Our blogs offer timely perspectives from CISL experts and our global network, exploring how leaders are responding to market shifts, managing risk and turning insight into action.
A day in the life of a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business student
1 October 2025 - Camila Castañeda Quintero, Senior Officer – Impact and Sustainability at Finance in Motion and student on the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business shares a day in the life of her workshop in Cambridge.
A day in the life of a Master’s in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment student
30 September 2025 - Nikhil Dhumma, EMEA Design & Programme Director at JLL and a student on the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment, shares his experience of studying the programme and details what a day looks like during the third of his residential workshops in Cambridge, UK.
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: staying ahead in a changing market
24 September 2025 — Disruptive sustainability is now a strategic imperative for business. In this blog, Beth Knight, CISL Senior Associate, explores how shifting markets, climate risks, and rising scepticism towards ESG demand bold, collaborative leadership. She highlights systems-level innovation and spheres of influence as key levers for shaping resilient organisations that redefine the markets they operate in.
Key considerations for creating sustainable food systems
15 September 2025 — In this blog, Sarah Bailey explores the current context for sustainable food systems, considers what needs to change to ensure resilience and longevity of this critical sector and identifies core actions to support the transition. This blog is based on the learnings from the Sustainable Food: Production and Processing 8-week online course. Additional insights can be found in the latest report from CISL Fellow Paul Gilding, ‘Renewable food: A transformed and renewable food system is now possible.’
From Ambition to Strategy: shaping what comes next
16 September 2025 - Lindsay Hooper, CEO at CISL, discusses the tension shaping business leadership today: the promise of innovation and momentum toward sustainability versus the systemic risks and political instability threatening progress. Drawing on conversations with senior leaders, Lindsay explores how ambition, resilience, and strategic influence are vital in navigating this space.
Renewable food is on the horizon. Industrial agriculture is failing us - but markets have found a solution
1 September 2025 - CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues in the Financial Times that the noise of politics and business trends distracts from the real story: science and economics. Industrial agriculture is running out of land, water and climate capacity just as global food demand is set to soar. The system won’t bend forever — the question is when it breaks.
The Ibero-American Business Network: Amplifying business leadership for climate action ahead of COP30
28 August 2025 - María Teresa Ruiz-Tagle, Executive Director,CLG-Chile, shares why her organisation became a founding member of the Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth (IABN), and how it helps to strengthen business action for climate ambition across Latin America in the run up to COP30.
What are green buildings and what role do they play in a sustainable built environment?
27 August 2025 – Rupert Jordi, CISL Programme Manager, explores 'green' buildings, warns against conflating building certification with true sustainability, and argues the label is less important than the outcomes.
A day in the life of a Master's in Sustainability Leadership student
Friday 15 August - Sebastian Habersack Martos, Sustainability Expert at Philip Morris Austria and a student on the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership, shares his experience of studying the programme and details what a day looks like during the third of his residential workshops in Cambridge, UK.
A day in the life of a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business student
Friday 15 August - Iguatemi Melo Costa, Scientific Manager at Natura Cosmeticos SA and a student on the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business at CISL, shares a day in the life of his studies in Cambridge, UK.
