24 January 2025 – CISL's Network is a global community for impact. In 2024, our community surpassed 40,000 members and the scope of CISL’s Network engagement was greater than ever in 2024.
Key moments in 2024 included:
The Global Leadership Summit began the year with CISL’s most ambitious Network event convened so far. The summit invited leaders from business, academia and civil society to confront some of the biggest challenges and most contentious issues faced by leaders during turbulent times. Themes ranged from accelerating innovation, reforming global governance, and fostering citizen engagement to drive systemic change.
A Chief Sustainability Officer Forum which created space for European CSOs in our Network to identify current and potential practices that can drive system change for a sustainable economy. Thirty CSOs heard insights from CISL’s work, then explored together opportunities to demonstrate the organisational leadership required to enable this significant shift.
Further notable events convened by CISL included the Green Growth Summit, a Fellows and Senior Associates Forum and a series of lunchtime seminars – page 36 of the 2024 Annual Review describes how each of these contributed to CISL’s goal of a sustainable economy.
While CISL convened important opportunities for Network members to gather, our Ambassador community created many more. Ambassadors and other Network leaders in Nairobi, Geneva, Johannesburg and London were celebrated in the Impact Report for bringing together thousands of Network members during the year. We are very grateful for the dedication of these extraordinary individuals – and look forward to seeing what they deliver throughout 2025. Please turn to page 37 of CISL’s Annual Review to get to know our Ambassadors better.
In 2025, CISL intends to create further opportunities for our global community to accelerate progress towards sustainable economies, and create impact through connecting people and ideas. As well as extending our geographical reach through appointing Ambassadors in additional locations, including South Africa and Australia, we will create further opportunities for Network members to build their insight and ability to lead change, by engaging them in sessions to share insights and solutions.