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Resilience in commercial forestry: Doing business with nature

March 2017 – A new Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership report presents the case for natural resources to be better considered in commercial forestry decision-making processes.

Partnerships between businesses and researchers are fundamental to generating real impact towards sustainability, reveals new report

1 December 2016

8 December 2016 – A new business report published today by CISL shows the importance of collaboration between businesses and academics to ensure that academic research is informed by business and enables more rapid progress towards sustainability.

Business and Nature: How can companies restore the natural world through their operating practices?

Leading companies recognise that a prosperous business relies upon nature. Nature’s health is under pressure from upward trends for consumption, population and economic growth across the globe. This creates long-term risks to business, consumers and wider society who depend on nature. Through its...

Unique collaboration between business and academia explores new methods to manage biodiversity impacts

25 October 2016

26 October 2016 – A unique collaboration between CISL, Kering and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment working with the Natural Capital Project has produced a report to help businesses factor biodiversity into their decision-making processes.

Business and investment leaders collaborate on how to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world

24 October 2016

27 October 2016 – In the first CISL meeting of its kind, over 20 leaders from across the business and investment industries came together for a workshop to discuss their common goal to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world.

Commercial forestry must consider natural resources in its decision-making to secure competitiveness and long-term resilience says new CISL report

8 August 2016

August 2016 – Today, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership publishes a new report, supported by Mondi Group and Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK and Ireland, on the importance of the commercial forestry industry considering natural resources in its decision-making.

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to lead Natural Capital Coalition’s Protocol Application Program

26 July 2016

26 July 2016 – The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will lead the Protocol Application Program on behalf of the Natural Capital Coalition it has been announced today.

The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

29 June 2016

13 July 2016 – Today, the Natural Capital Protocol, a standardised framework for businesses to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital is launched in London.

Over 50 leading businesses test new Natural Capital Protocol to ensure it's robust, practical and relevant

23 February 2016

26 February 2016 – Today, the CISL-led pilot testing phase finishes for the new draft of the Natural Capital Protocol that is being developed by the Natural Capital Coalition.

Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says

8 February 2016

11 February 2016 – Seven leading global businesses called today on all actors in the cotton industry to accelerate action on natural capital to ensure a sustainable future for the sector. They joined forces with social and environmental initiatives and cotton experts to produce a report that demonstrates the positive natural capital impacts of specific cotton production practices.

Resilience in commercial forestry: Doing business with nature

Partnerships between businesses and researchers are fundamental to generating real impact towards sustainability, reveals new report

Business and Nature: How can companies restore the natural world through their operating practices?

Unique collaboration between business and academia explores new methods to manage biodiversity impacts

Business and investment leaders collaborate on how to measure and minimise their impact on the natural world

Commercial forestry must consider natural resources in its decision-making to secure competitiveness and long-term resilience says new CISL report

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to lead Natural Capital Coalition’s Protocol Application Program

The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

Over 50 leading businesses test new Natural Capital Protocol to ensure it's robust, practical and relevant

Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says

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