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.
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 information about their investment impacts on decent work.
Why nature matters: Nature-related risks and opportunities for insurance underwriting
5 September 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new report on Nature Insurance.
Pathways to e-mobility in Uganda: an evidence-based approach to transition
26 August 2022 - Intended to support policymakers, this policy brief from Dr Gabriel Okello and Dr Jake Reynolds seeks to improve understanding of the state of e-mobility in Uganda and how best to achieve the transition to low-pollution transportation. Drawing on the collaborative research conducted as part of The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship in Air Quality and NCDs, supported by AstraZeneca, the brief offers recommendations for those looking to facilitate a holistic, just and sustainable transition to e-mobility in Uganda.
Decision Making in a Nature-Positive World: Nature-based Solutions for sectors
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.
Modelling it all: Secondary Perils in a warming world
29 June 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new white paper on secondary perils.
Modelling nature-positive agriculture and land management: Case studies
13 June 2022 – Two new regenerative nature project models from CISL, the East of England Landscape Enterprise Network , and Poole Harbour Nutrient Management Scheme offer blueprints for land management that supports improved biodiversity and water quality through more sustainable agriculture.
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Sustainability in the New Silk Road
9 June 2022 - This policy briefing seeks to contribute to understanding the links between China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), urban transformation and global development. The brief draws on fieldwork conducted in five cities across the Global South and North where BRI infrastructures and investments on the built environment are currently being materialised.
The case for living wages: How paying living wages can improve business performance and tackle poverty and inequality
16 May 2022 - Business Fights Poverty, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), and Shift publish a new research paper detailing the multi-layered benefits that living wages offer businesses, including within core operations, value chains and the wider operating environment.
Methane, Markets and Food How the Climate Emergency will drive an urgent focus on methane and what this means for the food and agricultural industries
Friday 22 April - Faced with the threat of irreversible tipping points in the climate system, humanity is looking for options to rapidly reduce the rate of warming - with the most viable approach being to dramatically reduce methane emissions.
Land degradation, UK farmers and indicative financial risk - Nature-related financial risk use case
April 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in collaboration with NatWest Group has published a use case about the indicative financial risk from farming degraded land.
