Chris Coulter (GlobeScan), John Elkington (Volans) and Mark Lee (ERM) were joined by guest panelists Peggy Liu (JUCCCE), Susan Njoroge (Responsible Business Consulting Limited) and Rianne Buter (Unilever) for our Routes to Transformation webinar.
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GlobeScan, ERM, and Volans research finds that 55 percent of sustainability experts want greater generational change, 50 percent see leadership as too Global North-led, and 49 percent want more attention to social and economic priorities.
A Green Paper on how sustainability is shifting from voluntary action to systemic change amid disruption, geopolitical tension, and emerging opportunities.
New GlobeScan research explores how leading companies are embedding sustainability into business decisions, systems, and processes. Based on interviews with 27 sustainability leaders, the report examines integration barriers, leading practices, and integration maturity.
GlobeScan research finds 61% globally want their governments to support Ukraine, with majorities in 28 of 32 markets surveyed backing Ukraine.
New GlobeScan research across ten global markets explores the habits, barriers, information sources, and environmental factors shaping health and well-being today.
New GlobeScan research among 610 sustainability experts in 57 countries finds that 69 percent say moral arguments are less effective than they were five years ago, and 64 percent say sustainability progress is now driven by crisis and disruption rather than planned collective action. Only 8 percent disagree that moral framing has lost force, and 43 percent say progress is harder now than it has ever been.
In this episode, Chris and David speak with Melbourne-based sustainability strategist and bestselling author, John Pabon, discussing his book, Strategic Sustainability: A Pragmatic Blueprint for Responsible Business.
New GlobeScan research explores public attitudes toward global crises, climate change, AI, business responsibility, trust, and regulation across 34 markets worldwide.
New research from GlobeScan, ERM, and Volans, reveals growing calls to radically revise the sustainability agenda, as experts confront backlash, political instability, and a persistent gap between ambition and delivery.
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Sustainability experts are increasingly questioning whether current approaches can deliver the scale of change needed and calling for a fundamental rethink of the agenda.
New GlobeScan-ERM-Volans research among 610 sustainability experts in 57 countries tracks how significant the backlash against the sustainability agenda, including ESG, is by region from 2024 to 2026. North America remains the most affected region at 84 percent, but Europe has climbed steadily from 59 percent in 2024 to 77 percent in 2026, while perceived backlash remains elevated in Latin America and is gradually rising in Asia-Pacific.
New research from Ahold Delhaize and GlobeScan identifies how food retailers can make healthier choices more affordable, easier, and more relevant.
New GlobeScan research among 610 sustainability experts in 57 countries finds that 59 percent say the current approach to sustainability must be radically revised, up from 56 percent in 2025. A further 36 percent want modest revision, and only 4 percent say the current approach works well as it is. With 95 percent calling for change of some kind, patience with incremental progress is running out.
In this episode, Chris and David speak with Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality at UNICEF, and Pernille Hagild, Manager, Global Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at IKEA.
New GlobeScan research in 33 markets in 2026 finds near-universal demand for AI regulation. Support barely varies by region, from 89 percent in Latin America to 86 percent in Europe, and the most AI-optimistic publics, China (90%) and India (89%), want stronger rules as firmly as the most skeptical.
GlobeScan and the Corporate Affairs Academy at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, recently hosted a webinar exploring how Corporate Affairs is evolving in response to geopolitical disruption, AI, shifting stakeholder expectations, and increasing pressure to demonstrate business value.
New research across 33 markets shows how people worldwide view the benefits, risks, regulation, and societal impacts of artificial intelligence.
What do senior European business leaders need to deliver a competitive, resilient, and sustainable economy? Explore new insights on sustainability, competitiveness and the EU’s ability to deliver key priorities for businesses.
As the debate over AI’s dangers intensifies and calls to slow development grow louder, new GlobeScan research across 33 markets in 2026 finds the world’s two AI superpowers holding opposite views. In China, 83 percent of people agree that the benefits of AI outweigh its risks; in the USA, just 48 percent do, and more people now disagree than agree.
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In this episode, Chris and David speak with Franziska Zimmermann, Managing Director for Sustainability at Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore.
New GlobeScan research across 33 markets in 2026 finds one climate crisis experienced as very different realities. Six in ten people in Latin America (60%) say they are greatly affected by climate change, more than double those saying so in North America (29%). Africa and the Middle East (39%), Asia-Pacific (37%) and Europe (33%) sit in between, and the sharpest contrasts are inside regions: 54 percent in France and 53 percent in Italy after a summer of fires and heat, against 17 percent in Sweden and the Netherlands.
New GlobeScan research across 15 markets tracked since 2012 shows that 86 percent of people now agree that today’s social, environmental, and economic challenges represent a bigger crisis than humanity has ever faced before, up from 75 percent in 2012. Disagreement has almost halved over the same period, pointing to a public that increasingly sees the current moment as unprecedented.
Explore how sustainability professionals across Canada, Mexico, and the USA are navigating uncertainty, strengthening business integration, and turning ambition into action.