Reports

19 October 2023 – This report introduces a diagnostic tool that sets out 12 enablers presented onto four organisational typologies, distinguished by different levels of alignment to sustainability and purpose, against which businesses can self-assess.  Download the Preliminary Diagnostic and the Executive BriefingAboutWe are at a turning point in h…

Dr Nina Seega, Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance, CISL said:"We know nature and climate crises are deeply interconnected. Banks and investment managers, with their global reach, hold the power to reshape the connection between the financial and real economy and drive systemic change needed to address both crises in tandem. This Guide will su…

9 October 2023 – Building on the nature-related finance collaboration between the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and Investment Leaders Group (ILG), CISL has published a new Engagement Guide to support the market-wide transformation towards a net-zero and nature-positive economy by evolving the interaction between banks and investment manager…

28 September 2023 - A new briefing from CISL sets out the rationale for joint action between climate and nature. It offers six critical actions for business, government and financial institutions to transform our societies and economies towards a nature positive future.  Download the summaryDownload the briefingHow do we secure the future of our pl…

11 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 …

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). Download the primer.NaturanceThe main objective of the Naturance project, funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, is to examine feasibility…

21 July 2023 - Report presenting the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s new Leadership capabilities for the 21st century 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. Download Leadership c…

13 July 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 acknowled…

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. Download the reportAboutNature is declining at an unprecedented rate, posing a d…

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. Download the reportAboutSuccessful business, finance and governance require…

3 October 2022 – CISL has published a new report to help companies achieve their net zero goals by taking a whole system approach to net zero transformation. The report, which includes knowledge contribution and support from over 30 companies, aims to help sustainability practitioners engage their C-Suite on systems change.Accelerating action to ac…

27 September 2022 – Building on the nature-related financial risks collaboration between the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and Investment Leaders Group (ILG), CISL has published a new report detailing the importance of an integrated approach to addressing environmental challenges, encompassing climate and other nature-related issues.Download…

22 September 2022 - Building on the ILG's Sustainable Investment Framework, the group have published two reports exploring the key concepts, initiatives, and investment impacts on decent work. This paves the way for the development of a simple, robust, and transparent metric for investors to measure and report both the quantitative and qualitative …

5 September 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new report on Nature Insurance. Download the report.This report seeks to raise awareness of the relevance of nature-related risks and opportunities for underwriters to explore how the insurance industry can properly account fo…

7 July 2022 – CISL has published four sector-specific business briefings that outline the challenges and actions needed to implement nature-based solutions projects. The sectors include: Water, Finance, Food and Beverage, and Built Environment and Linear Infrastructure.Four years after The Catchment Management Declaration was launched by HRH The Pr…