Leonardo Centre

Welcome to the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society, a cross-faculty Centre of Excellence at Imperial.

We work with leading scholars, purpose-driven businesses and global institutions to redraw business from basic principles for a flourishing economy and society.

Our latest report

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Which sustainability actions boost shareholder returns and which hinder them?

Our latest report introduces a groundbreaking behavioural approach to assess corporate sustainability—moving beyond ESG.

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The Science of Business for Humanity

We ask three fundamental questions: 

  • What model of business fits with humanity’s expectations on economic and social wellbeing within planetary boundaries? 
  • What are the transformational changes necessary in mindsets, business models and markets to realise an economic system fit for purpose? 
  • For each type of change, what are the progressive steps needed to establish and propogate these new models in business. 

Leonardo is well positioned to tackle these questions by integrating unique data, real-world experimentation and interdisciplinary co-innovation at global scale.

Our work

A Computer screen showing the Leonardo Centre's Golden Sustainabilty Dataset interactive dashboard

Sustainability Data
The world’s first global dataset that focuses on corporate sustainability actions. At the core of the Leonardo Centre’s activities is the GOLDEN Sustainability Dataset, developed in collaboration with the GOLDEN for Impact Foundation.
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