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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.


Read more at: Fashioning a nature-positive future: A biodiversity roadmap exploring the Transforming the Fashion Sector with Nature outputs for businesses in the fashion, textile and apparel sector

Fashioning a nature-positive future: A biodiversity roadmap exploring the Transforming the Fashion Sector with Nature outputs for businesses in the fashion, textile and apparel sector

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 with Nature project.


Read more at: Primer on the financial materiality of Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Primer on the financial materiality of Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

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).


Read more at: Raising the ambition for nature: A fashion, apparel, and textile sector primer on the first Science-Based Targets for Nature

Raising the ambition for nature: A fashion, apparel, and textile sector primer on the first Science-Based Targets for Nature

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.


Read more at: Roadmap: Identification and integration of nature-related risks and impacts in underwriting and insurance brokerage

Roadmap: Identification and integration of nature-related risks and impacts in underwriting and insurance brokerage

12 April 2023 – New roadmap from CISL’s ClimateWise charts a path for the insurance sector towards nature-positive underwriting and explores the industry’s role in supporting the transition of its clients towards a sustainable economy. 


Read more at: Edmund Dickens

Edmund Dickens

Edmund joined CISL in 2022 as a Project Manager in the Business and Nature team having previously worked in a biodiversity consulting role. He primarily works on projects at the intersection of corporate activity and the natural world and has experience of working with sectors as diverse as fashion, mining, finance and not-for-profit.


Read more at: Integrating climate and nature: The rationale for financial institutions

Integrating climate and nature: The rationale for financial institutions

27 September 2022 – Building on the nature-related financial risks collaboration between the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and Investment Leaders Group (ILG), CISL has published a new report detailing the importance of an integrated approach to addressing environmental challenges, encompassing climate and other nature-related issues.


Read more at: Why nature matters: Nature-related risks and opportunities for insurance underwriting

Why nature matters: Nature-related risks and opportunities for insurance underwriting

5 September 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new report on Nature Insurance.


Read more at: Decision Making in a Nature-Positive World: Nature-based Solutions for sectors

Decision Making in a Nature-Positive World: Nature-based Solutions for sectors

7 July 2022 – CISL has published four sector-specific business briefings that outline the challenges and actions needed to implement nature-based solutions projects. The sectors include: Water, Finance, Food and Beverage, and Built Environment and Linear Infrastructure.