12 Dec 2019
After three decades of championing sustainability, Dame Polly Courtice is stepping down as CISL Director
A message from CISL Director Dame Polly CourticeAfter thirty-one happy years at CISL I will be stepping down as Director at the end of September 2020.*We have just started the process of finding a new Director who shares our mission and values, and who can lead the Institute into its next phase.For three decades, CISL has been championing the impor…
12 Sep 2019
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership launches Europe-based leadership group
12 September 2019 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) launches new leadership group to accelerate climate action in Europe.Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021). She is now Emeritus Director and Senior Ambassa…
17 Jun 2019
Celebrating 30 years of impact
17 June 2019 – This year the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) marked its 30th anniversary by bringing together over 250 leaders at Buckingham Palace to determine the transformative action required to achieve a sustainable, carbon neutral future."Sustainability is now a highly commercially relevant and competitive issue for t…
13 Jun 2019
CISL hosts ‘economic transformation’ discussions with 250 senior leaders at Buckingham Palace to mark 30th anniversary
June 14 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) hosted an event with HRH The Prince of Wales for over 250 leaders across business, government and finance to determine the transformative action required to achieve a sustainable, carbon neutral future.The event at Buckingham Palace to celebrate CISL’s 30th anniver…
19 Mar 2019
Working paper finds that better disclosures are needed to assess long-term orientation of investment funds
20 March 2019 – The Investment Leaders Group found that the data necessary to enable institutional and retail investors to assess the long-term orientation of the investment funds is not currently available. The Investment Leaders Group (ILG), in co-operation with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has appli…
8 Mar 2019
HRH The Prince of Wales meets business leaders to explore new technologies to tackle plastic pollution
8 March 2019 – HRH The Prince of Wales met with business leaders from the CISL network this week to learn more about how biotransformation technology can help address plastic pollution at scale. The visit was hosted by Polymateria, a British business developing a new standard in biodegradable and compostable plastics. Biotransformation both chemica…
20 Sep 2018
The Natural Capital Impact Group welcomes Thames Water as its newest member
26 September 2018 - CISL are pleased to announce that Thames Water have joined the Natural Capital Impact Group. The group helps its members to understand the benefits of incorporating natural capital in their company decision-making to both their business and the environment. As the UK’s largest water and wastewater services provider, supplying a…
12 Jul 2018
The Climate Change Act at 10 years: Where next for UK ambition?
12 July 2018 – On the ten-year anniversary of the UK Climate Change Act, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group convened a discussion between leading UK businesses and Parliamentarians to explore setting a net zero carbon emissions target for the UK.The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) held at event in Parliament on 11 July fo…
12 Jul 2018
Business to consider their impact on the natural environment in key decisions thanks to new metric from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
12 July 2018 – The Natural Capital Impact Group (NCIG) yesterday hosted an event for over 50 participants, including 25 businesses, to launch a new metric that will help companies reduce their impact on biodiversity, soil and water – natural resources which are crucial for business continuity and preserving the Earth’s ecosystems.Companies are incr…
23 May 2018
Companies agree to step up action to address growing pressures on UK water
29 May 2018 – Over 60 organisations including businesses such as M&S, Nestlé, Coca Cola and Asda as well as number of water companies including Anglian Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, have agreed to step up action to address the increasing pressures to UK water through improved catchment management. The declaration, created by a cross sect…
19 Mar 2018
Primark join the Natural Capital Impact Group
19 March 2018 – The Natural Capital Impact Group are delighted to announce Primark have joined its global network of companies who work collaboratively to determine how business can better sustain the natural world and its resources. Primark is a major fashion retailer with over 350 stores in 11 countries with global supply chains.Dr Gemma Cranston…
15 Mar 2018
Asda’s Andy Murray appointed Chair of the Natural Capital Impact Group
Andy Murray, Chief Customer Officer of Asda, has been appointed the new Chair of the Natural Capital Impact Group (NCIG), a global network of companies, working collaboratively to determine how business can sustain the natural world and its resources, converned by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Andy brings a w…
16 Feb 2018
CISL working with Nestlé to help UK dairy farmers protect natural capital
16 February 2018 – The Natural Capital Impact Group (NCIG) have launched a new case study showcasing an innovative scheme with Nestlé which is encouraging UK dairy farmers to take practical measures to enhance the natural environment. Against a backdrop of topsoil erosion and species decline across UK farmland, Nestlé is investing to protect its f…
5 Oct 2017
Yorkshire Water and The Crown Estate join the Natural Capital Impact Group
5 October 2017 – The Natural Capital Impact Group are delighted to announce two new members have joined its global network of companies who are working together to determine how business can better sustain the natural world and its resources.Yorkshire Water manage approximately 28,000 hectares of land which it is working to protect and enhance its …
16 May 2017
Natural Capital Impact Group introduces new biodiversity metric to help companies and investors improve impact on natural environment
22 May 2017 – On World Biodiversity Day, a global network of companies, including Kering, Interserve, Mars and Asda, working together to determine how business can sustain the natural world and its resources, has released the initial stage of their work in developing a metric to help corporates improve their impact on the natural environment.Read t…
