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As part of our Building recovery programme, this roundtable aimed to highlight the key challenges facing the sector when it comes to prioritising fairness in recovery. Our multi-disciplinary panel gave their reflections on the sector’s urgent priorities with key themes around procurement, diversity and skills gaps.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of climate emergency. Future of London’s Achieving Net Zero report sets out the active role we can all play and provides practical recommendations to respond to climate change.
To celebrate mentors’ valuable contribution to our leaders courses and candidates, we invite you to nominate your favourite(s) for Future of London’s first annual mentor awards!
Following Surrey County Council’s climate emergency declaration in July 2019, Arup’s Esme Stallard was seconded to the council to develop and deliver their Climate Change Strategy. What does it take to design and deliver a climate change strategy – and what can other councils learn from Surrey?
Past Projects Future of London’s past projects cover wide ranging, critical issues with practical guidance to help urban practitioners and city makers navigate the fast pace of change in our cities. FoL works with cross-sector partners who contribute case studies, ideas, perspectives and speakers. FoL produces practical briefings and reports … Read more
Been urged to ‘pivot’ your career, shift from B2B to B2C, commute digitally or “Unmute!” lately? Join guests from LOTI, Firefly Learning and OneTech as we unpick terms and trends in the evolving relationship between digital & small business.
The public sector is facing a huge a challenge to accelerate homebuilding under extraordinary circumstances. But there are financial mechanisms from government available, planning reform in consultation, an appetite for collaboration and widespread public support for more homes. So how can the sector pull together against the odds? Featured image credit: BPTW
The circular economy is gradually gaining traction as an approach towards climate mitigation – but what does it really mean for the built environment sector? FoL’s Knowledge & Events Intern Kana Nomoto explores how Amsterdam is building more circular infrastructure.
This City Makers’ Forum invited cross-sector speakers working at the frontline of London’s recovery response to assess London’s ambitions for a green recovery. Can we capitalise on this opportunity, and pull together to leverage public support and political will, to ultimately deliver a recovery that is fair and equitable for all?
With 10 years of austerity followed by Grenfell, Brexit and now Covid-19, funding public projects may seem more daunting than ever. But there is potential. Read on…
The second of three roundtables in FoL’s ‘Paying for Public Projects’ programme convened cross-sector experts to discuss the merits and risks of current private sources of funding and financing for delivering regeneration, housing, and local-scale infrastructure schemes.
London’s intensifying needs, budget constraints and charged public mood are driving increasingly defined requirements for social value within the procurement process. Seven years on from the Social Value Act, there’s significant variance in the approaches to and strength of uptake, with authorities in the Midlands and the North leading the … Read more