We are proud to announce that CISL will be an official nominator for The
#EarthshotPrize
. Launched today by Prince William, the prize marks a decade of action to repair our planet. To learn more visit:
#OurPlanet
#FutureweWant
#ClimateAction
Introducing The Earthshot Prize, the most prestigious global environment prize in history.
This new global prize for the environment will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth.
We're moving!
#EntopiaCambridge
will bring together CISL's global network of
#sustainability
leaders as we work to scale up the leadership, collaboration & innovation needed to accelerate the inclusive global transition.
Discover how we are
#buildingchange
at our new HQ ⬇️
"It has been a great privilege to have had the opportunity to lead such a remarkable group of people within one of the world’s greatest Universities in pursuit of such an important and urgent mission."
A farewell message from
@Polly_Courtice
as she steps down as CISL Director.
We asked
#COP27
Youth Envoy
@omniaelomrani1
what message she wants to share with business and policy leaders. Like many others, she’s calling out the implementation gap between governments’ promises and actions. 📣
#EveryVoiceCounts
#YouthDay
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has announced that Clare Shine
@ShineSalzburg
will succeed Dame
@Polly_Courtice
as its new Director, effective April 2021. Read more ➡️
Congratulations to the eight winners of this year's
@Unilever
Young Entrepreneurs Awards! 🙌🎉🌍
Find out more about these inspiring entrepreneurs and their game-changing initiatives:
#biz4good
#SDGs
As
@cisl_cambridge
celebrates its 30 year anniversary,
@Cambridge_Uni
Vice Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope comments on how CISL supports the University’s mission to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research
#30yearsofimpact
.
@CHANEL
and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership have announced a three-year partnership focused on education, innovation and research.
#sustainability
#CHANEL
Six sustainability ambitions, delivered by three economic actors (
#business
,
#government
&
#finance
) via ten interconnected tasks. Rewiring the Economy is our 10-year plan to lay the foundations for a sustainable economy
#RewireEconomy
CISL's Patron HRH Prince of Wales today launches 'Terra Carta' charter
@oneplanetsummit
calling on business and industry to lead the fight against
#climatechange
Read>
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@TheSMI
📸 Faces of Climate Change (
@FoccContactus
) is an ambitious photography project from CISL Master's Student Nishita Karad, which aims to bring to life the people and the stories of our climate crisis.
📌 Find out more and submit your photos 👉
The Banking Environment Initiative & Investment Leaders Group
@CISLSustFinance
have created a handbook to enable financial institutions to:
➡️Understand how
#natureloss
is a material & relevant financial risk
➡️Identify financial risks of
#biodiversity
loss & land degradation
We asked our global Network of 8,000+ senior leaders and leading practitioners how
#sustainability
will impact their
#business
in 2018. Top 8 trends identified here >
#CISLtrends
The sun's out
@kings_college
as we thank and celebrate our Founder Director
@Polly_Courtice
for her years of leadership.
Thank you Polly for building CISL into what we are today: a diverse and influential organisation leading change for a sustainable economy 👏💚
We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2018
@Unilever
Young
#Entrepreneurs
Awards! The 8 winners were selected from over 2,120 applicants for their initiatives, products or services that tackle the world's most pressing sustainability challenges.
Great to see such strong support for the launch of The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme, announced yesterday in support of UN Sustainable Development Goals
#RewireEconomy
#SDGs
via
@businessgreen
.
@cisl_cambridge
is delighted to be at the
@Ethical_Corp
#RSCEU
Responsible Supply Chain Summit. If you’re here, do visit the stand… and RETWEET for a chance to win a
@KeepCup
– winners will be announced later today!
The University of Cambridge sets out a path to divest from fossil fuels and aim for
#netzero
carbon emissions from its £3.5m endowment fund by 2038.
