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11 June 2025 - Ten senior corporate affairs and sustainability professionals from South Africa and Kenya gathered in Cambridge for the inaugural Corporate Affairs Leadership Programme (CALP), hosted by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).  The programme marked a significant milestone in building a new generati…

9 June 2025 - During a time of uncertainty and instability for the sustainability sector, CISL held a week-long programme of events - understanding the need to bring together voices from the private sector to propose collective solutions in order to accelerate market-wide transitions.  Corporate Affairs Leadership Programme Together with Wits Schoo…

6 June 2025 - Leading Chief Sustainability Officers convened in Cambridge yesterday to discuss how the private sector can manage current risks and compete and win in markets of the future. The CSO Forum took place at CISL’s Cambridge headquarters, the Entopia Building and brought together a combined expertise of almost 1,000 years in the sustainabi…

21 May 2025 - CISL is delighted to share that a further two Network Ambassadors have joined the community. Susan Njoroge takes up the position in Kenya, and Susanna Wong joins Daniel Vaughan as joint Ambassador for CISL in Hong Kong. CISL’s Network brings together the skills and connections of our alumni to address systemic sustainability risks. Th…

19 May 2025 – The Entopia Building has added another four accolades to its trophy cabinet, winning at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East Awards and the British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards ceremonies. At the RIBA East Awards on Thursday, Entopia’s architects, Wendy Bishop and Mark Martines, collected three prizes:  2025 RIBA …

15 May 2025 - MUFG Asset Management (MUFG AM),* under its financial group MUFG, is the latest organisation to join the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), underlining its initiatives to promote sustainable investing and commitment to advancing economic, social and environmental sustainability throughout the investment chain. Partnering with MUFG AM, a …

13 May 2025 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance, explains why changes to the financial system will underpin the fight against the climate emergency. First published in Forbes.The world is not in good shape. 2024 was the hottest year on record. Six of nine planetary boundaries - the limits deemed safe for humans to enj…

24 April 2025 – Yesterday CISL and CCI hosted an event to celebrate the launch of Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet, the latest book by Tony Juniper CBE.  Just Earth shows how inequality underpin the biodiversity and climate crises which are ravaging our planet – and the crises cannot be solved unless society deals with the unfair…

24 April 2025 - CISL is delighted to announce the appointments of Khanyi Mlambo, Simon Wong, Perses Bilimoria and Daniel Vaughan as Network Ambassadors.   Khanyi will represent the CISL Network in South Africa, Simon in Japan, Perses in India, and Daniel in Hong Kong.   The expansion of CISL’s ambassadorship programme reflects CISL’s commitment to …

7 April 2025 - A new report from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership sets out a pathway for the private sector to proactively respond to the current volatile geopolitical context while continuing sustainability efforts. The Competing in the Age of Disruption report, co-written by CISL’s CEO Lindsay Hooper and CISL …

24 March 2025 – The Cambridge headquarters of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, the Entopia Building, is among 23 projects nominated for the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) East Awards 2025.Constructed in 1939 to house a telephone exchange, the Entopia Building, formerly 1 Regent Street, was sustainab…

13 March 2025 - The CISL Network community in Dubai came together in March, uniting sustainability professionals from diverse industries, backgrounds and expertise to discuss how to deliver impact in their respective fields.The event, held at Eugene at Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, was an opportunity for CISL Network members in the UAE to e…

28 February 2025 – The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability’s headquarters, the Entopia Building, brought home two prizes at last night’s Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) awards ceremony. Entopia won the Building Performance Champion award and was also named the Project of the Year in the Retrofit Workplaces category. …

28 February 2025 – As the COP process ended without consensus in Colombia last year, negotiators met this week to resolve mobilisation of the Cali Fund. Here’s what CISL Nature Lead, Harry Greenfield, makes of the outcome.With changing geopolitics casting doubt on the ability of multilateralism to solve the world’s pressing problems, it is hearteni…

27 February 2025 - CISL’s Canopy has once again been recognised as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs, following its selection by the Financial Times in collaboration with Statista for the 2025 rankings.  The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) Canopy is a vibrant network of purpose-driven innovators and entrepreneurs dedic…