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Read more at: L'Oréal Groupe launches Sustainable Accelerator in partnership with CISL
LOréal Sustainable Innovation Accelerator

L'Oréal Groupe launches Sustainable Accelerator in partnership with CISL

23 June 2025

23 June 2025 - L'Oréal, the world's leading beauty company, has partnered with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to launch its Sustainable Innovation Accelerator. The ambitious program, endowed with €100 million investment over 5 years, is designed to address the critical solution gaps within the industry and accelerate the delivery of its 2030 sustainability commitments.


Read more at: ClimateWise welcomes its new Programme Director
Felicity Hall

ClimateWise welcomes its new Programme Director

20 June 2025

20 June 2025 - ClimateWise, the insurance industry leadership group facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has announced that Felicity Hall is its new Programme Director.


Read more at: Alice Spencer announced as permanent Executive Director for Education 
Alice Spencer speaking onstage at an event

Alice Spencer announced as permanent Executive Director for Education 

20 June 2025

20 June 2025 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership today announces that Alice Spencer has been appointed as its permanent Executive Director for Education.


Read more at: All at sea? Action needed as experts gather at ocean conference
Tiger shark swimming underwater, with sunlight filtering through onto sandy seabed

All at sea? Action needed as experts gather at ocean conference

16 June 2025

16 June 2025 – Last week saw record numbers of governments, scientists and experts gather in Nice, France, for the third UN Oceans Conference - the largest so far. CISL’s nature lead, Harry Greenfield, responds.


Read more at: G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Convenes in Cape Town for Pioneering Leadership Programme
Participants of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group stand in a row on a grassy lawn.

G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Convenes in Cape Town for Pioneering Leadership Programme

12 June 2025

12 June 2025 - Senior public finance leaders from across the globe convened in Cape Town this week for the inaugural Customised Leadership Programme for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group


Read more at: Lindsay Hooper awarded Leader of the Year at Green Business Awards
CISL's CEO, Lindsay Hooper (centre), receives her award

Lindsay Hooper awarded Leader of the Year at Green Business Awards

12 June 2025

12 June 2025: Lindsay Hooper, Chief Executive of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has been named Leader of the Year at the 2025 BusinessGreen UK Green Business Awards. Judges praised her leadership in driving systemic change, advancing sustainability in business, and championing the role of...


Read more at: Forging the future with African corporate affairs and sustainability leaders
Delegates at the inaugural Corporate Affairs Leadership Programme (CALP) in Cambridge

Forging the future with African corporate affairs and sustainability leaders

11 June 2025

11 June 2025 - Ten senior corporate affairs and sustainability professionals from South Africa and Kenya gathered in Cambridge for the inaugural Corporate Affairs Leadership Programme (CALP), hosted by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).


Read more at: "We are capable of more than we think when we unite behind a common cause"
Attendees at CISL's CSO Forum at the Entopia Building, Cambridge

"We are capable of more than we think when we unite behind a common cause"

9 June 2025

9 June 2025 - CISL delivered a busy week of events, convening experts from around the world to collectively lead the required market-wide transition and showing why collaboration is key in this age of turbulence.


Read more at: Leaders gather in Cambridge for CISL's annual CSO Forum
CISL's CSO Forum 2025, with Prof Richard Calland at front on left and Lindsay Hooper on right

Leaders gather in Cambridge for CISL's annual CSO Forum

6 June 2025

6 June 2025 - Leading Chief Sustainability Officers convened in Cambridge yesterday to discuss how the private sector can manage current risks and compete and win in markets of the future.


Read more at: New CISL Network Ambassadors in Kenya and Hong Kong 
CISL's new Network Ambassadors: Susanna Wong, Network Ambassador for Hong Kong, and Susan Njoroge, Network Ambassador for Kenya.

New CISL Network Ambassadors in Kenya and Hong Kong 

21 May 2025

21 May 2025 - CISL is delighted to share that a further two Network Ambassadors have joined the community. Susan Njoroge takes up the position in Kenya, and Susanna Wong joins Daniel Vaughan as joint Ambassador for CISL in Hong Kong.


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