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Read more at: The time for transformational leadership is now
time for transformational leadership is now

The time for transformational leadership is now

26 January 2022 - In this blog, Director of Leadership Programme, Gillian Secrett, considers the type of leadership we need now to deliver the future we want.


Read more at: Webinar - Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future, 3 February 2022

Webinar - Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future, 3 February 2022

Thursday, 3 February, 2022 - 12:00

Join Zoë Arden, CISL Fellow, and expert Contributors to the ' Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future ' 8-week online programme to discuss their leadership journeys and own experiences female agents of change


Read more at: Women Leading Change: Harnessing our resolve to deliver change in 2022
Women Leading Change

Women Leading Change: Harnessing our resolve to deliver change in 2022

4 January 2022 - In our first blog of the new year, Zoë Arden, CISL Fellow and Head Tutor of the Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future online course, explores how we can harness our resolve to tackle environmental and social injustice to ensure 2022 is a year of significant progress.


Read more at: Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future

Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future

Course start dates 19 June 2024 2 October 2024 Is this course for you? The course is for anyone ready to lead change in organisations and society through systemic transformation. It will benefit current and aspiring leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, providing fresh...


Read more at: Accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy in a post-Covid world: what has changed, what have we learned, and what can business do now?

Accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy in a post-Covid world: what has changed, what have we learned, and what can business do now?

December 2020 – The landscape of business has been radically transformed. Discussions about business action on sustainability are now taking place against a Covid-shaped backdrop of geopolitical and economic shifts, growing – and increasingly visible – inequality, heightened awareness of systemic flaws and human vulnerability, and societal fractures and polarisation. In addition, many businesses are operating in regions with high levels of government, corporate and private debt and growing levels of unemployment.


Read more at: What have we learned from 2020?
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What have we learned from 2020?

18 December 2020 – Lindsay Hooper, CISL’s Executive Director, Education, asks what learnings we can take from this tumultuous year in order to lay the foundations for the future we want.


Read more at: The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose
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The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose

November 2020 – As businesses look to transition from ‘rescue’ to ‘recovery’ now is a good time to clarify their role in delivering a resilient, low carbon, and fundamentally sustainable economy, says CISL's Director of Business Strategy Ben Kellard. How can organisations ensure that they have aligned their purpose and strategy with the transition ahead?


Read more at: Leading with a sustainable purpose: Leaders’ insights for the development, alignment and integration of a sustainable corporate purpose

Leading with a sustainable purpose: Leaders’ insights for the development, alignment and integration of a sustainable corporate purpose

November 2020 – This report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) distils shared insights into how four leading multinational companies developed, aligned and integrated a purpose and strategy to transition to a sustainable economy.


Read more at: New report sets out ten principles required for business to deliver a sustainable purpose
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New report sets out ten principles required for business to deliver a sustainable purpose

25 November 2020

26 November 2020 – A new report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) captures insights from leading companies to highlight practices to integrate a sustainable purpose into organisations.


Read more at: Bakkafrost - Navigating choppy waters: working with nature to produce sustainable salmon

Bakkafrost - Navigating choppy waters: working with nature to produce sustainable salmon

This interview was conducted by CISL’s Director of Strategy Programmes, Paul Begley, with Bakkafrost’s Chief Executive Officer, Regin Jacobsen and the Group Sustainability Lead, Ana Holden-Peters. Each year, Bakkafrost produces c.57,000 tonnes of gutted salmon, making it one of the world’s largest...