Dr Sophie Taysom, Founder & CEO of Keyah Consulting, is pleased to announce that she has been appointed as a Faculty Member for the Business & Human Rights Certificate Program at The EIIS – European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability. Sophie has a long-standing interest in the topic, and will Read more…
I’m really excited to announce, and introduce, our Sustainability Advisory Group, working across the UK and Europe. And what a team! Each of us is an expert in our own right and, in coming together as a Group, we complement each other’s expertise. It’s about adding value for our clients. Read more…
Earlier this month, in partnership with Submit.com, I did a presentation with a focus on navigating the new European sustainability reporting landscape. See below. And get in touch if you’d like to discuss working with me.
I’ve seen the good and the bad of stakeholder engagement – from getting support and buy-in to heated exchanges that quickly turn nasty and result in reputational damage. Having outlined 7 Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement, I want to turn attention to some key principles. Keep these principles in mind when Read more…
How many times have you developed a stakeholder map for it to end up lost? You resurrect it when trouble hits or you’re required to demonstrate that you’ve ‘done’ stakeholder engagement. So what are some of the benefits of stakeholder engagement? Business is about relationships – whether you’re start-up or Read more…
On 8 June, I had the opportunity to take part in a panel discussion at the FIABCI Congress, held in Paris. The topic for discussion was how do we add value in real estate while also improving the lives of end-users. Here I provide some of my thoughts on this Read more…
Dr Sophie Taysom writes on building ESG into the DNA of projects in the built environment.
In the final of The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) series on Healthy Living and Housing, our focus was on the future of intelligent homes. You can access the session by clicking here and registering to watch on demand. For this session, I was pleased to be joined by: Read more…
In the previous article I touched on some of the evidence emerging of the impact of housing on health during lockdown. The issues with poor housing stock are certainly not new and follow years of a lack of investment. This issue has become all the more acute during lockdown and Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. This is the third article in the series. Here I discuss public perceptions and behaviours in response to Covid-19. This picks up on a point raised in Read more…