Our latest thought leadership and research aims to inform and equip decision makers across business, finance and policy to lay the foundations for a sustainable economy.
8 September 2023
11th Sept 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in partnership with The Fashion Pact and Conservation International , release a resource roadmap to further the development and implementation of biodiversity strategies across the fashion, textile and apparel sector, framing key outputs from the Transforming the Fashion Sector with Nature project.
Primer on the financial materiality of Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
3 August 2023
8 August 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL)’s ClimateWise showcases a new primer on the financial materiality of Nature-based Solutions (NbS).
1 August 2023
1 August 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new report on planning decisions, adaptive capacity and insurability.
Leadership for a sustainable future
17 July 2023
21 July 2023 - Report presenting the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s new Leadership for a Sustainable Future Framework. The framework is focused on developing and expanding leadership capacity and is designed to help individuals and collectives reflect on their own and others’ leadership practice.
The Physical Impacts of Advertising
11 July 2023
13 June 2023 - An advertising briefing by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), examines the significant role of advertising in the economy, its environmental impact through the advertising footprint, and the need for the industry to take accountability for its indirect emissions. Recommendations include responsibility acknowledgement, raising awareness, integrating sustainability, adopting innovative measurements, and assuming a leading role in the transformation to a sustainable future.
19 June 2023
28 June 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL),The Fashion Pact and Conservation International have created the first industry specific primer to navigate the new target-setting guidance from the Science Based Targets Network.
14 June 2023
27 June 2023 – A report by the team behind the Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship in Radical Innovation and Disruption examines how systems thinking can help businesses and other stakeholders characterise, anticipate and influence low carbon market disruption.
19 May 2023
24 May 2023 - A policy briefing by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) examines how UK markets can better drive decarbonisation in foundation industries such as steel, cement ands.
14 April 2023
14 April 2023 - Part 2 -The second in a series of four reports, from Phase 1 of “The Future of Boards” research study by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), in partnership with the global law firm DLA Piper, this report explores the changing legal context associated with sustainability, the underlying drivers and the practical implications for corporate boards.
13 April 2023
Developing pioneering ideas, research and resources for better decision-making and system design. We draw upon multi-disciplinary academic resources from across the University of Cambridge, insights from our global network and beyond to generate actionable ideas and evidence for a sustainable...
