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Read more at: Turbulent times require future-fit leadership – and education is the answer
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Turbulent times require future-fit leadership – and education is the answer

29 August 2024 - CISL CEO, Lindsay Hooper, reflects on the unique role educational institutes can play preparing leaders to adapt to complex challenges - and lead the transition to cleaner, greener, fairer and more prosperous economies.


Read more at: A day in the life of a Postgraduate Course Director
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A day in the life of a Postgraduate Course Director

29 August - Emma Fromberg, Course Director of the Postgraduate Certificate and Supervisor for the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business shares a day in her life at the first workshop of our 2024 Postgraduate Certificate cohort at Homerton College.


Read more at: Renewables by 2030: how are global leaders driving the energy transition?

Renewables by 2030: how are global leaders driving the energy transition?

2 September 2024 - With a pressing need to meet the 2030 renewable energy goal, experts from across our global offices share their insights on the policy actions and business strategies needed to accelerate the energy transition.


Read more at: Kiteezi landfill collapse exposes critical need for waste management reform 
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Kiteezi landfill collapse exposes critical need for waste management reform 

18 August 2024

18 August 2024 – CISL Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellow, Dr Gabriel Okello, wrote in New Vision about the need for urgent change in the way that Uganda manages its waste.


Read more at: Why it’s Now for Nature as businesses move to understand and address their impacts on the natural world
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Why it’s Now for Nature as businesses move to understand and address their impacts on the natural world

12 July – Edmund Dickens, Business and Nature Project Manager, discusses why nature is everyone’s business and how businesses tackling climate change can use their experiences as a springboard for action on nature.


Read more at: From why to how – good governance in turbulent times
Good governance in turbulent times

From why to how – good governance in turbulent times

2 July 2024 – In this blog, Ben Kellard, Director of Business Strategy, explores how business leaders can make their way out of the transformation dilemma by following four key governance principles and enable their organisations to deliver their purpose and strategy aligned with a sustainable future. If you'd like to learn more about how boards can navigate the transformation dilemma, join CISL's sustainable governance course.


Read more at: What could the green economy expect from a Labour Government?
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What could the green economy expect from a Labour Government?

2 July 2024 - Business wants clarity, stability, commitment and delivery from the government elected on Friday, writes CISL's Eliot Whittington.


Read more at: The economy isn’t working - for people or the planet. It's time for a new narrative.
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The economy isn’t working - for people or the planet. It's time for a new narrative.

28 June 2024 - Predictably, economic growth takes centre stage on the election trial. But few politicians questions what sort of growth we want, how much, or the purpose of the economy. CISL's Director of Business Strategy, Ben Kellard, discusses why it's time for a new vision.


Read more at: Comment: This is no time to stand back. Business must lead the way to a more sustainable world
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Comment: This is no time to stand back. Business must lead the way to a more sustainable world

25 June 2024 - CISL's Interim CEO, Lindsay Hooper, writes: In an era of disruptions, polarisation, complexity and increasingly intricate environmental debates, the core business case for sustainability remains: business cannot thrive on a dead planet.


Read more at: Historic nature law passes in Europe: now we need to finance it
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Historic nature law passes in Europe: now we need to finance it

24 June 2024 – Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance, asks what's needed for the Nature Restoration Law to be a success.


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