Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
CISL is an impact-led institute at the University of Cambridge that activates leadership to transform economies for people, nature & climate. We work across business, finance and government to accelerate action for a sustainable future. www.cisl.cam.ac.uk
- In 2025, sustainability moved from glossy goals to the hard reality of implementation. Despite the challenges, momentum proved resilient. Our Annual Review launches today - showing how Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership works to help leaders shape future markets 👉 ow.ly/Lh4c50Y4oPe
- Our Chief Systems Change Officer, Eliot Whittington, reflects on the conversations beyond the main stage at World Economic Forum #Davos and how better dialogue can unlock real-world progress in BusinessGreen Read here 👉ow.ly/mm4p50Y4nHs
- 🗞️Our CISL x L’Oréal’s €100 million sustainable innovation programme cohort member Kelpi spotlighted in Sustainable Packaging ow.ly/Z93h50XY7yX
- 🗞️Our sustainable innovation programme with L’Oréal covered in ESG Today ow.ly/IN6a50XY7sJ
- More media coverage of the inaugural cohort of our L’AcceleratOR programme in partnership with L'Oréal Groupe, a €100m programme designed to pilot and scale breakthrough solutions for climate, nature and circularity. 🗞️Vogue ow.ly/go8c50XY7eO
- Yahoo News on our CISL x L'Oreal L’AcceleratOR programme cohort, a €100m programme designed to pilot and scale breakthrough solutions for climate, nature and circularity. 👉ow.ly/AaqO50XWMcL
- 🧪BusinessGreen covered the inaugural cohort of our L’AcceleratOR programme in partnership with L'Oréal Groupe. We're delighted that several of these companies are Canopy members, demonstrating its power in driving sustainable innovation at scale. ow.ly/uiUs50XWHE9
- "#COP30 wasn't just a conference—it was a preview of our climate future. Belém showed us what's at stake." Dr Nina Seega shares her reflections on the key wins and remaining gaps in her latest Forbes piece: https://lnkd.in/eN_8ZAK3?utm_source=hootsuite
- 🌍 “Multilateral agreements are difficult but this was a process that really mattered" Listen Eliot Whittington on why #COP30 still matters Times Radio 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I5P7svqOKg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=hootsuite
- Writing for Reuters Teresa Ruiz-Tagle of CLG Chile outlines what LatAm businesses need to see from #COP30 to enable the clean energy transition. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/with-us-off-climate-stage-latin-america-is-ready-lead--ecmii-2025-11-13/?utm_source=hootsuite
- As COP30 kicks off, CISL's Director for the Centre of Sustainable Finance, Dr Nina Seega, discusses how the conference presents an opportunity for the UK to 'lead on the world stage' on LBC 🎙️Listen here: https://youtu.be/DhIggprK-Uk?utm_source=hootsuite
- 📢 We're pleased to support the Ellen MacArthur Foundation #2030PlasticsAgenda for Business. 🔗 Join us to take the lead, have the opportunity to shape the market and set up for long-term resilience: ow.ly/XG9Y50XmAvz
- Business leaders today are caught between two stories: one of unstoppable progress, the other of mounting risk and eroding trust. Here, CISL CEO Lindsay explores the tension between these narratives—and how leaders are navigating and shaping the future of markets: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/blog/am...
