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Read more at: Modelling nature-positive agriculture and land management: Case studies

Modelling nature-positive agriculture and land management: Case studies

13 June 2022 – Two new regenerative nature project models from CISL, the East of England Landscape Enterprise Network , and Poole Harbour Nutrient Management Scheme offer blueprints for land management that supports improved biodiversity and water quality through more sustainable agriculture.


Read more at: Mother Nature: sharpening our mind to the challenge ahead
Mother Nature: sharpening our mind to the challenge ahead

Mother Nature: sharpening our mind to the challenge ahead

28 March 2022 - Dr Gemma Cranston, CISL’s Director for Business and Nature, reflects on the crucial role of nature, signals of positive change and the need for businesses, financiers and policy makers to align to deliver a nature-positive future.


Read more at: Decision-making in a nature positive world: Accelerating the adoption of nature-based solutions

Decision-making in a nature positive world: Accelerating the adoption of nature-based solutions

21 March 2022 - Tom Divney, Business Engagement Consultant for the CISL Centre for Business Transformation, and CISL’s Dr Gemma Cranston, Director, Business & Nature, Centre for Business Transformation, explain how the new diagnostic tool, Decision-making in a nature positive world, accelerates the understanding and adoption of nature-based solutions in organisations.


Read more at: Decision-making in a nature positive world

Decision-making in a nature positive world

15 March 2022 – CISL has published a diagnostic tool designed to advance organisational understanding of nature-based solutions projects and accelerate their adoption and implementation within companies.


Read more at: Nature-related financial risks

Nature-related financial risks

What are nature-related financial risks? Leading companies recognise that a prosperous business relies upon nature and the ecosystem services it provides. They also recognise that the ‘E’ in ‘ESG’ is about protecting our biodiversity and natural capital, as well as our climate, and that the two are...


Read more at: Bianca Drotleff

Bianca Drotleff

Bianca Drotleff is a Project Manager at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), where she helps develop new thinking and solutions for businesses to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy.


Read more at: Payments for Net Zero: How the payments industry can contribute to the transition to a net zero economy

Payments for Net Zero: How the payments industry can contribute to the transition to a net zero economy

28 October 2021 - This business briefing explores the potential role and opportunities for payments networks in the transition to a net zero economy.


Read more at: The Nature COP in Kunming opens today – a further step towards nature-positive targets for businesses
Nature COP

The Nature COP in Kunming opens today – a further step towards nature-positive targets for businesses

11 October 2021 - Catherine Weller, from CISL’s Business & Nature team, explores expectations as the first part of the Kunming Nature COP gets underway and explains why business should be active in demanding clear and ambitious targets.


Read more at: Nature Positive Hub
Nature-Positive Hub

Nature Positive Hub

The case for nature positive action Nature underpins the functioning of society and the economy, but our ecosystems and the life they support are in crisis. The crisis is urgent and the rate of species decline is getting worse. Human action is the cause of this crisis. It is also the only solution...


Read more at: Enhancing Biodiversity in Europe’s Oilseed and Cereal Industries

Enhancing Biodiversity in Europe’s Oilseed and Cereal Industries

August 2021 - A new report from University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Biodiversify examines what private sector actors in the oilseed and cereal industry can do to conserve biodiversity on arable farmland in Europe to ultimately inspire them to take action towards best practice. The aim of this work funded by an ADM Cares grant to the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability leadership was to examine the question: What can private sector actors in the oilseed and cereal industries do to conserve biodiversity on arable farmland in Europe?