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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: Investing in quality jobs for a just transition

Investing in quality jobs for a just transition

22 September - Building on the ILG's Sustainable Investment Framework, the group have published two reports exploring the key concepts, initiatives, and investment impacts on decent work. This paves the way for the development of a simple, robust, and transparent metric for investors to measure and report both the quantitative and qualitative information about their investment impacts on decent work.


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: Modelling it all: Secondary Perils in a warming world

Modelling it all: Secondary Perils in a warming world

29 June 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has published a new white paper on secondary perils.


Read more at: Land degradation, UK farmers and indicative financial risk - Nature-related financial risk use case

Land degradation, UK farmers and indicative financial risk - Nature-related financial risk use case

April 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in collaboration with NatWest Group has published a use case about the indicative financial risk from farming degraded land.


Read more at: The EU Farm to Fork Strategy and Fertiliser Companies – Nature-related financial risk use case

The EU Farm to Fork Strategy and Fertiliser Companies – Nature-related financial risk use case

April 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in collaboration with Deutsche Bank and Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has published a use case on how the transition to a sustainable and resilient food system impacts fertiliser company valuations.


Read more at: Mapping exposure to nature-related risks across financial indices – Nature-related financial risk use case

Mapping exposure to nature-related risks across financial indices – Nature-related financial risk use case

April 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in collaboration with Aon has mapped nature-related risks across financial indices.


Read more at: Integrating Nature: The case for action on nature-related financial risks

Integrating Nature: The case for action on nature-related financial risks

7 April 2022 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in collaboration with banks and investment managers has detailed the case for integrating nature-related risks into financial decisions. Nature loss poses highly material financial risks If nature is not...


Read more at: The coming deluge: Scenario analysis for underwriting in a changing climate

The coming deluge: Scenario analysis for underwriting in a changing climate

28 March 2022 – ClimateWise members unpack the implications of scenario analysis for underwriting with UK flood example.


Read more at: Natalie Thompson

Natalie Thompson

Natalie joined CISL’s Sustainable Finance Team as a Project Manager in January 2022, primarily to support the ClimateWise membership.

Prior to this, Natalie worked for Cambridge University Press initially in web marketing and then project management. Natalie studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Clare College Cambridge.