- 👋 We welcomed @commonseac.parliament.uk to Cambridge yesterday alongside experts from finance, aviation, policy & the built environment to support MPs in shaping bold, green policy. 🔗: cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-we... @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social
- ❓Are we on the edge of a disruption to the food and agricultural industries that is comparable to the energy transition already underway? CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues in @financialtimes.com that a major market disruption is coming to the global food system Read here: on.ft.com/4n5cZ1p
- 👩⚕️Continuing our focus on where real market transformation takes place, this week we're shining a spotlight on health systems and how to unlock win-wins that support people’s health and the economy, and how businesses can support a healthier society. 👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
- 📢We're pleased to announce a new project with RICS. This collaboration aims to align CISL’s sustainability leadership expertise with RICS’ mission to achieve a built and natural environment that is sustainable, resilient and inclusive for all. 👉 ow.ly/EJPk50WG89L
- 🏆 The Entopia Building – CISL’s retrofit HQ in Cambridge – has been shortlisted for the 2025 RIBA Reinvention Award! Already a multi-award winner, Entopia is a Living Lab for sustainable innovation in the built environment. More: bit.ly/EntopiaRIBA
- Last week, we welcomed leaders to the formal launch of the #LivingLab – a collaborative innovation community in our award-winning Entopia HQ. 👉 Join a knowledge, innovation & action community driving systemic change across the built environment sector: ow.ly/lNy450WzVcz
- 🏡Did you know that Cambridge homes = 27% of the city's emissions? To hit #NetZero by 2030, @camcitco.bsky.social and @cisl.cam.ac.uk new report on scaling up retrofits details the 6 key actions with transformative climate, health and job benefits. Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/NZUg50WwBsb
- 🏗️The built environment shapes how we all live, work and move. Find out how CISL is working with businesses, innovators, investors and policymakers to incubate new solutions, drive green building standards, and scale sustainable infrastructure cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
- 👋We're delighted to have welcomed a distinguished group of new Fellows and Senior Associates to our global network of sustainability leaders over the past year. Read the full story www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
- 🌍 A major market disruption is coming to the global food system. In our new paper, CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues: transformation isn’t optional—it’s inevitable. Will we act fast enough to build a renewable food system, or face crisis? 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/OfnV50WuuR9
- 🛒We need a systemic approach to local problems such as losing supermarket cafés, argues CISL Fellow @cazzerlee.bsky.social in her latest op ed for @thegrocer.bsky.social. Read👉https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/losing-supermarket-cafes-means-losing-vital-community-spaces/705859.article
- 🚜🌾Land, food, and agriculture sit at the heart of society, playing a critical role in our economy, health and culture but also providing a powerful connection to climate and nature challenges. Discover how CISL is helping transform these systems 👉https://ow.ly/plS250WswA4
- 📢👑We are pleased to announce our partnership with @thecrownestate.bsky.social to accelerate sustainable innovation and collaboration in the built environment and support nature recovery across the UK. Read the full story here: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-an...
- 📢 Announcing the Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth: a coalition of 17 groups driving sustainable, inclusive growth in Latin America. Ahead of #COP30 in Brazil, we commit to a just, resilient energy transition. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/greenIABN
- 🔋The shift to electrify energy is accelerating, with innovations opening the door to a cheaper, efficient, cleaner & secure energy system. 🔦Find out how CISL is supporting this shift to accelerate #renewables, phase out #FossilFuels, & ensure access 👉 ow.ly/awtz50WpjMz
- 🔓Blended finance is key to unlocking private capital for sustainable development in EMDEs—but risk perceptions, fragmentation & inefficiencies still block progress. Our new report explores barriers, solutions & pathways to scale. 🔗https://ow.ly/UPe850WntYw
- "Our report provides essential guidance for driving meaningful change, and offer[s] a strategic blueprint for organisations ready to lead.” The latest CISL x BSI report covered in @yahoonews.com today 👉https://www.yahoo.com/news/circularity-tipping-point-trust-bsi-185352730.html?guccounter=1
- In partnership with BSI we've launched a global study exploring trust as the key to accelerating circularity. Read the report 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-resources/publications/tipping-point-building-trust-circular-economy Explore the campaign 👉https://ow.ly/na7y50Wm8nI
- The global economy's future hinges on what markets value—but real impact happens in key sectors and places. Our new initiative, Transforming Systems, Sectors and Places, targets those sectors with the greatest ability to drive change. Learn more 👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
- We were thrilled to host a roundtable at Goals House during #LCAW2025 with our CIO @jamestweeets.bsky.social and co-host Rachel Barré, marking our new partnership with L'Oréal. We explored how to turn promising sustainability innovations into scalable global solutions. 🌍
- 🗣️“We can do it because the economics are on our side... it’s so clear that this is the economic opportunity of the 21st century.” At our #BusinessLeadersSummit2025 during #LCAW, we heard from Rt Hon Ed Miliband & Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP. ow.ly/S6hq50WgYYj
- 🌿 New report: "Building Capacity to Identify & Assess Nature-Related Financial Risks" — a collab by our Centre for Sustainable Finance team, DBS, UOB, OCBC explores financial impacts of nature-related risks. Read → cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-res...
- 🗣️ Delighted to welcome Rt Hon Ed Miliband and and Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP to deliver keynote speeches at today’s BGA Business Leaders’ Summit during #LCAW2025 co-hosted with @aldersgategroup.bsky.social & supported by @theclimatepledge.bsky.social Stay tuned for our key takeaways from this event!
