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Read more at: On conflict, critical minerals and the need for renewed global leadership
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On conflict, critical minerals and the need for renewed global leadership

13 February 2025 – Sibusiso Nkomo, Africa programme manager at CISL, explains how the regional crisis around critical minerals sourcing in the DRC reflects deeper global problems as demand for these materials increases. First published by edie.


Read more at: Comment: Sustainability is under unprecedented attack. Here’s how we can fight back
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Comment: Sustainability is under unprecedented attack. Here’s how we can fight back

10 February 2025 - Those working for a sustainable future are under attack. Progress is being dismantled and a new reality is hitting hard. And yet there’s no shared plan for what comes next. The time for passive observation, or for relying on vague calls for “courage” or “digging deeper” is past. We need a new strategy – fast. Eliot Whittington writes on the Reuters website.


Read more at: Round-up of CISL media coverage, w/c 27 January 2025

Round-up of CISL media coverage, w/c 27 January 2025

On Monday Martin Porter, Executive Chair of CISL Brussels, was quoted on the front page of the Financial Times in this article: Brussels under pressure to curb green agenda in response to Trump.


Read more at: Beyond box ticking – why investors and boards will benefit from strategic collaboration on sustainability
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Beyond box ticking – why investors and boards will benefit from strategic collaboration on sustainability

29 January 2025 - Collaborative support for legislative reforms, taxation frameworks, and public incentives is vital to create a level playing field for long-term value creation, says Gillian Secrett of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. First published by IPE.


Read more at: How businesses can escape the sustainability trap
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How businesses can escape the sustainability trap

20 January 2025 – Writing in Sustainable Views, CISL's CEO, Lindsay Hooper, says it is time to reframe sustainability as a save-ourselves imperative.


Read more at: Investment Leaders Group's new report in the media
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Investment Leaders Group's new report in the media

15 January 2025 - A successful launch of the Investment Leaders Group's latest publication, Investing in Tomorrow: A Guide to Building Climate-Resilient Investment Portfolios, has brought media coverage from a variety of outlets.


Read more at: Resilience is no longer optional for investors in the face of extreme weather
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Resilience is no longer optional for investors in the face of extreme weather

15 January 2025 - Investors should integrate physical climate risks at the start of the investment process, writes Elizabeth Clark of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.


Read more at: Round-up of CISL media coverage - COP29 
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Round-up of CISL media coverage - COP29 

Spokespeople from CISL appeared in broadcast media interviews, wrote opinion pieces and were mentioned in news articles published in a range of publications, as world leaders gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29.


Read more at: Round-up of CISL media coverage, w/c 21 October 2024
CISL's Lindsay Hooper on University of Cambridge website

Round-up of CISL media coverage, w/c 21 October 2024

CISL's interim CEO, Lindsay Hooper, was featured as one of the University of Cambridge's five nature and climate 'changemakers.' Read: Changemakers: Lindsay Hooper and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership CISL's recent report, Survival of the Fittest: From ESG to Competitive...


Read more at: Why we need new laws to end coal, oil and gas – now
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Why we need new laws to end coal, oil and gas – now

22 October 2024 - Katherine Quinn writes in Climate Home News: Introducing strong policies to accelerate the rollout of renewables, coupled with a rapid, legally implemented phase-out of fossil fuels, may be our best hope for curbing global warming.


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