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Read more at: CISL's new sustainable startup hub welcomes electric motor innovator as first business

CISL's new sustainable startup hub welcomes electric motor innovator as first business

28 October 2022

28 October 2022 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) announces sustainable startup Monumo as the first official member of its newly launched Canopy business hub.


Read more at: CISL programme director heads up all-women team to Antarctica to oversee wildlife monitoring and running world’s most southerly Post Office

CISL programme director heads up all-women team to Antarctica to oversee wildlife monitoring and running world’s most southerly Post Office

5 October 2022

5 October 2022 - Built environment and China specialist Lucy Bruzzone is travelling 9,000 miles as part of an expedition to Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula to take up some of the most remote jobs in the world.


Read more at: New poll indicates strong business appetite for net zero regulation 
YouGov Net zero Poll

New poll indicates strong business appetite for net zero regulation 

16 September 2022

21 Sept 2022 - An overwhelming majority of business leaders surveyed in seven major economies agree government policies are necessary to deliver the net zero transition. 


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Queen Elizabeth II,  1926-2022

We are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

9 September 2022

9 September 2022 - CISL Director and CEO, Clare Shine, said: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Throughout her long reign she provided wise and principled leadership that was felt around the world, far beyond the borders of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.


Read more at: Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification
External view of Entopia Building. Image credit: SOLK Photography for ISG

Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification

9 August 2022

10 August 2022 - The Entopia Building has been awarded the prestigious EnerPHit Classic certification by the Passive House Institute, a significant moment for a project that has transformed a 1930s telephone exchange into an ultra-efficient office-space meeting the highest possible sustainability standards.


Read more at: CISL joins the African Natural Capital Alliance as a knowledge partner

CISL joins the African Natural Capital Alliance as a knowledge partner

7 June 2022

https://www.fsdafrica.org/anca/ 8 June 2022 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has joined the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) as a knowledge partner. The Alliance aims to coordinate policies and practices at financial institutions, companies, regulators and policymakers towards the growth and protection of Africa’s natural resources.


Read more at: Neighbourhood planning has potential to boost wellbeing, according to new research

Neighbourhood planning has potential to boost wellbeing, according to new research

25 May 2022

25 May 2022 - New research highlights a role for neighbourhood planning in improving wellbeing for ageing populations


Read more at: CISL joins Science Based Targets Network as NGO partner
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CISL joins Science Based Targets Network as NGO partner

24 May 2022

24 May 2022 – CISL is joining the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), a collaboration of leading global non-profits and mission driven organizations working to shape private sector impacts on the environment by using science-based targets for nature to empower companies to measure their contribution to a nature-positive economy.


Read more at: HRH The Prince of Wales and UK Business Sec Kwasi Kwarteng attend roundtable on sustainable aviation and view AIA’s interactive model
Dr Andy Wheeler demonstrating the AIA’s model to HRH The Prince of Wales, Clare Shine (CEO, CISL) and David Cardwell

HRH The Prince of Wales and UK Business Sec Kwasi Kwarteng attend roundtable on sustainable aviation and view AIA’s interactive model

27 April 2022

27 April 2022 - Two years ago, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales challenged a group of aviation industry players, convened through his Sustainable Markets Initiative, to half the time to achieve climate neutral aviation from 2050 to 2035, and asked the University of Cambridge to help unlock this change. The Whittle Lab and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership responded by creating the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), a collaborative project working to accelerate the transition towards sustainable flight, by developing an evidence-based tools, simulations and visualisations that can map pathways to climate neutral aviation.


Read more at: Corporate Leaders Groups top InfluenceMap ranking on climate policy engagement

Corporate Leaders Groups top InfluenceMap ranking on climate policy engagement

20 April 2022

20 April 2022 - InfluenceMap has recently launched an interactive platform tracking influencing efforts of companies and industry associations on key files within the EU Green Deal’s landmark initiative of the ‘Fit for 55’ package. The Corporate Leaders Groups were awarded an “A” ranking for their ongoing policy engagement for climate action, topping the industrial association list.


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