- Kicking off #LCAW2025, we convened a series of workshops today with a diverse group of stakeholders to explore insights to accelerating blended finance in EMDEs. Find out more about the rest of the events we'll be running 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/london-climate-action-week-21-29-june-2025
- 💄We’re delighted to announce our partnership with @lorealgroupe.bsky.social, launching a new accelerator programme run by our @cisl-canopy.bsky.social experts, which will seek & support startups, SMEs & established innovative companies with ready-to-pilot solutions. Apply 👉 ow.ly/aC8250WeRep
- One key line from the new UK industrial strategy: "The transition to net zero is the economic opportunity of the century, one which will bring significant benefits for households, communities, businesses and the economy through good jobs, growth, energy security and lower bills." 🫳 🎤
- 🎡 We're in the capital kicking off our #LCAW2025 events today - ready for a week filled with action across sectors to drive transformative change, the focus of our new campaign, coming soon. Sign up here to make sure you don't miss it 👉web.cisl.cam.ac.uk/cn/arm1c/tsapr
- We are pleased to announce that Alice Spencer has been appointed as our permanent Executive Director of Education. Under Alice’s leadership, thousands of leaders worldwide have gone on to align business performance with positive outcomes for society.👉 ow.ly/23i350WcKna
- 🚈 We’re heading to the UK capital next week for #LCAW2025 next week, to mobilise businesses, investors and policy-makers to drive transformative change across markets. Check out our schedule: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/londo... #CISLLCAW2025
- 🏡 Retrofitting isn’t just a carbon fix — it’s a strategic investment. @cisl.cam.ac.uk new report shows how banks, insurers, and government can unlock healthier, more resilient homes and tap into real financial value. 👉 ow.ly/yRBo50W8uWs
- 🌊 Our Nature Lead Harry Greenfield commented on why last week's #UnitedNationsOceansConference signalled an increase in recognition for the importance of ocean protection - and why there is a clear business case for it too. Read his response 👇 www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/all-sea...
- 🏆We are delighted to share that our CEO, Lindsay Hooper, won the Leader of the Year award at the 2025 @businessgreen.bsky.social UK Green Business Awards last night! Read the full story 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/lindsay-hooper-awarded-leader-year-green-business-awards #BusinessGreenAwards
- 🌏 The Climate Innovation Forum, hosted by Climate Action, returns as a flagship event of London Climate Week on 25-26 June. 💡 Our Chief Innovation Officer, James Cole, will be chairing a roundtable on climate tech innovation: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/clima... #CIF25 #LCAW2025
- Yesterday we were delighted to host our annual CSO Forum, focusing on: ♟️The case for competitive sustainability 📈 Redefining value by changing markets 🔎The enablers & blockers for the transition 👉cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/leaders-gather-cambridge-discuss-future-competitive-sustainability-success
- 📚Our new report by marks 20 years since @clg-uk.bsky.social was established: ow.ly/xJUP50W45hV #20YearsOfImpact At this critical moment, we are building on the insights of our members to: ✍ Reset the narrative 🤝 Broaden the base of support 🗣️ Support business to speak out
- We're partnering with @jbs.cam.ac.uk @cambridgezero.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social at the @timeshighered.bsky.social Global Sustainability Congress to discuss the vital role that education, business & govt must play to counter climate misinformation & accelerate action ow.ly/kVv250W48Ky
- 👋 We're delighted to attend London Climate Action Week, mobilising whole-of-society climate action through innovative coalitions and bringing together world-leading expertise to help solve the crises we are facing. Here’s where you’ll find us at #LCAW2025: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/londo...
- How can businesses integrate credible sustainability strategies for impact and growth? Our CIO James Cole spoke on a panel last week at @financialtimes.com #FTClimateImpact on why integrating credible and impactful sustainability programs is no longer optional—it’s a competitive imperative.
- In this interview with @csofutures.com our CEO Lindsay Hooper shares why this moment is the opportunity to kickstart a new era of business action, rooted not in responsibility or reputation, but in commercial market-building, competitive positioning & innovation. www.csofutures.com/news/systemi...
- Wait-and-see is not an option to ensure future climate resilience, says our CEO Lindsay Hooper www.ft.com/content/6c0c... via @financialtimes.com
