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Read more at: Future of Boards Phase 2

Future of Boards Phase 2

29 January 2025 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), in partnership with the global law firm DLA Piper, is launching Phase 2 of the Future of Boards research study to support company boards and investors to align business success with sustainability outcomes.


Read more at: What is the energy transition?
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What is the energy transition?

25 September 2024—In this blog, CISL International Policy lead Katherine Quinn and Policy Analyst Anum Sheikh discuss the energy transition, why moving away from fossil fuels is important, and outline possible steps for a fair and resilient transition to renewable energy.


Read more at: Energy Transition hub
Energy transition

Energy Transition hub

At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in 2023, the international community agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Renewables are already the fastest-growing source of power worldwide, but we need to expand the sector rapidly to meet the...


Read more at: Risk sharing for Loss and Damage: Scaling up protection for the Global South

Risk sharing for Loss and Damage: Scaling up protection for the Global South

21 November 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) launches a Loss and Damage action plan to scale up protection for the Global South.


Read more at: Everything, everywhere, all at once: how can private finance be unlocked for nature and climate in the international financial architecture

Everything, everywhere, all at once: how can private finance be unlocked for nature and climate in the international financial architecture

13 November 2023 – CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance has published a new policy brief that dives deep into how the private sector can scale up finance for both climate and nature.


Read more at: Bank Action Guide: Towards a just transition for small–medium enterprises (SMEs)

Bank Action Guide: Towards a just transition for small–medium enterprises (SMEs)

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.


Read more at: CISL’s Business Transformation Framework Preliminary Diagnostic

CISL’s Business Transformation Framework Preliminary Diagnostic

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.


Read more at: Let’s Discuss Nature with Climate: Engagement Guide

Let’s Discuss Nature with Climate: Engagement Guide

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 managers and their portfolio clients and investee companies.


Read more at: Unleashing the sustainable business

Unleashing the sustainable business

2 October 2023 – This working paper explores the meaning and influence of organisational culture and proposes some key principles and associated behaviours that may underpin a purpose-driven organisational culture that delivers a sustainable future.


Read more at: Climate and Nature: A Route to Mutual Acceleration

Climate and Nature: A Route to Mutual Acceleration

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.