CISL Director Dame
@Polly_Courtice
says the decision "sets an important example in the right direction"
"These are exceptional young leaders, finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing humanity and helping to make this a better world for all. Together they are an unstoppable force for good." -
@PaulPolman
, CEO,
@Unilever
#biz4good
#SDGs
🙌It's official: our HQ
#EntopiaCambridge
has been awarded the prestigious EnerPHit Classic Standard 👏
Using just 15% of the energy required by the original building, the Entopia Building has met the ultra-efficient
#retrofit
requirements of this
#Passivhaus
certificate ✅
"Unless business plays a key role in tackling the world’s greatest challenges, it will certainly discover the true meaning of “disruption” on a global scale." CISL Director
@Polly_Courtice
calls for
#purposedriven
#leadership
in her letter to
@TheEconomist
We recently launched a strategic roadmap to support businesses planning to achieve
#netzero
by 2050.
View our report and framework as we progress from commitments to action:
@Cambridge_Uni
#TargetNetZero
How can banks take steps to reduce and reverse
#deforestation
? A new action plan from CISL highlights how banks can support scaling the supply of soft commodities that are deforestation-free or forest restorative.
Download the report ⬇️
@CISLSustFinance
#RewireEconomy
"What I learnt in those early days is that you can't simply tell people how bad the problem is... They have to feel it viscerally & to work out for themselves what they can do." Dame
@Polly_Courtice
reflects on her career engaging with
#leaders
on global challenges⬇️
#edieawards21
"More of the same simply isn't enough. The science demands more. Society expects more. And our children and grandchildren have a right to expect us to do more."
via
@BusinessGreen
#30yearsofImpact
#RewireLeadership
CISL is seeking to appoint a Fellow in sustainable consumption as part of The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme - exploring the role of retailers in connecting consumers to solutions that enable sustainable consumption.
Apply now!
'Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality: From commitments to action'
Register now for this
#webinar
- 16 July, 1-3pm BST - hosted by
@ClimateCLG
's
#GreenGrowthPartnership
.
We're proud to announce the Aviation Impact Accelerator, a new multi-disciplinary collaboration bringing together international experts in aerospace, economics, policy and climate science to accelerate the pathway to
#netzeroflight
✈️
@whittlelab
@Cambridge_Uni
#AchievingZero
This is not an ordinary project. But it needs to be.
We can't wait to move into our new HQ!
#EntopiaCambridge
will set new standards for low emissions & minimal impact on natural resources.
Learn how we're
#BuildingChange
through this world-first retrofit
"Collectively, we have an urgent task: to decarbonise the global economy in little more than a generation." An open letter signed by over 60 business leaders urges EU to lead on
#netzero
by 2050:
@ClimateCLG
#AimForZero
#FutureofEurope
As
#COP24
draws to a close, thought leaders from CISL’s network reflect on the tasks urgently facing businesses, policy makers & financial institutions to deliver a socially inclusive
#netzero
future. Discover our new climate change knowledge hub here:
"As the world comes to terms with a global pandemic, this is a crucial time to be asking some big questions." CISL Director Dame Polly Courtice considers what
#Covid19
might mean for our collective future:
🎄Season's greetings from all of us at CISL. We wish our staff, students, faculty and Network a happy and healthy new year!
We hope you have a restful break from work and begin 2024 re-energised, reinvigorated and ready for action.
Could this be the most ambitious
#dinkydoor
yet? ⚡
Delighted to share that our HQ
#EntopiaCambridge
has been gifted a dinky door - featuring a solar powered shrink ray to reduce the world's problems 🌠
@dinky_doors
As
#climateweeknyc
gets underway our new
@YouGov
poll of large business shows strong appetite for
#netzero
regulation. Of 700+ business leaders surveyed in 7 countries, 80% say government regulation is needed to decarbonise the economy. Read more:
💡 Research at
@Cambridge_Uni
takes many different forms, from developing low-carbon technologies to finding natural ways to protect low-lying areas from flooding. Have you seen what's going on in your area and across the UK? 👀
How has Cambridge research made a positive impact in your region? 👩🏽🔬🔬👨🏻💼
The University contributes nearly £30 billion to the UK economy and supports more than 86,000 jobs across the UK.
