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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.

The six trends transforming finance for a sustainable economy

28 May 2020 – Alice Chapple, Course Convenor on the new Sustainable Finance online short course from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), explores the trends that are emerging in the world of finance, from the need to manage climate change risk, to responsible investment and harnessing big data.

First-class graduate education in a Covid-19 world

7 May 2020 – Dr Louise Drake, Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Course Director for the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership, reflects on the success of delivering CISL's graduate courses in a virtual format, and the acceleration of CISL’s digital capabilities that have opened up new opportunities for teaching and learning to deliver the future we want.

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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?

The six trends transforming finance for a sustainable economy

First-class graduate education in a Covid-19 world

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