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Today, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government introduced its Planning and Infrastructure Bill to Parliament. Bev Cornaby, CLG UK Director, provided comments on this announcement.The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduces major reforms to speed up clean energy connections, streamline housing and infrastructure projects, a…

Senior members of the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) met to discuss the evolving context of climate leadership, business confidence, and future of climate advocacy.Amid geopolitical and economic volatility, sustainability has become a political fault line, shifting the landscape for climate leadership. The roundtable brought together senior me…

CISL has appointed four new Fellows and one new Senior Associate. Together, they will help strengthen CISL's work to create markets that reward resilience and long-term value creation. CISL Fellows and Senior Associates are recognised leaders and experts who contribute their knowledge, experience and insight to the Institute's work with business, f…

The UK Pavilion partnership will build on last year's successes and continues to recognise the UK Corporate Leaders Group as a key voice in the green transition.This year’s Conference of the Parties is due to be a COP of implementation and CLG UK is extending its partnership with the UK Government to continue pushing for more urgent action.At 2024’…

Last week, CLG Europe, in partnership with VELUX and CONCITO, convened business leaders from across the energy value chain for a discussion with EU Commissioner for Energy & Housing Dan Jørgensen and his team on the strong economic case for the energy transition and the role of policy in scaling up investment and action. With the upcoming post-2030…

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has today published Making Markets Fit for the Future, a major new report arguing that long-term prosperity, competitiveness and resilience will depend on leaders' ability to shape the markets in which they operate, not simply respond to them. Markets influence where capital…

Be among the first to experience CISL's new approach to building the organisational capability needed to shape a resilient, sustainable and competitive future.CISL Bitesize is designed to build foundational sustainability leadership knowledge, shared language and workforce confidence in short, interactive modules via an innovative learning experien…

This week CISL welcomed Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia, to the Entopia Building in Cambridge for discussions on responsible technology governance, sustainability challenges and opportunities to strengthen collaboration between Australia and the UK. The visit brought together colleagues from CISL and the M…

 New members and sites are joining CISL’s Living Lab which connects innovators, businesses and policymakers to support peer learning and co-innovation at the forefront of practice, in an market shaping initiative.Inspired by the pioneering work of the Entopia Building – a deep sustainable retrofitted innovation hub co-locating startups and companie…

20 July 2026 - The Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (MCTD) joins forces with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to help businesses navigate the AI transition and build momentum around better approaches to AI.MCTD produces rigorous, evidence-based research on the most pressing challenges in AI and digital techno…

15 July 2026 - Ahead of a review of the emissions trading system on Friday in Brussels, Eliot Whittington from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership argues in the FT that most businesses are counting on a clear carbon price signal to keep underpinning the business case for investments in new solutions despite all the l…

16 July 2026 - From transforming a century-old manufacturing business to scaling circular economy solutions, alumni share how the programme has helped them drive change in their organisations and beyond. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has unveiled a refreshed Cambridge Business Sustainability Programme (CBSP), designed…

14 July 2026 - Business leaders have urged policymakers to be more vocal and build on strong foundations to accelerate investment in Britain’s resilient, low carbon, nature-positive economic future.Download the business statement here - Seizing the opportunity: businesses want to go further, faster Over 100 business leaders, policymakers, and exper…

Business leaders have urged policymakers to be more vocal and build on strong foundations to accelerate investment in Britain’s resilient, low carbon, nature-positive economic future.Read the full statement on the CISL website.Over 100 business leaders, policymakers, and experts gathered at the 2026 UK Business Leaders' Summit during London Climate…

7 July 2026 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has been selected for support through the new Water Efficiency Cambridgeshire Fund (weCB Fund), helping to accelerate the development and testing of practical solutions to one of the region's most pressing challenges: water scarcityCambridgeshire is one of the most water-stresse…