10 lessons for embedding sustainability across the business
18 December 2018
18 December 2018 – Sue Garrard, CISL Senior associate and Unilever’s former EVP Sustainable Business, was responsible for leading and embedding the company’s ambitious USLP (the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan) into the business and ensuring progress against its 70-plus time bound targets. Here she provides 10 lessons for embedding sustainability across the business
How to develop leadership for the new global economy
30 January 2018
5 March 2018 – Lindsay Hooper, CISL’s Executive Director, Education, reflects on the need for businesses to make social value the benchmark for performance. In order for companies to respond to increasing existential challenges and economic shifts driven by the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution', Lindsay makes the case for purpose-driven leadership to deliver the ambitious transformation we need if our global economy – and planet – are to survive and thrive.
Decoding the Cambridge entrepreneurial ecosystem
29 November 2017
29 November 2017 – Professor Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Enterprise and Business Relations at the University of Cambridge, articulates the entrepreneurial ecosystem which makes Cambridge such fertile ground for new ideas and innovations to flourish.
Gnarly sustainability challenges and smart solutions
15 August 2017
15 August 2017 – In this guest blog, CISL alumnus Jon Z Bentley shares a very personal reflection on his work leading IBM’s innovation programme with clients across water, energy and the environment.
Company Boards cannot trust that someone else will manage their climate risk exposure
29 June 2017
29 June 2017 – Well-run companies stand to benefit from the additional attention investors and their regulators are paying to climate change risk management. Boards must understand the strategic nature of the issue and not delegate it to environmental specialists, says Lindsay Hooper, Executive Director, Education, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
How can business foster justice in times of rapid change?
20 December 2016
How can business foster justice in times of rapid change? Hostility to globalisation, rising inequality and accelerating innovation made world more volatile and uncertain in 2016 By Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, Policy 21 December 2016 What a year. From the Brexit referendum to the election...
21 July 2016
Are we on track with SDGs? Dame Polly Courtice, DBE, LVO, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 25 July 2016 Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021). She is now Emeritus Director...
30 June 2016
Why Colombia and why now? By Lucy Bruzzone, Programme Manager, Executive Education 1 July 2016 Last week saw a historic moment in Colombia’s history as the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas agreed a bilateral ceasefire . This marks the last major step toward ending one of the world’s longest...
Needed now more than ever: Leadership for Change
28 June 2016
Needed now more than ever: Leadership for Change Dame Polly Courtice, DBE, LVO, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 29 June 2016 Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021). She is...
Management in the Age of the Anthropocene
20 May 2016
Management in the Age of the Anthropocene Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville reflects on a recent talk by Professor Andrew J. Hoffman, jointly sponsored by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) 24 May 2016 The words 'business'...
