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.
Broadening the horizon: How CFOs and Finance Functions can help drive corporate sustainability
1 February 2024 - A business briefing produced by CISL and Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) examines the implications for CFOs and Finance Functions in supporting their businesses to become aligned with a sustainable future.
CISL publishes second stage of its Equality Action Plan
26 January 2024 - CISL has published the second stage of its Equality Action Plan which provides an update of its activities since February 2022 and sets out new strategic approaches to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion across the Institute.
The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review for 2023
23 January 2024 - The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review for 2023 sees scores continue to increase across the membership, ahead of the introduction of a more ambitious set of Principles for 2024.
Risk sharing for Loss and Damage: Scaling up protection for the Global South
21 November 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) launches a Loss and Damage action plan to scale up protection for the Global South.
Everything, everywhere, all at once: how can private finance be unlocked for nature and climate in the international financial architecture
13 November 2023 – CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance has published a new policy brief that dives deep into how the private sector can scale up finance for both climate and nature.
Bank Action Guide: Towards a just transition for small–medium enterprises (SMEs)
30 October 2023 - CISL’s Banking Environment Initiative has published a new Bank Action Guide to help banks begin to facilitate a just transition for acutely vulnerable SMEs and assert their role as key partners to communities and civil society, contributing to a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global economy.
CISL’s Business Transformation Framework Preliminary Diagnostic
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.
Let’s Discuss Nature with Climate: Engagement Guide
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 managers and their portfolio clients and investee companies.
2 October 2023 – This working paper explores the meaning and influence of organisational culture and proposes some key principles and associated behaviours that may underpin a purpose-driven organisational culture that delivers a sustainable future.
