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28 September 2023 - From September 17th to 22nd, government officials, corporate executives and civil society leaders from around the world came together in New York for extensive discussions at the UN on sustainability, international affairs and the road to COP28.The week of talks, alongside over 400 climate events across the city, took place agai…

29 August 2023 - CISL to support UNICEF and global leading innovation accelerators in launching Under-30 Climate Innovators Shaping the Future Initiative (the Initiative).The twenty-first century faces one of the most pressing challenges in history: climate change. With every year, the world witnesses an increasing number of extreme weather events,…

22 August 2023 - Clare Shine has stepped down as CEO of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). The University Management Board has invited her to become a Fellow of the Institute and Clare will remain actively involved with CISL’s critical work and its unique global community of leaders and innovators. Clare joined CISL in 20…

31 July 2023 - Another 20 young male and female employees of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have graduated as Sustainability Ambassadors. The graduates completed the third workshop of the Sustainability Youth Ambassadors Programme launched by DEWA, in cooperation with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership…

19 July 2023  - ClimateWise is pleased to announce leading rural insurer NFU Mutual as its newest member committed to reducing the impact of climate change on society.Sid Miller, Programme Director, ClimateWise said:"It is great to expand the membership of ClimateWise and I look forward to working with NFU Mutual on their insights in shaping soluti…

17 July 2023 - CLG Europe’s Materials & Products Taskforce has released a new report in partnership with the Wuppertal Institute on the urgent need for more circularity in the EU critical raw materials market.The report, Embracing circularity: A pathway for strengthening the Critical Raw Materials Act, is a direct response to the EU’s proposal for …

28 June 2023 - A landmark report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Fashion Pact and Conservation International maps out how the fashion, textile and apparel industry can implement the first science-based targets for nature. Raising the ambition for nature: A primer on the first science-based target…

22 June 2023 – CLG Europe has submitted a response to the EU’s public consultation on the 2040 target, calling for a net 90% reduction in GHG emissions (relative to 1990 levels), which includes no more than 8-10% of carbon removals.In parallel to the implementation of measures to achieve its 2030 NDC, the EU has started the process of setting its 2…

22 June 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s green office retrofit, the Entopia Building, has won ‘Collaboration of the Year’ at the Architects’ Journal (AJ) 100 Awards 2023.The AJ100 Awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s largest architecture practices, including those leading the way on sustainability.The Entop…

19 June 2023 - Prof Richard Calland has been appointed as the new Director of CISL South Africa, where he will lead the Institute’s work in South Africa – the region he now regards as home.Richard came to South Africa in 1994, the year of its first democratic election, which saw Nelson Mandela become the country’s first democratically elected Presi…

31 May 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s green office retrofit, the Entopia Building, has been shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal (AJ) 100 Awards 2023. The AJ100 Awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s largest architecture practices, including those leading the way on sustainability. Entopia has been short…

15 May 2023 - Over fifteen business and investor networks have written a letter to the European Parliament’s Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Committees urging them to support the EU Nature Restoration Law. Read the full letter.Please see a previous version of this letter sent on 30 March here.The letter, signed by business and investor netwo…

10 May 2023 - His Majesty The King yesterday broke ground on the New Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, as the first public engagement following Their Majesties’ Coronation. CISL’s Chief Systems Change Officer, Eliot Whittington, and Emeritus Founder Director, Dame Polly Courtice, joined representatives from the University, UK gover…

6 May 2023 - His Majesty has inspired and supported many of CISL's initiatives that we spotlight on the occasion of his Coronation.Over 30 years ago His Majesty King Charles III [who in his role as Prince of Wales was Royal Founding Patron of CISL] recognised that there was no effective forum for senior business leaders to come together to explore …

13 April 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomes three new, impact-led businesses as official members of its Canopy innovation hub. Rural Voices, ClimateNode and Archipel&Co are the latest to join the entrepreneurial community, with a range of focus from standing up for farming communities in the world’s supply chai…