Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

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Business needs a clear and consistent UK green investment plan

13 February 2024 - Labour's decision to ditch its £28bn manifesto pledge creates yet more uncertainty for green businesses, writes Beverley Cornaby, Director of the UK Corporate Leaders Group.First published by BusinessGreen on 09 February 2024There are times when you wake up and really wish you hadn't seen the news, as you know it's going to make …
Tax cuts are not enough to deliver green growth

27 November 2023 - The Autumn Statement was a missed opportunity to remove barriers holding back the UK's green economy, writes Beverley Cornaby, Director of the UK Corporate Leaders Group.With UK public finances under continued stress following shocks from Covid, Brexit and high inflation squeezing the rising cost of living, this year's Autumn Sta…
How energy efficiency is creating environmental and economic value in cities

04 July 2023 - Nico van der Merwe, Signify's UK&I CEO, explains how energy efficiency measures such as the retrofitting of smart LEDs can provide green impacts across society in combination with the switch to renewable energy.The IPCC Climate Change 2023 report has offered the world a stark reminder of what is at stake if we fail to take urgent cli…
Business leadership is key to driving a European Circular Economy – 12 months on from the launch of the Materials and Products Taskforce

28 October 2022 - CISL's Tahmid Chowdhury reflects on the last 12 months since the Materials and Products Taskforce was launched.Creating genuine change can be challenging. Policymakers are under increasing pressure to navigate multiple crises at an ever-quickening pace. As we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves dealing with the Ru…
Sensible Green Leadership?

22 September 2023 - Eliot Whittington, Director of CLGs, reflects on the UK Prime Minister’s announcement on the reversal of the country’s net zero policiesWho doesn’t want “sensible, green leadership”? Rishi Sunak’s recent speech on UK policies to achieve its net zero target promised that he would provide it, but has received a huge outpouring of …
How a Digital Product Passport can enhance a European Circular Economy

12 July 2022 - Bjørn Kjetil Mauritzen, Hydro’s head of sustainability argues how a Digital Products Passport can be a key enabler to scale up circular economy in Europe.Our planetary boundaries mean we must use what we have, use our products for longer and re-use them more often. We welcome the ambitions of the European Union in this area and are d…
Net Zero in troubled times: our route to a strong and resilient economy

1 April 2022 - Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, considers why it is more important than ever that we stay on track for net zero, to create strong and resilient economies around the world.We are in troubling times. From the Covid-19 pandemic, to the pain of increasing living costs, to the war in Ukraine. These are all rea…
Reading the Renovation Wave

29 March 2022 - Reading the Renovation Wave: a blog from Mirella Vitale, SVP Marketing, Communication and Public Affairs at ROCKWOOL GroupBeyond the intensifying climate crisis, the geopolitics of natural resources are making the necessity of lowering our dependency on energy supplies ever more obvious. The EU Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI),…
Ignore the net zero sceptics - the UK needs a national conversation on climate action and resilience

2 March 2022 - Look at the climate impacts we are seeing and tell me with a straight face we don't need to act now, says Peter Simpson, Chief Executive of Anglian Water and co-Chair of the UK Corporate Leaders Group.No one reading this piece will be insensitive to the growing cost-of-living challenge facing millions of people across the UK. Clearly…