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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: 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: 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.

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. 

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

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