Making business sense of natural capital
9 August 2016
27 July 2016: This article in the Huffington Post is one of a series of blogs on Natural Capital by Dr Gemma Cranston , Senior Programme Manager at CISL. In it she explores the questions: Can we truly measure returns from investment in nature? Can we measure outcomes? And are we all talking about...
University of Cambridge to lead Protocol Application Program
9 August 2016
26 July 2016: This blue&green article reports on the launch of the Protocol Application Program. Following a successful pilot program, which generated the interest of hundreds of businesses and the support of finance, conservation, science, standard setting and policy communities, the Natural...
CISL reveals insights from testing Natural Capital Protocol; launches Protocol Application Program
9 August 2016
26 July 2016: Over the last 18 months CISL has managed a pilot Program on behalf of the Natural Capital Coalition with over 50 companies including Coca-Cola, Hugo Boss, Jaguar Land Rover, Kering and Nestlé, testing the business relevance and usability of the Protocol. The impacts of these pilot...
University members celebrated in Queen’s Birthday Honours
6 July 2016
16 June 2016: This article in the Varsity identifies members of the University of Cambridge who have been honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours, including our Director, Dame Polly Courtice , DBE, LVO. Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Polly Courtice honoured for sustainability services
6 July 2016
13 June 2016: In this article, Blue&Green reports that Polly Courtice, who founded CISL, has been made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Polly has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her achievement in building a world-leading...
Corporate Leaders Group: It's the end of the beginning of the low carbon transition
6 July 2016
9 June 2016: In Business Green 's (£) article, incoming Director of The Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, Jill Duggan, reveals her plan to extend the organisation's influence in a post-Paris world. The Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group
The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group appoints Jill Duggan as new Director
6 July 2016
8 June 2016: this Business Green (£) article introduces Jill Duggan, who is to take up the reins at The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), replacing outgoing director Sandrine Dixson-Declève. Jill, who has served as a Senior Associate of the University of Cambridge Institute for...
Pakistani doctor wins prestigious entrepreneurship award in London
6 July 2016
24 May 2016: The Express Tribune , reports on doctHERs’ co-founder Dr Sara Saeed who won the prestigious HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize 2016. Young Entrepreneurs
Prince Charles pans fund managers over responsible investment
6 July 2016
22 May 2016: The Financial Times (£) reports that, at an Investment Leaders Group (ILG) meeting in London, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales said: "It is clear... that the value and imperative of responsible investment - not just to society but to financial institutions - is not yet apparent...
Green investment leaders ask if it is time to 'break the cycle' of short term quarterly reporting?
6 July 2016
16 May 2016: Business Green (£) examines the first and second of three reports produced by the Investment Leaders Group, which seek to promote longer term investment thinking and better reporting of environmental impacts. Investment Leaders Group
