Lucy Parker

Senior Partner

London

Lucy is co-author of ‘The Activist Leader – A New Mindset for Doing Business’ and ‘Everybody’s Business – The Unlikely Story of How Business Can Change the World’, both written with Jon Miller with whom, over a decade ago, she founded Brunswick’s practice group, Sustainable Business, focused on one of the business world’s most contentious challenges: helping companies get to grips with their role in society.

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Issue 6: AI Impact
AI
AI and the Circular Economy
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new CEO Jonquil Hackenberg sees huge potential for AI to help businesses and policymakers accelerate the transition to a circular economy. She speaks to Brunswick’s Lucy Parker and Anna Sheehan.
11 min read
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Issue 6: AI Impact
AI
Foreword: AI Impact
How are companies deploying AI to advance sustainability priorities and create social value?
4 min read
A Masterclass in Systems Change
Issue 5: The Backlash
Corporate Leadership & Transformation
A Masterclass in Systems Change
Jeremy Oppenheim, Founder and Senior Partner of Systemiq, offers his views on how corporates can benefit from looking beyond traditional walls to become “system shapers.”
14 min read
An Activist Mindset in Systems Transformation
Issue 5: The Backlash
Sustainable Business
An Activist Mindset in Systems Transformation
An excerpt from The Activist Leader by Jon Miller and Lucy Parker.
6 min read
Foreword
Issue 5: The Backlash
Sustainable Business
Foreword
In the 5th edition of the Brunswick Social Value Review, we aim to find the signal in the noise.
4 min read
Beyond the Backlash
Issue 5: The Backlash
Global Economy
Beyond the Backlash
2023 was the year of the backlash for ESG. Here’s our perspective on 8 key criticisms driving most of the debate, to help companies move beyond it in 2024. By Lucy Parker and Jon Miller.
14 min read
Rooted in the Soil
Issue 4: Nature Positive
Nature
Rooted in the Soil
PepsiCo’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President Jim Andrew talks to Brunswick’s Brendan Riley and Lucy Parker about the company’s actions and commitments to regenerative agriculture.
13 min read
Going Local for Real-World Impact
Issue 4: Nature Positive
Innovation
Going Local for Real-World Impact
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and co-founder of the Amazon-focused “think and do tank” the Igarapé Institute, is an authoritative voice on climate security and biodiversity.
7 min read
Foreword: The Nature Issue
Issue 4: Nature Positive
Global Economy
Foreword: The Nature Issue
An introduction to the fourth edition of the Brunswick Social Value Review from the Editors in Chief.
4 min read
Foreword
Issue 3: The S in ESG
Global Economy
Foreword
Welcome to the third edition of the Brunswick Social Value Review, born of our belief that to be a leading company in today’s world you need to deliver financial value alongside social value.
5 min read
A Framework for Purposeful Business
Issue 3: The S in ESG
Global Economy
A Framework for Purposeful Business
An interview with Oxford professor Colin Mayer.
13 min read