-founder of Hillbreak, was asked to join the first panel of the day, to discuss Climate Risk & Resilience, a session moderated […]

Strategic Foresight: Stage 3 – Forecasting Alternative Scenarios

May 16, 2017/in Insights /by John Ratcliffe

Forecasting Alternative Scenarios Essentially, forecasting involves generating the widest range of creative possibilities, then consolidating and prioritising the most useful for an organisation to consider and prepare for as it moves ahead. Appreciating that a key tenet of strategic foresight is that the future is inherently unknowable, and efforts to get it exactly right are futile, our […]

The trouble with Science Based Targets

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

Hillbreak comments on Building Regulations & Fire Safety review

Strategic Foresight: Stage 6 – Acting on an Agreed Agenda

Strategic Foresight: Stage 5 – Planning Strategic Options

Strategic Foresight: Stage 4 – Visioning a Preferred Future

The Age of #PropTech Dawns!

Climate Risk & Resilience – A Hillbreak Call to Action

Strategic Foresight: Stage 3 – Forecasting Alternative Scenarios

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