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The CISL Accelerator experience: Innovators for sustainable fashion

29 March 2021 – CISL’s Accelerator is designed to accelerate the world’s leading sustainability innovators, with new organisations and transformative business models that will decarbonise our economy, restore nature and create inclusive societies. But what is the experience like? In this blog, participants from our Innovators for sustainability fashion programme reflect on their time with us and all they learned.

The sustainability agenda can be the launch pad for change in the built environment

24 March 2021 – The built environment industry has a long way to go in order to break down the silos between practitioners and 'build better'. Dr Kayla Friedman, Course Director for the Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment (IDBE) Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate, identifies the key change agents within the sector and outlines what they can do to catalyse the shift to sustainable project delivery.

Seven steps to help SMEs strengthen their sustainability efforts

12 February 2021 - CISL’s Accelerator Programme Director, Eithne George recently lent her expertise to Lloyds Banking Group and wrote a chapter for their new book: Yes Business Can, which aims to help small British businesses maximise their potential. Here are the key recommendations for SMEs looking to take action on sustainability.

Unilever makes global commitment to living wages

29 January 2021 – Dr. Anna Barford, Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellow, reflects on the significance of Unilever’s global commitment to living wages and it potential to create a fairer and more equal society.

Bridging the great divide between knowledge and action

27 January 2021 – Alice Spencer, Programme Director and Global Lead for The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme, explores some of the dilemmas that senior business leaders will face in the year ahead and how CISL considers these in programme design.

At times of profound crisis, the words we choose matter more than ever

19 January 2021 – CISL Fellow and Head Tutor Zoë Arden considers how we can continue to build our capability to communicate truth and lead with courage.

Solving challenges in partnership to bank beyond deforestation

12 January 2021 – The transition to a net zero, nature-positive world requires focused collaboration between business, government and finance institutions, writes Simon Connell, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Standard Chartered and Chair of the BEI.

How can we move towards the future we want?

22 December 2020 – In 2020 the coronavirus pandemic tested us all, both individually and collectively. It has also revealed the fragility of our current economic and social systems in the face of crisis. This comes at a time when further ‘system shocks’ are expected from climate change and the destruction of our natural systems, writes James Cole.

The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose

November 2020 – As businesses look to transition from ‘rescue’ to ‘recovery’ now is a good time to clarify their role in delivering a resilient, low carbon, and fundamentally sustainable economy, says CISL's Director of Business Strategy Ben Kellard. How can organisations ensure that they have aligned their purpose and strategy with the transition ahead?

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to UK decarbonisation – how do we meaningfully engage them?

8 October 2020 – Beverley Cornaby, Senior Programme Manager in the Policy Team at CISL reflects on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can help shift the UK economy towards net zero by 2050.

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The CISL Accelerator experience: Innovators for sustainable fashion

The sustainability agenda can be the launch pad for change in the built environment

Seven steps to help SMEs strengthen their sustainability efforts

Unilever makes global commitment to living wages

Bridging the great divide between knowledge and action

At times of profound crisis, the words we choose matter more than ever

Solving challenges in partnership to bank beyond deforestation

How can we move towards the future we want?

The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to UK decarbonisation – how do we meaningfully engage them?

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