Explore our new interactive map and tell us what you find... 👇
In an era where sustainable practices are vital, our postgraduate programmes empower professionals to lead change. Apply now to CISL’s postgraduate programmes in Sustainable Business and Sustainable Built Environment to make your impact.
Find out more: .
On the eve of the
#ParisAgreement
anniversary we are proud to launch a strategic roadmap to support businesses planning to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
This is the decade to
#TargetNetZero
and progress from commitments to action 🌍🌎🌏
💧
@cisl_nature
have just released two reports investigating how land management can support improved biodiversity and water quality through more sustainable agriculture. Learn more about our collaborative projects on modelling
#naturepoistive
land management below 👇
"I am firmly of the view that the next 18 months will decide our ability to keep climate change to survivable levels and to restore nature to the equilibrium we need for our survival" - HRH The Prince of Wales
@ClarenceHouse
#ClimateChange
"Being part of the solution can be energising & something everyone across the organisation has in common. It allows you to be curious, to peer into different areas of the business & not be limited to the space defined for you."
#RewireLeadership
#sustainability
#biz4good
#CISLAccelerator
, in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey
@BAS_News
and
@CambridgeZero
, will host a
#hackathon
bringing together a global community of innovators to help BAS achieve net zero by 2030 at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica:
In 1994 HRH The Prince of Wales asked CISL to build
#sustainability
leadership in business. 25 years on The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme Faculty members Sue Garrard and Enos Banda discuss why education is still vital for senior executives
#30yearsofImpact
Eliot Whittington will be delivering a
#keynote
lecture on Closing the Sustainability Skills Gap For a Green Economy at the
@edie
#SLF2021
next week!
Don't forget to check out the
@CISLGrad
team's virtual booth to learn more about our education programmes:
CISL have reached 10k twitter followers! To celebrate, we'll be looking back on the recent achievements of our teams and partners. Help us to develop the leadership we need for a
#sustainable
economy and future
#RewireEconomy
#RewireLeadership
#10for10k
For three decades, CISL has championed putting
#sustainability
at the heart of economies around the world. We're now seeking a new Director as our Founder Dame Polly Courtice stands down in 2020.
Earlier this year, we canvassed our international network to explore the key issues affecting decision-makers. Which questions do we need to answer in order to find in the pandemic an unparalleled opportunity to build a sustainable economy and secure the
#FutureWeWant
?
We're hosting an event with
@wbcsd
on 'Unlocking Radical Collaboration to Deliver on Nature-Positive and Net Zero Goals '.
Join us to find out more about how to address the nature loss, adaptation and mitigation goals.
📅 16 Nov 1.15pm-2.45pm |📍Side event room ‘Thebes’
Yesterday CISL Director Polly Courtice spoke about the role of leadership in driving an economy-wide transformation at the launch of
@CambridgeZero
, the University’s new initiative to tackle climate change
#CambridgeZero
#rewireeconomy
To avert a climate disaster, we must sharply reduce our emissions, starting today.
@CambridgeZero
will generate ideas and innovations to build a sustainable future - more than 1000 of our researchers are already working toward this goal.
#SustainableEarth
CISL is proud to support
@SheClimate
’s Open Letter calling on UK Govt to balance female representation on
@COP26
Leadership Team. Find out more and read the letter here:
#SheChangesClimate
#COP26
🚨Today, over 40 leaders of businesses & innovators wrote to the
@EUCouncil
welcoming the
#EU
Green Deal Industrial Plan & calling for high climate ambitions & willingness to respond to the global
#sustainability
competition rapidly.
