Publications

07 November 2023 - Senior leaders from UK businesses including Amazon, Unilever, Zurich Insurance, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, AVEVA, Salesforce and Nestle are calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use the Autumn Statement to clearly set out what the government’s priorities are for net zero industries and technologies.Read the full lett…

Dr Nina Seega, Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance, CISL, said:“Banks mirror the real economy, and their success is closely tied to the prosperity of their clients and the communities they serve. In an era marked by the unpredictability of economic transitions, banks are poised to play a pivotal role as essential partners for those facing vuln…

30 October 2023 - CISL’s Banking Environment Initiative has published a new Bank Action Guide to help banks begin to facilitate a just transition for acutely vulnerable SMEs and assert their role as key partners to communities and civil society, contributing to a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global economy.   Download the GuideDownload…

19 October 2023 – This report introduces a diagnostic tool that sets out 12 enablers presented onto four organisational typologies, distinguished by different levels of alignment to sustainability and purpose, against which businesses can self-assess.  Download the Preliminary Diagnostic and the Executive BriefingAboutWe are at a turning point in h…

Dr Nina Seega, Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance, CISL said:"We know nature and climate crises are deeply interconnected. Banks and investment managers, with their global reach, hold the power to reshape the connection between the financial and real economy and drive systemic change needed to address both crises in tandem. This Guide will su…

9 October 2023 – Building on the nature-related finance collaboration between the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and Investment Leaders Group (ILG), CISL has published a new Engagement Guide to support the market-wide transformation towards a net-zero and nature-positive economy by evolving the interaction between banks and investment manager…

28 September 2023 - A new briefing from CISL sets out the rationale for joint action between climate and nature. It offers six critical actions for business, government and financial institutions to transform our societies and economies towards a nature positive future.  Download the summaryDownload the briefingHow do we secure the future of our pl…

CEMEX SpainCEMEX Spain, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and with partial funding from the EU LIFE program, successfully transformed the Pastor clay quarry in Spain into a nature restoration showcase. By reshaping hard clay terraces to resemble the natural landscape, the project retained water on-site, improved water quality off-si…

11 Sept 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in partnership with The Fashion Pact and Conservation International, release a resource roadmap to further the development and implementation of biodiversity strategies across the fashion, textile and apparel sector, framing key outputs from the Transforming the Fashion Sector …

8 August 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL)’s ClimateWise showcases a new primer on the financial materiality of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Download the primer.NaturanceThe main objective of the Naturance project, funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, is to examine feasibility…

21 July 2023 - Report presenting the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s new Leadership capabilities for the 21st century Framework.  The framework is focused on developing and expanding leadership capacity and is designed to help individuals and collectives reflect on their own and others’ leadership practice. Download Leadership c…

13 July 2023 - An advertising briefing by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), examines the significant role of advertising in the economy, its environmental impact through the advertising footprint, and the need for the industry to take accountability for its indirect emissions. Recommendations include responsibility acknowled…

28 June 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL),The Fashion Pact and Conservation International have created the first industry specific primer to navigate the new target-setting guidance from the Science Based Targets Network. Download the reportAboutNature is declining at an unprecedented rate, posing a d…

27 June 2023 – A report by the team behind the Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship in Radical Innovation and Disruption examines how systems thinking can help businesses and other stakeholders characterise, anticipate and influence low carbon market disruption. Download the reportAboutSuccessful business, finance and governance require…

15 May 2023 - Over fifteen business and investor networks have written a letter to the European Parliament’s Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Committees urging them to support the EU Nature Restoration Law. Read the full letter.Please see a previous version of this letter sent on 30 March here.The letter, signed by business and investor netwo…