Getting stakeholders to understand your vision can be a challenge at the best of times. Sweden’s solution to engaging stakeholders in your sustainability strategy? Storytelling. Per Grankvist, Chief Storyteller for the government-funded initiative, Viable Cities, explained to us how they’re pioneering a new approach to driving more sustainable change and how a local-centric approach is key to successfully changing behaviour.

How did Brand Tasmania create a unifying cultural expression to rally the local residents and stakeholders behind their place brand vision? Read this case study from our 2021 winners of the Place Brand of the Year Award here to discover how they wowed our judges.

Last week – and for the first time in two years – we were able to welcome delegates to London for CNP Global & UK. The two days were packed with learnings from around the world; here are just a few of our key takeaways from across the conferences...

How can you create a brand that works for your city and your region? And what's the key to leveraging a nation brand to work for all levels of place within a country? Ahead of his presentation at City Nation Place Global, we reached out to Cor Jansen, Director at Utrecht Marketing, to understand how they have worked to create a complementary place brand strategy that works for all levels.

Four years after the launch of Brand Scotland, they're leading the way in sustainable development. We're excited to have Claire Prentice, Head of Brand Scotland Marketing, at City Nation Place Global to share her experience of putting SDGs at the centre of their strategy and balancing the challenges of collaboration and competition. Get a sneak preview of where it all began here with their 2018 City Nation Place Awards entry.

With COP 26 on the horizon, sustainability is perhaps the biggest challenge for place brands. How can you ensure that your strategy delivers against your economic, social, and environmental sustainability ambitions? We reached out to our panel of Experts for their top tips for places looking to authentically embed sustainability at the heart of their place values and strategies…

While 'brand New Zealand' resonates globally, Auckland - the country's largest city - is less well known. Discover how they created a brand strategy that became the focal point of their recovery strategy and won them the 2020 Place Brand of the Year award.

What can places do to foster better collaborative relationships - both internally and with like-minded places around the world?

After over 400 interviews, the team at Brand Tasmania distilled the Tasmanian spirit into six words: the quiet pursuit of the extraordinary. But how do you express that identity through design?