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Read more at: CISL is offering a free sustainability programme to local businesses in Cambridge
Sustainability Essentials for your Startup

CISL is offering a free sustainability programme to local businesses in Cambridge

22 February 2023

22 February 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is running a free programme for businesses in the local area who want to learn how to improve their sustainability credentials.

Read more at: Three new impact-led businesses join CISL’s sustainable startup hub in Cambridge
CISL Canopy

Three new impact-led businesses join CISL’s sustainable startup hub in Cambridge

15 February 2023

15 February 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomes three new, impact-led businesses as official members of its Canopy innovation hub.

Read more at: Businesses, entrepreneurs, green growth groups and leading climate NGOs welcome EU Green Deal Industrial Plan and call on bloc to increase its speed, scale and focus

Businesses, entrepreneurs, green growth groups and leading climate NGOs welcome EU Green Deal Industrial Plan and call on bloc to increase its speed, scale and focus

6 February 2023

8 February 2023 - Over forty organisations representing business innovation, green growth associations, clean tech entrepreneurs, think-tanks, institutes and NGOs are calling on the EU to make a success of the proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan.

Read more at: ClimateWise Principles Review 2022 indicates steady progress and highlights need for insurers, reinsurers and brokers to become long-term partners to the real economy 

ClimateWise Principles Review 2022 indicates steady progress and highlights need for insurers, reinsurers and brokers to become long-term partners to the real economy 

20 January 2023

23 January 2023 - The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2022 shows member insurance industry firms have made progress in disclosing their preparedness and response to climate change.  

Read more at: CISL report reveals how banks and corporations can better support SMEs on the path to net zero 
CISL report reveals how banks and corporations can better support SMEs on the path to net zero 

CISL report reveals how banks and corporations can better support SMEs on the path to net zero 

13 January 2023

17 January 2023 - A new report by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)​, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the We Mean Business Coalition and the SME Climate Hub highlights the role of commercial banks and multi-national corporations in helping small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) reach net zero.

Read more at: COP15 lays cornerstone for global biodiversity protection and prioritisation but fails to agree key targets to secure scale and pace of change

COP15 lays cornerstone for global biodiversity protection and prioritisation but fails to agree key targets to secure scale and pace of change

19 December 2022

19 December 2022 - The UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, under the presidency of China, has agreed a package that includes the world’s largest area-based commitment to biodiversity conservation ever made.

Read more at: EU Commissioner for Economy welcomes game-changing Index for Competitive Sustainability
EU Commissioner for Economy welcomes game-changing Index for Competitive Sustainability

EU Commissioner for Economy welcomes game-changing Index for Competitive Sustainability

8 December 2022

8 December 2022 - The publication of the first edition of the Competitive Sustainability Index (CSI) was welcomed in Brussels today by Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy, as a ground-breaking new approach to measuring the EU’s competitive sustainability performance, the EU’s strategy for global leadership in the sustainability transition.

Read more at: Paris moment for biodiversity “impossible” if world leaders fail to unite behind nature
COP15 biodiversity summit

Paris moment for biodiversity “impossible” if world leaders fail to unite behind nature

7 December 2022

7 December 2022 - As the COP15 biodiversity summit unfolds in Montreal, Canada, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is urging heads of government, including the UK, to show strong leadership on nature and commit to attending future summits to drive ambition and progress.

Read more at: Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 shortlist pitching session
Africa Prize for Engineering

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 shortlist pitching session

29 November 2022

29 November 2022 - On 23 November 2022, the Canopy of the University of Cambridge institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomed fifteen talented entrepreneurs to the University of Cambridge institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) for a pitching session as part of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation programme.

Read more at: Major breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27 addresses impacts of climate change but talks fail to move forward on limiting causes

Major breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27 addresses impacts of climate change but talks fail to move forward on limiting causes

21 November 2022

21 November 2022 - COP27 has agreed an historic breakthrough on a new fund for loss and damage to support countries most vulnerable to the devastating impacts of climate change. But the Sharm El-Sheikh talks made little headway on the high levels of ambition required to reduce emissions and reach the goals of the Paris and Glasgow agreements.

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