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Rich Nations’ $700 Million COP28 Pledges Cover 0.2% Of Climate Change Loss And Damage

13 December 2023 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance, discusses the role of private finance and risk-sharing mechanisms in addressing loss and damage, and the need for more ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma Accepts a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building

12 December 2023 - Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma, an alumna from our Women in Sustainability Innovation accelerator programme, accepted a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building. Purple Plaque Awards are an initiative from InnovateUK to address the gender imbalance in the UK's blue plaques by celebrating inspirational women.

What happened in the first week of COP28 and why two little words matter

7 December 2023 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance, discusses the declarations already made in Dubai and why all eyes are now on the Global Stocktake wording

The $100 Billion To Reverse Climate Change Has Swelled To Trillions. Here’s How To Raise It

4 December 2023 - Nina Seega, Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance explains how it's time to pin down financial commitments to support developing countries through turbulent climate change.

The great disruption has begun

28 November 2023 - As we head to COP28, Paul Gilding, Fellow at CISL, reflects on ‘the great disruption’ we are now entering, with its ‘crisis, chaos and disruption’ on both the global economy and all of our lives. This discussion paper explores the implications of the great disruption, painting a...

Governing towards a Sustainable Future

27 November 2023 – In this blog, Dr Mario Abela, Course Convenor of the new Governance for a Sustainable Future 8-week online course, describes the challenges businesses face in today's sustainability crisis, the imperative to act, and how governance can be the engine of change.

Is your board being proactive at leading business transformation?

30 October 2023 - CISL Director, Leadership & Culture, Gillian Secrett explains how boards play a key role in transforming organisations to align with a sustainable future.

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Business transformation: moving from why to how

25 October 2023 - Ben Kellard, CISL's Director of Business Strategy, discusses the issues that businesses face when trying to become more sustainable and introduces the Business Transformation Framework.

How business can harness the power of innovation

How can business harness the power of sustainable design to drive innovation and build resilience?

04 October 2023 – The 2020s are the decade we have to deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are known as the greatest challenge of our time.

Double materiality: Broadening corporate sustainability reporting to encompass societal and environmental impacts

29 September 2023 – Simon C.Y. Wong explains the meaning of double materiality and why it will intensify focus on how companies are affecting the wider world.

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Rich Nations’ $700 Million COP28 Pledges Cover 0.2% Of Climate Change Loss And Damage

Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma Accepts a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building

What happened in the first week of COP28 and why two little words matter

The $100 Billion To Reverse Climate Change Has Swelled To Trillions. Here’s How To Raise It

The great disruption has begun

Governing towards a Sustainable Future

Is your board being proactive at leading business transformation?

Business transformation: moving from why to how

How can business harness the power of sustainable design to drive innovation and build resilience?

Double materiality: Broadening corporate sustainability reporting to encompass societal and environmental impacts

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