Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success

The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.

The newly launched Centre for Sustainable Organisations harnesses the expertise of academics from various disciplines who are keen to work with employers to help successfully tackle societal, environmental and economic sustainability issues.

“Organisations face a raft of sustainability issues which, if they don’t address, could make the difference between success and failure,” said centre Director Dr Hana Trollman.

“The challenges they might face include: relying on a business model which isn’t resilient enough to overcome issues when something goes wrong; how to cope with an ageing workforce; structuring equitable supply chains; enabling sustainable consumption and the need to develop a robust strategy and meaningful key performance indicators.

“Some or all of these issues can be key to an organisation’s success, and we felt, with the insight and expertise we have within the University, a new research centre would be the best way for us to support organisations keen to futureproof themselves.”

Specialisms covered by the centre’s experts include: sustainable work and workplace changes including education and labour market transitions; sustainable digitalisation supporting improved productivity and well-being; internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises; responsible business and sustainable marketing and consumption.

The centre also hosts industry events throughout the year, with the next being a Symposium on AI for sustainable agri-food supply chains, on Thursday 17 July at the University’s School of Business. Find out more about the symposium on the website.

Organisations wishing to find out more about how the centre can help them thrive, can email ht203@leicester.ac.uk.