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Read more at: Step change towards sustainability; how the IDBE helped achieve real impact

Step change towards sustainability; how the IDBE helped achieve real impact

5 March 2018 – Helene Gosden, Senior Design Manager at Arup reflects on how studying CISL’s Master’s in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) exceeded her expectations – helping her to progress her career and achieve impact towards sustainability by opening her mind to new people, perspectives and the broader societal, economic and environmental drivers that shape the built environment.


Read more at: Problem solving: The sustainable way of thinking
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Problem solving: The sustainable way of thinking

2 May 2018 – Vincent Triesschijn, Director of Sustainable Investments at ABN AMRO Bank, reflects on the development of the sustainability agenda and his own progress as a sustainability leader since studying CISL’s Master’s in Sustainability Leadership.


Read more at: The IDBE Master's: Instilling a confidence for my future
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The IDBE Master's: Instilling a confidence for my future

1 May 2018 – Gary Cass, Regional Operations Manager for Aedis Regulatory Services Ltd explains how studying the CISL’s Master of Studies in The Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) has catalysed his career.


Read more at: Sustainability: A decade of change
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Sustainability: A decade of change

25 April 2018 – Wouter van Tol, the Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at Huhtamaki, reflects on a decade of change in the world of sustainability; the big trends, lessons learned and how companies can show leadership to tackle today’s biggest challenges


Read more at: Blog: Why the EU’s first post-Brexit budget must prioritise investment in climate action
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Blog: Why the EU’s first post-Brexit budget must prioritise investment in climate action

7 March 2018 – Reflecting on the next EU budget post-Brexit, Eliot Whittington of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, explains why now is the time for the EU to show leadership and unity to drive climate action and make a net-zero carbon economy the new normal.


Read more at: Investments - and investors - must change for finance to be truly 'sustainable'
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Investments - and investors - must change for finance to be truly 'sustainable'

9 April 2018 – Roelie van Wijk-Russchen, Chair of the Investment Leaders Group and Global Head of Responsible Business and Public Affairs, Aegon Asset Management, reflects on the role of investors in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals. She welcomes the EU Commission’s Action Plan which focuses on how to create a sustainable finance system, by identifying projects that improve Europe's competitiveness, the wellbeing of its citizens and its transition to a more equitable, sustainable world.


Read more at: How can businesses move faster and smarter on plastic waste?
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How can businesses move faster and smarter on plastic waste?

28 March 2018 – As concern about plastic waste increases and the need for business action mounts, Eliot Whittington, Director of Policy, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, reflects on how UK companies can move faster and smarter to address the issue. He makes the case for an ambitious roadmap to help companies work together in navigating an increasingly crowded landscape, to deliver system-wide changes in policy, public engagement and innovation that deliver the solution to our plastic waste problem.


Read more at: Why pesticide bans are too simplistic to solve the pollination deficit
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Why pesticide bans are too simplistic to solve the pollination deficit

13 April 2018 – Dr Gemma Cranston, Director, Natural Capital, CISL makes the case for leadership group of companies committed to safeguarding pollinators. She calls for tangible action from business that provides positive outcomes for the spectrum of pollinators and benefits to corporate supply chains.


Read more at: A lesson in good design: the Master’s in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment
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A lesson in good design: the Master’s in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment

5 March 2018 – CISL’s Master’s in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) delivers high-quality interdisciplinary part-time education for built environment professionals from around the world. For over 20 years, the IDBE has been instrumental in developing the skills that help individual professionals learn how to work better together. As the new IDBE course director, Kayla Friedman shares her passion for the built environment, her vision for achieving sustainable and resilient design and how she aims to contribute to the legacy of the course.


Read more at: Vector: taking leadership, taking action and not just talking about it
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Vector: taking leadership, taking action and not just talking about it

1 February 2018 – Simon Mackenzie, Group CEO of Vector, New Zealand's largest distributor of electricity and gas, describes how CISL has helped to build leadership and embed sustainability across his organisation – from deepening the understanding of its leaders on the sustainability agenda to helping its board set a strategy to help Vector become a long-term, sustainable business that all staff understand and subscribe to.


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