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24 April 2023 - CISL’s Canopy and Accelerator alumni are showcased in this year’s prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.A Canopy member and four Accelerator alumni made this year's listing - all female entrepreneurs - celebrating them as pioneering in their fields. Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe recognises the top industry figures across Europe, and the…

22 April 2024 - Ursula Woodburn, Director of CISL’s Europe office and the Corporate Leaders Group Europe, explains how insurers can take action to help mitigate against the effects of climate change and why MEPs can influence this for SustainableViews."Insurers are at the sharp end of many climate debates. They play a crucial role in helping to ens…

22 April 2024 - Published on Earth Day 2024, CISL's new report draws on the dominant themes that emerged from the discussions at the Global Leadership Summit in February 2024, in particular the need for effective leadership.In response to rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University of Cambridge Institu…

17 April 2024 – James Cole commented in Forbes on UNICEF's Innovation30. The scheme selects 24 sustainability and climate change mitigation projects led by young people."We have many of the technologies we need to tackle climate change, but many more still need to be developed,” says James Cole, Chief Innovation Officer at the Cambridge Institute f…

12 April 2024 - Canopy member Greg Cochrane appeared on BBC News this week commenting on Billie Eilish’s sustainability plans for her new album.Greg, who runs sustainability-focused podcast company New Allotment and who presents revered podcast series Sounds Like a Plan (highlighting the role the music industry is playing in tackling the climate cr…

21 March 2024 - Our CISL Europe Director comments in the FT on the importance of businesses cutting their emissions by at least 90% by 2040, as governments grapple with the costly consequences of climate change.Organiser of global warming negotiations says body needs contributions totalling more than €150mn over 2 years.More than 100 business leade…

14 March 2024 - Yesterday, University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership CEO, Lindsay Hooper, delivered the keynote speech at Women in Leadership Europe’s Annual Gathering at the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, in London.The event brought together a roomful of inspirational women from sectors such as politics, fashion, techn…

14 March 2024 – CISL’s Canopy named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs following a survey run by Statista.Out of over 2000 hubs surveyed the Canopy has been selected as 1 of 125 leading startup hubs in a Financial Times Report. Of these hubs, 24 were in the UK with 17 based in London.The survey involved reaching out to t…

8 March 2024 - On International Women’s Day, Dr Nina Seega, CISL’s Director of Sustainable Finance, has been recognised as one of the 20 inspiring women in Reuters’ Trailblazing Women in Climate. The list demonstrates the influence, impact and leadership in the climate industry.The Trailblazers were selected from candidates nominated by climate ind…

7 March 2024 - The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's Brussels team is set to move into #SustainableHub. The centre has opened its doors for a range of impact-focused frontrunners from industry, associations, NGOs and think tanks.#SustainableHub will be the Brussels home for CISL (and its European Corporate Leaders Group), Europe J…

7 March 2024 - The Canopy's innovation manager, Jie Zhou, reacts to the budget from the perspective of startups in the UK - including why the government needs to provide more support for scaling up.The UK Spring Budget was announced in March of this year by the Conservative government. It needed to show a bold mix of policies in order to capture a …

06 March 2024 - CLG UK's director discusses the short-termist nature of the recent budget announcement and the importance of speeding up the transition to net zero.The UK Spring Budget was announced in March of this year by the Conservative government - and has been criticised for a lack of commitment to green growth. Environmental groups and think…

4 March 2024 - With time running out to bend the curve on the climate and nature crisis, rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University for Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders for a 2 day summit to address the unprecedented ch…

22 February 2024 – As we celebrate 30 years of CISL’s flagship executive education programme, the Business & Sustainability Programme (BSP), we are keen to share some updates to how the programme will be delivered in 2024. This year, the BSP celebrates its 30th anniversary. The BSP was founded in 1994 by the former HRH Prince of Wales, now King Cha…

30 January 2024 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) latest research shows that Africa’s ambitious climate commitments are significantly underfunded, with the 2030 deadline to meet promises fast approaching.The report Financing Africa’s Low Carbon Transition finds that tailor-made climate finance solutions …