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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 7h

What does last May's stunning Aurora Borealis in the UK have to do with where agribusiness' vehicles should be? The answer is #SpaceWeather. If you missed this week's podcast, featuring @jim-wild.bsky.social, why not listen now? #TransformingTomorrow. @thepaulturner.bsky.social

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Paul Turner, Jim Wild and Jan Bebbington standing against what looks like a thickly carpeted grey wall!

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn's here, time to cosy up under a blanket with some new reading! 🍂🎃 Pick something from this bumper crop of members' publications. 📚📖

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Oct 25 Pentland Centre Publications Newsflash - Lancaster University

Forthcoming & recent publications by members of the Pentland Centre team.

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 3d

And we're back! Season 3 of #TransformingTomorrow kicks off today with a new episode on #SpaceWeather with Professor @jim-wild.bsky.social telling @thepaulturner.bsky.social & Jan about how solar activity affects us on earth, and how it affects business #resilience.

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 4d

REMINDER: Join us on 9 Oct, 10AM-11AM at LUMS LT 16/online for a session on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives by Dr Valerie Seymour and Dr Georgiana Allison.

All LU staff & students welcome.

Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 10d

REMINDER: Join us on 9 Oct, 10AM-11AM at LUMS LT 16/online for a session on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives by Dr Valerie Seymour and Dr Georgiana Allison.

All LU staff & students welcome.

Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 17d

SEMINAR: Join us on 9 Oct, 10AM-11AM at LUMS LT 16/online for a session on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives by Dr Valerie Seymour and Dr Georgiana Allison.

All LU staff & students welcome.

Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 17d

New paper from Pentland Centre Director Jan Bebbington & co-authors, documenting what a sample of ocean economy actors report on, issues salient to their businesses, and how corporate reporting in this area could be improved. Open access, read at this link ⬇

Identifying and closing gaps in corporate reporting of ocean impacts - Nature Sustainability

Increasing transparency about firms’ reporting of environmental impacts is especially important in the context of a growing ocean economy. This study analyses the content of sustainability and annual…

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 20d

Are you missing your weekly dose of #TransformingTomorrow? Don't worry - recording for Season 3 starts this week, with first episode out in early Oct. And in the mean time - why not read co-host @thepaulturner.bsky.social's blog on seeing the SDGs everywhere during his summer hols.

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Colourful SDG tiles on the wall at the Lindt Museum.

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 21d

How do #businesses in Britain think about & understand #nature & #biodiversity wrt business activities? This is what we set out to discover via 2 surveys in 2022 & 2024. Findings & recs are now available, and we are running 3 *FREE* webinars for businesses in 2026. More info ⬇

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Business, nature and biodiversity - Lancaster University

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · 24d

REMINDER: Join us on 18 Sep, 10-11 at LUMS LT14/online for a session on Uninformed and unethical consumer behaviour: What Australia's Modern Slavery Act represents as the ‘problem’ of modern slavery by Kyla Raby.
All welcome.
Registration required - More info: tinyurl.com/mslavery

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

REMINDER: Join us on 18 Sep, 10-11 at LUMS LT14/online for a session on Uninformed and unethical consumer behaviour: What Australia's Modern Slavery Act represents as the ‘problem’ of modern slavery by Kyla Raby.

All welcome.

Registration required - More info: tinyurl.com/mslavery

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you'd like to know what happened at our 10th anniversary Festival of Sustainability, there's now a dedicated page on our website where you can see pictures from the day, and see interviews with our guests about key elements of sustainability in business.

www.lancaster.ac.uk/pentland/new...

Festival of Sustainability Jun 2025 - Lancaster University

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 18

June 2025 was a busy month for members of our People and the Ocean Hub, as they attended both the One Ocean Science Congress (#OOSC) and then the UN Oceans Conference (#UNOC3)! Find out more about the work they presented, and their reflections:
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2025 Oceans Conferences - Lancaster University

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 11

REMINDER: Join us on 18 Sep, 10-11 at LUMS LT14/online for a session on Uninformed and unethical consumer behaviour: What Australia's Modern Slavery Act represents as the ‘problem’ of modern slavery by Kyla Raby.

All welcome.

Registration required - More info: tinyurl.com/mslavery

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 6

Anis Alichi and Neytullah Ciftci in conversation at the Festival of Sustainability.

