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Read more at: Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says
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Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says

8 February 2016

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 specific cotton production practices.


Read more at: New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector
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New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector

22 January 2016

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.


Read more at: COP21 opens with a message from our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales
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COP21 opens with a message from our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales

30 November 2015

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 Climate Change (UNFCCC).


Read more at: Climate Change: A Risk Assessment

Climate Change: A Risk Assessment

20 July 2015

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.


Read more at: Insurance access and supportive regulation essential for climate resilience
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Insurance access and supportive regulation essential for climate resilience

13 July 2015

14 July 2015 – New report highlights the essential role of insurance to support resilience and sustainable development in the face of growing climate risks.


Read more at: Financing the global low carbon transition

Financing the global low carbon transition

20 May 2015

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.


Read more at: Value Retail and Kering join the Natural Capital Leaders Platform

Value Retail and Kering join the Natural Capital Leaders Platform

1 April 2015

1 April 2015 – We welcome two new members to the Natural Capital Leaders Platform.


Read more at: Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?

Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?

27 November 2014

27 November 2014 – In July 2014, the Nexus Network commissioned 13 think pieces with the remit of scoping and defining nexus approaches, and stimulating debate across the linked domains of food, energy, water and the environment. CISL’s Jake Reynolds and Gemma Cranston have co-written a think piece entitled ‘Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?’ that explores how business success and corporate decision-making could be shaped by nexus thinking.


Read more at: Second Nature, embedding the Platform’s shared innovation into business
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Second Nature, embedding the Platform’s shared innovation into business

26 November 2014

26 November 2013 - Second Nature, a University of Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform event, launched a suite of innovative web-based tools to help global businesses better manage the goods and services from nature upon which they rely at The Royal Society in London.


Read more at: Sink or Swim: a multi-sector collaboration on water asset investment

Sink or Swim: a multi-sector collaboration on water asset investment

26 November 2014

03 June 2014 - Water is an economically strategic resource, provided and regulated by nature and underpins many business activities. Ensuring that water is carefully stewarded and available in sufficient quantity and quality is a subject of vital interest to business, however, to date the management of and investment in water has been disjointed.


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