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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…

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 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…

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 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 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…

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 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…

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 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 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 …

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…

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 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…

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…