The CISL Accelerator brings together a community of innovators, mentors, business leaders, policy makers, academics, industry experts, investors, and financial institutions, all working towards creating the future we want: decarbonising the economy, restoring nature, and addressing inequality.Find out more about them, and about our work: |
19 May 2021
19 May 2021 – Farad.ai's vision is to enable the current electrical infrastructure to run on 100% low carbon energy. To achieve this, they are developing an AI-powered digital twin of the power system (Farad.ai Sabre) and related site selection products (Farad.ai Compass) that will support energy stakeholders in their move towards a zero-carbon future. We caught up with their founder and CEO, Ali Safari, to find out more…
Meet our innovators: Hide Biotech
12 May 2021
5 May 2021 – Hide Biotech develops sustainable and high-quality biomaterials for the fashion industry and provides a technology platform for creating highly customisable materials for other sectors. Last year, their co-founder and CEO, Yudi Ding, joined our Innovators for sustainable fashion Accelerator. In this interview, Yudi tells us more about Hide’s collagen-based leather alternative and shares his best advice for aspiring sustainability start-ups.
Meet our innovators: Ideabatic
15 April 2021
15 April 2021 – Award-winning social enterprise Ideabatic develops innovations that help to improve people's lives in underserved communities. Their Founder and CEO Kitty Liao joined our Innovators for change Accelerator last year. In this interview, she shares her journey building an impact-driven start-up and what is to come for Ideabatic in 2021.
The CISL Accelerator experience: Innovators for sustainable fashion
29 March 2021
29 March 2021 – CISL’s Accelerator is designed to accelerate the world’s leading sustainability innovators, with new organisations and transformative business models that will decarbonise our economy, restore nature and create inclusive societies. But what is the experience like? In this blog, participants from our Innovators for sustainability fashion programme reflect on their time with us and all they learned.
Innovation Matters: Help CISL shape the Future of Fashion
25 February 2021
25 February 2021 – 2020 saw the CISL Accelerator run two successful programmes for over 50 UK start-ups and small businesses, all champions and pioneers of sustainable fashion. This year, we plan to go global.
Seven steps to help SMEs strengthen their sustainability efforts
12 February 2021
12 February 2021 - CISL’s Accelerator Programme Director, Eithne George recently lent her expertise to Lloyds Banking Group and wrote a chapter for their new book: Yes Business Can, which aims to help small British businesses maximise their potential. Here are the key recommendations for SMEs looking to take action on sustainability.
