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9 June 2025 - During a time of uncertainty and instability for the sustainability sector, CISL held a week-long programme of events - understanding the need to bring together voices from the private sector to propose collective solutions in order to accelerate market-wide transitions.  Corporate Affairs Leadership Programme Together with Wits Schoo…

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. The CSO Forum took place at CISL’s Cambridge headquarters, the Entopia Building and brought together a combined expertise of almost 1,000 years in the sustainabi…

The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has published a new report, highlighting 20 years of impact from the Corporate Leaders Groups (CLGs). The publication, Shape or be Shaped: Activating Business in an Age of Disruption, also outlines how CISL and the CLGs will enable businesses to transform the markets needed in the future.…

On Tuesday, 27 May, CLG Europe relaunched the joint business and investor letter calling for the EU to adopt a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of at least 90% by 2040. The letter received strong media coverage. Below are some highlights from key outlets that featured the call.Sustainable Views, article by Romain Pardo, Senior Programme Ma…

New business and investor leaders, worth more than 700 billion euros, join the call for a 90% EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to help reach competitiveness and energy security goals.Read the letter  34 investors and businesses – including  Allianz SE, EDF, Ethos Foundation, Henkel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Interface, LBP AM, N…

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. CISL’s Network brings together the skills and connections of our alumni to address systemic sustainability risks. Th…

19 May 2025 – The Entopia Building has added another four accolades to its trophy cabinet, winning at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East Awards and the British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards ceremonies. At the RIBA East Awards on Thursday, Entopia’s architects, Wendy Bishop and Mark Martines, collected three prizes:  2025 RIBA …

The first EU–UK Summit took place today since the UK withdrew from the EU.Today marked the first EU–UK Summit since the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss shared priorities and future cooperation.Adeline Rochet, Programme Manager o…

15 May 2025 - MUFG Asset Management (MUFG AM),* under its financial group MUFG, is the latest organisation to join the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), underlining its initiatives to promote sustainable investing and commitment to advancing economic, social and environmental sustainability throughout the investment chain. Partnering with MUFG AM, a …

13 May 2025 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance, explains why changes to the financial system will underpin the fight against the climate emergency. First published in Forbes.The world is not in good shape. 2024 was the hottest year on record. Six of nine planetary boundaries - the limits deemed safe for humans to enj…

Yesterday, CISL Europe celebrated its first year in the #SustainableHub, now Norrsken House Brussels with CISL CEO Lindsay Hooper. It was great to have this opportunity to bring our friends together in our new office space for an informal gathering to discuss how to maintain momentum on a competitive and sustainable transition. Participants were a …

07 May 2025 - Yesterday, the European Commission released a roadmap detailing how to phase out remaining EU imports of Russian fossil fuels by 2027.Ursula Woodburn, Director of CLG Europe said: “This is a very important step towards reducing Europe’s dangerous dependence on Russian gas, but it should not lead to a reliance on other gas imports. Eur…

Senior members of the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) met to discuss the evolving context of climate leadership, business confidence, and future of climate advocacy.Amid geopolitical and economic volatility, sustainability has become a political fault line, shifting the landscape for climate leadership. The roundtable brought together senior me…

The Climate Change Committee has today published it's progress report on the Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3). The report delivers a clear and urgent message: the UK is not adequately prepared for the increasing risks posed by climate change.Bev Cornaby, Director, UK Corporate Leaders Group, said:"The CCC's progress report on adaptation t…

24 April 2025 – Yesterday CISL and CCI hosted an event to celebrate the launch of Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet, the latest book by Tony Juniper CBE.  Just Earth shows how inequality underpin the biodiversity and climate crises which are ravaging our planet – and the crises cannot be solved unless society deals with the unfair…