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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Leading companies recognise that a prosperous business relies upon nature. Nature’s health is under pressure from upward trends for consumption, population and economic growth across the globe. This creates long-term risks to business, consumers and wider society who depend on nature. Through its Business and Nature team, CISL collaborates with companies to identify what the ecological crisis means for their businesses and take steps to transform their operations and strategies.  We provide the structured path that businesses need to establish sustainability solutions and create momentum at scale. 

Catchment Leadership Network

A collaborative initiative that aims to drive a step change in catchment management by bringing together businesses from across sectors with UK government and NGO stakeholders.

Business for Nature

CISL is a key partner in helping this coalition demonstrate business action and amplify a powerful business voice calling for governments to reverse nature loss.

 

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Read more at: Natural Resource Security News

Natural Resource Security News


Read more at: Business and investment leaders collaborate on how to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world
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Business and investment leaders collaborate on how to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world

24 October 2016

27 October 2016 – In the first CISL meeting of its kind, over 20 leaders from across the business and investment industries came together for a workshop to discuss their common goal to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world.


Read more at: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to lead Natural Capital Coalition’s Protocol Application Program

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to lead Natural Capital Coalition’s Protocol Application Program

26 July 2016

26 July 2016 – The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will lead the Protocol Application Program on behalf of the Natural Capital Coalition it has been announced today.


Read more at: The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

29 June 2016

13 July 2016 – Today, the Natural Capital Protocol, a standardised framework for businesses to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital is launched in London.


Read more at: Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says
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Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says

8 February 2016

11 February 2016 – Seven leading global businesses called today on all actors in the cotton industry to accelerate action on natural capital to ensure a sustainable future for the sector. They joined forces with social and environmental initiatives and cotton experts to produce a report that demonstrates the positive natural capital impacts of specific cotton production practices.


Read more at: New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector
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New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector

22 January 2016

25 January 2016 – The importance of natural resource security for dairy production was highlighted today at an event at the House of Lords, on the occasion of the launch of a new report on natural capital and the dairy sector.