20 Mar 2017
Sustainability in Turbulent Times – Lessons from the Nexus Network
21 March 2017 – The Nexus Network has launched a new report, Sustainability in Turbulent Times, which highlights their learnings on how to tackle the nexus challenge – the interdependency between food, energy, water and the environment. Read the report Since its launch in 2014, the Nexus Network, of which the University of Cambridge Institute for S…
17 Feb 2017
UK Treasury Minister welcomes BEI’s Fintech Taskforce
17 February 2017 – The Minister’s response came after the announcement of the Taskforce by the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) following an event hosted by CISL’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.The UK’s Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Kirby, this week celebrated a new private sector taskforce established to use financ…
29 Nov 2016
The Prince of Wales meets business leaders to drive forward investment in the natural environment
1 December 2016 – This week His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales joined a meeting of business and finance leaders in Cambridge to explore how businesses can protect and restore the natural environment through their operations and investments.The meeting was convened by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL’s) Natural Capit…
24 Oct 2016
Business and investment leaders collaborate on how to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world
27 October 2016 – In the first CISL meeting of its kind, over 20 leaders from across the business and investment industries came together for a workshop to discuss their common goal to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world.The workshop brought together CISL’s Natural Capital Leaders Platform and Investment Leaders Group (ILG) to i…
26 Jul 2016
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to lead Natural Capital Coalition’s Protocol Application Program
26 July 2016 – The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will lead the Protocol Application Program on behalf of the Natural Capital Coalition it has been announced today. With increasing pressure on natural resources and the accompanying impact on the environment, more businesses are beginning to realise that it is in their best…
29 Jun 2016
The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources
13 July 2016 – Today, the Natural Capital Protocol, a standardised framework for businesses to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital is launched in London. On 13 July the Natural Capital Coalition, an international collaboration between 200-plus global partners including the Cambridge Ins…
16 May 2016
The Prince of Wales attends forum of global investment leaders, highlighting the importance of responsible investment
17 May 2016 – The Prince of Wales, Patron of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, today attended a reception and plenary meeting for a global network of investment managers and asset owners known as the Investment Leaders Group. Read the speech by HRH The Prince of Wales for the CISL Investment Leaders Group Forum at…
9 Feb 2016
The Paris Climate Agreement requires a coherent, strategic response by financial institutions
9 February 2016 – A new paper ‘The Paris Climate Agreement: Implications for banks, institutional investors, private equity and insurers’ provides analysis of the most pressing points of the Paris Agreement, and other key developments from the climate summit, and concludes that a coherent, strategic response is required of financial institutions.Th…
8 Feb 2016
Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says
11 February 2016 – Seven leading global businesses called today on all actors in the cotton industry to accelerate action on natural capital to ensure a sustainable future for the sector. They joined forces with social and environmental initiatives and cotton experts to produce a report that demonstrates the positive natural capital impacts of spec…
22 Jan 2016
New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector
25 January 2016 – The importance of natural resource security for dairy production was highlighted today at an event at the House of Lords, on the occasion of the launch of a new report on natural capital and the dairy sector. Produced jointly by the Natural Capital Leaders Platform, hosted by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadersip, a…
30 Nov 2015
COP21 opens with a message from our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales
30 November 2015 – COP21 international climate talks in Paris opened this morning with speeches from outgoing COP20 President and Peruvian Minister of the Environment Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, this year’s COP21 President, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Cl…
20 Jul 2015
Climate Change: A Risk Assessment
14 July 2015 – Launch of a new report, commissioned by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office, into the role of governments in the fight against climate change.
The report, Climate Change: A Risk Assessment, was edited and produced by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Science and Policy.Read their views and summary of the report.Read the po…
13 Jul 2015
Insurance access and supportive regulation essential for climate resilience
14 July 2015 – New report highlights the essential role of insurance to support resilience and sustainable development in the face of growing climate risks. New report: 'Insurance regulation for sustainable development: Protecting human rights against climate risks and natural hazards'Risk-based insurance systems enabled by supportive regulation ar…
20 May 2015
Financing the global low carbon transition
22 May 2015 – Working with leading experts from the finance sector as part of the Finance Advisory Council to the Green Growth Platform, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has produced a briefing note for businesses on financing the low carbon transition.The briefing note suggests:Ensuring access to adequate and timely cost-effec…
1 Apr 2015
Value Retail and Kering join the Natural Capital Leaders Platform
1 April 2015 – We welcome two new members to the Natural Capital Leaders Platform.
We are pleased to welcome our newest members Value Retail (a company that specialises exclusively in the creation and operation of luxury outlet shopping destinations) and Kering (a world leader in apparel and accessories and developer of powerful brands) to the Pl…