➡️
#GDIP
#CleanTechEU
"Leading for the scale of change that is needed is not easy or straightforward & will indeed require a ‘rewiring’ of leadership to think systemically & to operate in new and collaborative ways."
@Unilever
CEO
@PaulPolman
on new
#RewiringLeadership
report
CISL’s Founder Director Dame
@Polly_Courtice
has been appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire to support Lord Lieutenant Mrs Julie Spence OBE
@Lord_Lt_Cambs
.
Read more:
🌍
#COP27
delivered an historic breakthrough on
#lossanddamage
support to countries most vulnerable to the devastation of
#climatechange
.
But the Sharm El-Sheikh talks made little headway on the ambition required to reach the goals of the Paris & Glasgow agreements.
Read more ⬇
The way banks can help to accelerate the transformation towards a
#netzero
carbon economy is to develop an ‘active mindset’, according to the
#Bank2030
report from CISL’s Banking Environment Initiative:
#RewireEconomy
"What each one of us does in the next few years will determine what happens in the next thousand years." Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall DBE & leading
@Cambridge_Uni
researchers talk about the urgency of the
#ClimateCrisis
➝
#SustainableEarth
Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall and leading Cambridge University researchers talk about the urgency of the
#ClimateCrisis
– and some of the solutions that may take us to zero carbon.
#CambridgeZero
#SustainableEarth
In record-breaking attendance numbers, more than 2,000 delegates flooded to Libreville, Gabon, to attend
#AfricaClimateWeek
between 29th August and 2nd September - the last of the regional climate weeks before
#COP27
.
🎉 We are so proud of our Master's students from our Sustainability Leadership and Built Environment courses that graduated on Saturday 23 July! This was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate their hard work with family and friends.
The deadlines for two posts within The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme have been extended. Find out more and apply for a unique
#research
opportunity:
"We need to redefine what ‘good’ or even ‘profitable’ business is. Making ethical decisions should only be regarded as a positive approach.” CISL Fellow
@RichardBurrett
speaks to
@raconteur
about the role of business in tackling social injustice:
.
@Sue_Garrard
on the
#leadership
we need for the future; "Push for change using both the business and the moral case as a construct. As leaders we should choose to work for organisations that contribute to the world we want to live in."
#RewireLeadership
CISL is proud to support the
@BITC
#WasteToWealth
Summit, bringing together biz, gov't & academia to commit to actions that will help to double the UK's resource productivity & reduce avoidable waste by 2030. Read the commitment here:
#circulareconomy
🌍 Exciting news! 🚀 Three incredible innovators from
@CISL_Canopy
are taking their breakthrough climate solutions to
#COP28
. We're proud to be a part of
@UNICEF
's
#Innovation30
, a global call for critical investment in youth-led climate innovations.
Read the full story:
"I think the main barrier to change is this silo driven mentality where you've got society, state, academia & private corporations all saying different things.
We need to bring these four spheres of influence together to shape positive change" -
@jasonpomeroysg
#AchievingZero
Applications are open for December's Leadership Lab! Hear from leading experts about the global
#plastics
challenge and discover the business opportunities that arise from developing more
#sustainable
pathways. Apply now:
Uganda is experiencing a staggering increase in motorised transport - resulting in degradation of
#airquality
. This policy briefing from
@okelloGab256
examines the state of
#emobility
in Uganda and its role in reducing emissions & mitigating
#airpollution
.
👋 Say hello to CISL's innovators for the built environment!
Our accelerator kicked off last week with 18 promising start-ups who are working hard, both individually and collectively, to achieve a better, more sustainable industry.
#BuildingChange
This recent guide from
@globalcompact
is a must-read for businesses seeking to embed a culture of sustainability within their organisation whilst effectively communicating their progress to stakeholders
#SDGs
#SDGReporting
As CISL celebrates its 30th anniversary this year we are delighted to welcome the 100th cohort of senior business executives to Cambridge for The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme – now in its 25th year!
#BSP25
#30YearsofImpact