European cultural heritage faces unprecedented challenges, from climate change to geopolitical crises. In this scenario, how can museums, libraries, galleries, and archives (the GLAM sector) prepare effectively and sustainably to protect their collections and...
The framework in brief Our earlier article presented the ESG4GLAM competency framework and the evidence behind it. This one opens the framework up and looks inside a single domain. The 31 competences are not spread evenly: six are cross-cutting, eight environmental,...
If you work in a museum, library, archive or gallery, chances are nobody needs to convince you that sustainability, inclusion and good governance matter. The real question is different: where do you actually start, with which competencies, and with what practical...
An Interview with Aija Jankava, Head of School Library, Olaine Secondary School No. 1, Latvia The library as the beating heart of school Aija Jankava’s job description reads like a quiet mission statement for sustainability. As Head of the school library at...
An Interview with Marijana Topo, PR and Communications, Videomedeja & Meander Festival (Novi Sad) Sustainability as a working philosophy Marijana Topo didn’t come to ESG through policy documents. She came through the daily reality of organising a video art...
An Interview with Prof. Danijela Ćirić Lalić, Head of Project Management Studies, University of Novi Sad From theory to Tuesday morning Danijela Ćirić Lalić has a particular gift for cutting through abstraction. As Head of the Project Management Study Module at the...
An Interview with Kristīne Deksne, Library Development Expert, National Library of Latvia – Representative of the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB). The sustainability work is already there. The language isn’t. When...
An Interview with Timo Kuru, Specialist Librarian, Lappeenranta City Library The term was new. The content wasn’t. When Timo Kuru sat down for his ESG4GLAM interview, the acronym itself was unfamiliar. But the moment the three dimensions — Environmental, Social,...
An interview with Aiga Volkova, library manager, Latvia Already doing it — one topic at a time Aiga Volkova manages a library where sustainability is not a strategic framework — it is a daily presence woven into services and community engagement. The library organises...
A curator once explained sustainability without ever using the word. She said her job was to make sure objects would still make sense when none of us are around to explain them. That sentence contains an entire strategy. Cultural institutions don’t think in...