Nicole Bulawa and Eman Gadalla in conversation at the Festival of Sustainability.

A room of people sitting around desks, listening to Matt Pawelski and Elisavet Christou present.

Panel on the future agenda on sustainability in business. Left to right: Jon Fitzmaurice, Richard Spencer, Jan Bebbington (Chair), Jane Davidson and Nick Barter.

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 6

Jane Davidson and Jan Bebbington in conversation as part of Jane's keynote for the Festival of Sustainability.

Panel on Nature, business and biodiversity. Left to right: Tim Lamont, Laura Giles, Duncan Pollard (Chair), Alona Armstrong and Neytullah Ciftci.

A group of around 50 Festival of Sustainability attendees made it outside the Management School building in the chilly drizzle and wind for a group photo!

People sitting and standing in groups and talking during a break at the Festival of Sustainability. Jane Davidson is caught centre-shot, animatedly talking to someone.

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 6

On 26 June we held a Festival of Sustainability to celebrate 10 years of the Centre, with friends within + outside the University. Thank you to those who celebrated with us on the day + all who have worked with us along the way. Here's to the next 10 years! 🎈 🎂

Photos below + in comments⬇️ 📷

Izzy Hoggmascall and Laura Giles smile and wave at the camera. They are the registration desk for the Festival of Sustainability, which is covered in papers, and with delegate badges to their left. Behind them a big red banner says "Welcome to LUMS" and banner and table are festooned with rainbow coloured birthday decorations.

Duncan Pollard, Mahmoud Gad and Neytullah Cifti talking during a break at the Festival of Sustainability.

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 4

REMINDER: Join us on 18 Sep, 10-11 at LUMS LT14/online for a seminar on Uninformed and unethical consumer behaviour: What Australia's Modern Slavery Act represents as the ‘problem’ of modern slavery by Kyla Raby.

All welcome!

Registration required - More info: tinyurl.com/mslavery

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Aug 4

Negotiations on this global plastics treaty get back underway tomorrow. Dr Alexandra Harrington, who was involved in the previous round of negotiations, was a guest on our #TransformingTomorrow podcast earlier this year. Listen here:
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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 28

SEMINAR: Join us on 18 Sep, 10-11 at LUMS LT14/online for a session on Uninformed and unethical consumer behaviour: What Australia's Modern Slavery Act represents as the ‘problem’ of modern slavery by Kyla Raby.

All welcome!
Registration required - More info: tinyurl.com/mslavery

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 17

#ICMYI: In the final episode of second series of #TransformingTomorrow podcast, Jan and @thepaulturner.bsky.social look back over the series and explore the ideas and themes that came up in their conversations.

Listen here: buff.ly/FpPcJyg

Jan Bebbington, Ffion Clarke, and Paul Turner smiling in a selfie.

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 15

In the last episode of the second series of #TransformingTomorrow podcast, Jan and @thepaulturner.bsky.social look back over the series and discover themes that emerged from conversations with guests on #sustainability and #business.

Listen here: podfollow.com/transforming...

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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 15

REMINDER: Join us on 17 July 13:00–14:00 MNGT School LT19/online, for a joint seminar by Pentland Centre and Dept. of Organisation, Work and Technology LUMS: Polar frontiers, polar orbits: The spluttering launch of Arctic commercial spaceports by Dr Mia Bennett.

More info: buff.ly/c5QuBX6

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 12

REMINDER: Join us on 17 July 13:00–14:00 MNGT School LT19/online, for a joint seminar by Pentland Centre and Dept. of Organisation, Work and Technology LUMS: Polar frontiers, polar orbits: The spluttering launch of Arctic commercial spaceports by Dr Mia Bennett.

More info: buff.ly/c5QuBX6

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business @pentlandcentre.bsky.social · Jul 10

ICMYI: In the penultimate episode of this season of #TransformingTomorrow, Jan and @thepaulturner.bsky.social chat to Dr Michael Burgass about working with the world's largest companies on their biodiversity strategies!

Listen here: buff.ly/6qE9uqb

Paul Turner and Jan Bebbington sitting at a desk smiling at the camera. They are wearing headphones and on the desk in front of them is a laptop showing Michael Burgass on screen.

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