Of the many lessons the global pandemic has taught us, one of the most pressing is that in order to survive as a species we need to protect the earth we inhabit. As the United Kingdom finally heeds national treasure Sir David Attenborough’s warnings, Scotland is investing £2bn to become a net zero emissions economy. […]
Glasgow is due to host COP 26 in November 2021. With China recently committing to becoming ‘carbon neutral’ by 2060, and President-elect Joe Biden promising to re-join the Paris Agreement, there is growing optimism that COP 26 could be a turning point towards a more sustainable form of development. Getting on to a trajectory that […]
Later this month CMS is joining forces with The Scotsman to bring together leading business and academic figures for the Leadership for a Sustainable Future event. Insights will be shared by a range of specialists including Zoë Arden, Fellow, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership; James Withers, CEO, Scotland Food & Drink; Liz Lowe, Head Of Sustainability, Great […]
Ahead of The Scotsman’s free to attend webinar Leadership for a sustainable future on Wednesday 25th November we hear the thoughts of its keynote speaker Zoë Arden, Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Four words that sum up these unprecedented times. A second UK lockdown underway, […]
CMS Scotland is delighted to be working in partnership with The Scotsman to deliver a virtual event on leadership for a sustainable future. Sustainability has increasingly been on the agenda of business, investors, funders, the public sector and third sector. The pandemic has accelerated change and sharpened focus in this area. These challenging times are […]
Revolutions pit the old order against the new. An unlikely source of just such a clash is currently happening in financial services. The Open Banking revolution, as it has come to be known, is a direct result of the EU Directive on payment services (PSD 2). This rather dull sounding piece of legislation is ripping open the banking sector’s […]
2020: the year ahead. Maybe? It’s been a strange old decade, the 2010s. We’ve seen interest rates go places we thought impossible, central banks do things we never expected and, here in the UK, had more than our fair share of votes. A new year beckons, so the time is upon me to channel the […]
The NHS is world-renowned for its cradle-to-grave provision of healthcare that’s free at the point of use. As the fifth largest employer in the world, most Britons know someone who works within the healthcare system, and it holds a special place in many hearts around the UK. Since its founding in 1948, it has grappled […]
It barely needs to be stated that Scotland’s and the UK’s data and wider digital economy is ever-more pivotal part of the economy. With grand aims to become the ‘data capital of Europe’, to be the ‘safest place in the world to go online’ and to be a global fintech hub, government policy—from Westminster and […]
More than anything else, one thing has been at the top of our mind lately: in business, if you’re not the cheapest or the best, you’re toast. This really hit home to me when I travelled to the US in May 2018 to hunt for companies to invest in. I visited numerous companies that were […]