CIOB and Content With Purpose to produce Building for Tomorrow film series for June 2027

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has announced a partnership with content creator Content With Purpose (CWP) to produce a film series on how decisions taken by built environment professionals now will affect resilience, sustainability and performance in the decades ahead.

The series, titled Building for Tomorrow, is scheduled to launch on World Environment Day, 5 June 2027, according to the institute.

What the series will cover

CIOB said the series will be built around the idea of tipping points in the built environment, which it describes as moments where environmental pressures, changing expectations and new ways of working are driving change in the industry.

The films will combine expert insight with real-world case studies, focusing on the people, projects, organisations and partnerships putting ideas into practice. Subjects named by the institute include retrofit that extends the life of existing buildings, renewable energy, circular approaches to materials, biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and nature-positive development.

CIOB said the series will draw on international perspectives and feature professionals in different roles, disciplines and career stages. It is intended to span construction, design and engineering as well as sustainability, technology, manufacturing, research, education and the wider supply chain.

Amanda Williams, Head of Environmental Sustainability at CIOB, said: "We already have many of the solutions we need, but the challenge is turning good practice into established practice at the scale required."

Max Smith, Founder and Managing Director of CWP, said the aim is to take the work being done across the sector to a global audience and make complex ideas accessible.

Link to the presidential year

The institute said the series takes its cue from the priorities of CIOB President Professor Saul Humphrey's year in office.

Humphrey was announced as President for the 2026/27 term in June 2026, succeeding Paul Gandy FCIOB. CIOB said he is the 123rd person to hold the position. A professor at Anglia Ruskin University, he has said construction professionals have an important role in responding to the growing climate pressures facing the industry.

On his appointment, Humphrey said: "We need to understand carbon, resilience, materials and impact, not as abstract ideas, but as part of everyday decision making."

Previous collaboration

Building for Tomorrow follows the previous CIOB and CWP series, The Nature of Building, a digital series announced in May 2024 that examined the relationship between construction and nature and the industry's response to the biodiversity crisis.

According to CIOB, that series used short films, interviews and case studies to explore themes including Biodiversity Net Gain, adaptive reuse and embodied biodiversity impact. Contributors included Morgan Sindall Construction, Speedy Hire, Ibstock and Jewson.

Why it matters

CIOB has positioned the new series as solutions-focused, with the emphasis on practical examples. The institute said it will explore how better decision-making, innovation, collaboration and professional leadership can help address shared challenges, across subjects ranging from retrofit and circular approaches to materials to biodiversity net gain and nutrient neutrality.

The launch is set for 5 June 2027.