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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is pleased to welcome GaiaSicura as the newest member of ClimateWise, its insurance leadership group convened by the Centre for Sustainable Finance.Represented by Founder and CEO William Butler, alongside colleagues Sagal Ali and Kai Cooper, GaiaSicura will join ClimateWise members in advanci…

CISL celebrates the graduation of the first cohort of Flexible Route students from the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership, recognising a major milestone for working professionals seeking to accelerate their impact on global sustainability challenges.Studied part-time alongside their careers, members of Cohort 1 have progressed through C…

CISL was proud to be a partner at Innovation Zero World Congress 2026, joining business, finance and policy leaders to focus on how innovation can be scaled to deliver real economic, social and environmental impact. Against a challenging geopolitical backdrop, the event was marked by strong energy, thoughtful debate, and a clear shift from ambition…

Brian Kernohan, Manulife Wealth & Asset Management appointed as Senior Sponsor Co‑Chair of the Investment Leaders GroupThe Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Kernohan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Manulife Wealth & Asset Management, as Senior Sponsor Co‑Chair of the Investment…

The Investment Leaders Group (ILG), the insurance industry leadership group facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has announced that Elliot Cyriax is its new Head (as Senior Programme Manager).The ILG, convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, brings togethe…

30 April 2026:  CISL has established a new Advisory Board to provide strategic insight, challenge and guidance, strengthening its work with industry, finance and government to support real‑world decision‑making and market change. The Advisory Board will focus on helping the University, through CISL, accelerate economic and industrial transition to …

30 April 2026 - Emirates NBD will join CISL and fellow BEI members in inputting into pioneering research and leadership tools designed to scale sustainable business transformation across the global banking sector.Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has welcomed Emirates NBD as the newest member of its Banking Environment Initia…

15 April 2026 - CISL has announced a new collaboration with UNICEF Venture Fund to identify and scale high‑potential start‑ups addressing the growing intersection of climate change and health.Through the collaboration, CISL and UNICEF’s Innovation Office will work together to source innovators for the 2026 Climate & Health Innovation Programme, tar…

9 April 2026 - Caroline Barr, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. UK, appointed as new Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative, and Michael Sheren as Vice-Chair Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Barr, Head of Sustainability Expertise UK at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., U.K. Branch, as the new Chair…

1 April 2026 - ClimateWise, the insurance industry initiative convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), today announced the appointment of Vivek Syal of Tokio Marine Kiln and Ian Branagan of RenaissanceRe as its new co-chairs.The appointments mark a new chapter for the initiative as the insurance sector…

30 March 2026 - Leaders from investment, academia and industry gathered in London on 26 March to explore how breakthrough energy technologies can move from lab to market - fast enough to meet the demands of the global energy transition. Hosted by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in partnership with the TERA-Award, the roadshow …

23 March 2026 - The Cambridge Climate Innovation Summit, hosted by the CISL at the Entopia Building brought together leaders from industry, investment, academia and high potential ventures to explore how climate innovation can move more rapidly from breakthrough to largescale market impact.The Summit highlighted the scale of impact delivered throug…

18 March 2026 - Insurability is one of the earliest signals of whether assets, sectors, and entire economies can survive the accelerating impacts of physical climate risk, according to a new briefing by ClimateWise.The briefing, published today by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s ClimateWise, is titled “The canary in the coal…

17 March 2026 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is pleased to announce that Canopy has once again been recognised in the Financial Times and Statista 2026 ranking of Europe’s Leading Start Up Hubs. This is the third year in a row that Canopy has featured in the list. Canopy is placed at number 88 in Europe…

16 March 2026 - The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) today announced a new collaboration with the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability to help develop leaders for a fast-changing global economy, launching with a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) Forum.“The CSO role is changing fast moving from reporting and risk to shapi…