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21 March 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) low carbon headquarters and green business hub, the Entopia building, has won two prestigious architectural awards.The Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2023 presented two awards and a commendation to the Entopia building, in the following categories:David Mackay Awar…

17 March 2023 – The European Commission has released the Critical Raw Materials Act, that aims to increase and diversify the EU’s critical raw materials supply, strengthen circularity and support research and innovation.Tahmid Chowdhury, Industry Programme Manager, CLG Europe's Materials & Products Taskforce said: “This new act goes some way toward…

6 March 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) sustainable office building and green business hub, Entopia, has been shortlisted for the AJ Retrofit Awards.The Entopia Building is an energy-efficient, sustainable retrofit. What used to be a 1930s telephone exchange is now a world-leading example of ‘deep green’ retrofit, …

22 February 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is running a free programme for businesses in the local area who want to learn how to improve their sustainability credentials. The in-person workshop, Sustainability essentials for your SME/Startup will include keynote speakers, case studies, networking opportunities, and …

15 February 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomes three new, impact-led businesses as official members of its Canopy innovation hub. Advanced Infrastructure, Perpendicular Architecture, and New Allotment are the latest to join the community, with a range of focus from tackling the climate crisis through the built …

8 February 2023 - Over forty organisations representing business innovation, green growth associations, clean tech entrepreneurs, think-tanks, institutes and NGOs are calling on the EU to make a success of the proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan. Read the letter In a letter to EU leaders, signatories offer guidance and call for rapid action on…

23 January 2023 - The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2022 shows member insurance industry firms have made progress in disclosing their preparedness and response to climate change.   ClimateWise, convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is in its fourteenth year of reporting against the Climat…

19 January 2023 - The European Commission published its proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) in February 2022. This critical piece of legislation aims to provide a regulatory framework on corporate sustainability governance.Read CDP's factsheet here.In 2021, more than a third (37%) of companies disclosing to CD…

Over the weekend, the European institutions reached a provisional agreement on the key files under the Fit for 55 Package. These colossal, agreed pieces of legislation aim to regulate the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), its global dimension (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - CBAM), extension to buildings and road transport (ETS 2), as well a…

19 December 2022  - The UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, under the presidency of China, has agreed a package that includes the world’s largest area-based commitment to biodiversity conservation ever made. Within the 30 by 30 goal of the agreement, negotiated by more than 190 countries and setting out protection of 30% of the world’s land and 30%…

30 November 2022 - The European Commission has released the second part of its Circular Economy Package for 2022, the EU’s flagship legislative package that aims to create more sustainable products and materials and enhance circularity. The Taskforce support an ambitious Package, however, calls on policymakers to accelerate action.Martin Porter, Ex…

21 November 2022 - COP27 has agreed an historic breakthrough on a new fund for loss and damage to support countries most vulnerable to the devastating impacts of climate change. But the Sharm El-Sheikh talks made little headway on the high levels of ambition required to reduce emissions and reach the goals of the Paris and Glasgow agreements. Gains…

28 October 2022 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) announces sustainable startup Monumo as the first official member of its newly launched Canopy business hub.Monumo is an electromagnetic engineering company setting out to reinvent the electric motor.  Electric motors are an increasingly vital technology in today’s world, us…

10 October 2022 - New analysis of EU climate and energy policies demonstrates how contextualised design is key to effecting change.Read the report.As EU decisionmakers finalise policies to deliver the Green Deal and its Fit for 55 package, while setting new targets to address the energy crisis, this new report by the European Corporate Leaders Grou…

5  October 2022 - Built environment and China specialist Lucy Bruzzone is travelling 9,000 miles as part of an expedition to Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula to take up some of the most remote jobs in the world. The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) project received a record 6,000 expressions of interest and 4,000 job applications in Apr…