Kent Business School has been awarded £180k funding to work on a project with The Port of Dover and other academic and industrial partners within … Read more
Tag: sustainability
Summit Panellist: ‘Smaller Firms Account for 50% of UK Business Emissions’
The British Business Bank is the UK’s economic development bank. Underpinning their work to improve access to finance for smaller businesses is support for those … Read more
How Kent is leading the way to a net-zero emissions and hydrogen future
At Kent, we are backing the UK’s ambition to lead a net-zero emissions and hydrogen future. We recognise that as an anchor institution for research … Read more
‘Our Ultimate Goal is to be Fully Transparent on Carbon Footprint’
Josh Pitman is Managing Director of the Kent-based eco packaging company, Priory Direct and is appearing as a panellist at the upcoming Kent and Medway … Read more
Post Capitalist Life – the Only Way to Avert Climate Crisis?
With COP 27 in full swing, the threats of global ecological crisis are taking centre stage in our news again. The recently published “Emissions Gap … Read more
Send us Your Tree-mendous Ideas for the new Diamond Orchard!
Did you know that the University of Kent will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2025? That means students starting on a three-year course this … Read more
Professor Robinson Plants Apple Tree for Biodiversity Improvement at Medway
Professor Catherine Robinson, Deputy Dean (accreditations & Medway) at Kent Business School took part in a tree planting ceremony at the Medway campus in the … Read more
Expert Comment: ‘The Path to Net Zero is far from Easy’
In the news this week, a YouGov survey on behalf of Veolia has shown that less than a third of UK businesses have a strategy … Read more
Kent and Medway Hydrogen Summit a success for the South East
Representatives of businesses, policymakers and academic experts from the Universities at Medway gathered to discuss the future of this new and potentially revolutionary form of … Read more
Kent Business Summit Speaker: ‘Elvis & Kresse is a Crisis-Level Solution’
Kresse Wesling, CBE, is a Kent based multi-award-winning environmental entrepreneur and is appearing as a keynote speaker at our upcoming Kent Business Summit. After first … Read more
New Speakers Announced for the Latest Kent & Medway Business Summit
More speakers have been confirmed for latest Kent and Medway Business Summit Leading figures from business, government and academia have been confirmed as speakers … Read more
Green Future Focus for Fifth Annual Kent and Medway Business Summit
The region’s green future will be a key focus of the fifth annual Kent and Medway Business Summit on Friday 14 January 2022. The Summit will … Read more
KBS Leads Project to Investigate net-zero Options for Channel Ferry Fleet
Kent Business School is leading a new research and innovation project with the Port of Dover, P&O Ferries, WMG at the University of Warwick and Schneider Electric to investigate steps … Read more
Kent Business School’s Dr Sideeq Mohammed Publishes Book with Palgrave Macmillan
Kent Business School’s Dr Sideeq Mohammed‘s latest book, entitled Stories and Organization in the Anthropocene: A Critical Look at the Impossibility of Sustainability has been published … Read more
“I am proud to work at AstraZeneca, because of both their efforts in the pandemic and around sustainability”
Joanne Hilton, from Whitstable, embarked on an MBA with Kent Business School in 2018. After briefly setting up her own consultancy business providing medical writing … Read more
No Planet B: Spotlight on Sustainability in Kent
Here, to celebrate Earth Week, we take a look at small businesses in Kent going the extra mile for sustainability. Elvis & Kresse A luxury accessory … Read more
KBS student Nadia Simpson featured in Forbes with her sustainable beauty brand
Kent Business School student and ambassador Nadia Simpson, also known as Ewura-esi who launched her business as part of her selfie year was interviewed for … Read more
KBS Students Help Improve Recycling Rates at Student Accommodation on Campus
Stage 2 Market Research students have taken part in a challenge to help improve recycling rates at student accommodation on campus. Students were set the … Read more
Pitch It! Sustainability Challenge
Pitch It! challenges University of Kent students to improve the adoption of more sustainable behaviours in the Sibson building. Sibson, the home of Kent Business … Read more
Training Workshop – A Multi-disciplinary Research Approach to Environmental Sustainability Modelling: Methods and Applications
The increased attention to sustainability in management research and practice is because firms have begun to recognise that there is a business case for sustainability. … Read more